Referees France

Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Ligue 1 2015/16 - 2026/27
158matches with card data
297matches refereed

Card profile

158 matches · last 2026/27
4.10
Cards per game
2026/27: 4.50 · avg 4.06
3.90
Yellows per game
616 yellow cards
32
Red cards
1 every 4.9 matches
44.1
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
4%
No-card matches
6 of 158 · avg 3%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.391st half 2.722nd half
34% of cards 66% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.39 avg 1.46 2.72 avg 2.60
Half without a card 28% avg 26% 8% avg 10%
Over 1.5 cards 42% avg 43% 80% avg 73%
Home side cards 0.64 avg 0.68 1.33 avg 1.22
Away side cards 0.75 avg 0.78 1.39 avg 1.38

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 48% of matches (avg 49%). 31% of all cards come after the 75th minute.

Over / under cards

% of matches · league avg below
Line Full match 1st half 2nd half
Over 0.5 96% 97 72% 74 92% 90
Over 1.5 92% 90 42% 43 80% 73
Over 2.5 78% 77 16% 19 50% 47
Over 3.5 60% 58 7% 7 27% 26
Over 4.5 42% 39 1% 2 13% 13
Over 5.5 20% 22 0% 1 6% 6
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 64% 61 9% 10 30% 31
Over 40 46% 44 3% 4 19% 20
Over 50 24% 29 1% 2 13% 13

Home vs away

cards per game
1.96
Home side
avg 1.90
2.14
Away side
avg 2.17

Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj shows home and away sides about as many cards as the league average for the same seasons (within 0.10 per game).

Competitions

matches refereed
Ligue 1159 Ligue 2121 Coupe de France16 Trophée des Champions1

Card stats cover Ligue 1 from 2015/16. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

Ligue 1
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2026/27 4 4.50 1.50 3.00 50%
2025/26 12 3.67 1.42 2.25 33%
2024/25 18 4.22 1.50 2.72 50%
2023/24 17 4.24 1.35 2.88 24%
2022/23 16 4.19 1.56 2.69 31%
2021/22 12 3.08 0.92 2.17 25%
2020/21 17 3.71 1.00 2.71 29%
2019/20 15 4.00 0.93 3.07 47%
2018/19 19 4.00 1.58 2.42 53%
2017/18 13 4.31 1.77 2.54 54%
2015/16 15 5.27 1.73 3.53 67%
League average 4.06 1.46 2.60 39%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
17 Oct 2026 Troyes 1-3 Lens Ligue 1 0-4 2-2 4
19 Sep 2026 Toulouse 3-2 Le Havre Ligue 1 1-3 3-1 4
13 Sep 2026 Le Mans 2-2 Lens Ligue 1 4-1 2-3 5
29 Aug 2026 Auxerre 1-3 Angers Ligue 1 1-4 3-2 5
10 May 2026 Angers 1-1 Strasbourg Ligue 1 2-2 2-2 4
12 Apr 2026 Toulouse 0-4 Lille Ligue 1 0-3 3-0 3
21 Mar 2026 Auxerre 3-0 Brest Ligue 1 2-3 1-4 5
1 Mar 2026 Paris 1-0 Nice Ligue 1 4-5 7-2 9
14 Feb 2026 Lille 1-1 Brest Ligue 1 0-1 0-1 1
4 Feb 2026 Toulouse 1-0 Amiens Coupe de France - - no data

H-A = home side cards - away side cards.

Source: match statistics per half (yellow + red cards, both teams). Averages divide by matches with card data, not all matches. "avg" = the league average over the same seasons. Updated nightly.