Referees Spain

Javier Alberola Rojas Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · LaLiga 2017/18 - 2026/27
174matches with card data
264matches refereed

Card profile

174 matches · last 2026/27
3.77
Cards per game
2026/27: 5.00 · avg 5.09
3.61
Yellows per game
629 yellow cards
27
Red cards
1 every 6.4 matches
40.0
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
3%
No-card matches
5 of 174 · avg 1%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.111st half 2.662nd half
29% of cards 71% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.11 avg 1.65 2.66 avg 3.44
Half without a card 29% avg 20% 10% avg 6%
Over 1.5 cards 29% avg 48% 74% avg 81%
Home side cards 0.44 avg 0.79 1.24 avg 1.66
Away side cards 0.67 avg 0.86 1.43 avg 1.78

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 36% of matches (avg 52%). 34% 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 97% 99 71% 80 90% 94
Over 1.5 90% 95 29% 48 74% 81
Over 2.5 74% 85 9% 24 49% 62
Over 3.5 52% 71 2% 9 28% 44
Over 4.5 30% 56 1% 3 13% 28
Over 5.5 18% 40 0% 1 8% 17
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 55% 73 5% 11 30% 47
Over 40 34% 58 2% 5 19% 32
Over 50 24% 44 0% 3 13% 23

Home vs away

cards per game
1.68
Home side
avg 2.45
2.09
Away side
avg 2.64

Against the league average for the same seasons, Javier Alberola Rojas shows home sides 0.77 fewer cards per game and away sides 0.55 fewer.

Competitions

matches refereed
LaLiga174 LaLiga 247 Copa del Rey32 UEFA Conference League5 UEFA Europa League3 UEFA Champions League2 Supercopa de España1

Card stats cover LaLiga from 2017/18. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

LaLiga
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2026/27 5 5.00 1.80 3.20 60%
2025/26 19 4.42 1.42 3.00 42%
2024/25 20 3.25 0.85 2.40 25%
2023/24 17 3.35 0.94 2.41 18%
2022/23 16 3.31 1.06 2.25 25%
2021/22 18 4.33 1.39 2.94 44%
2020/21 20 3.15 0.95 2.20 0%
2019/20 20 3.65 1.15 2.50 35%
2018/19 18 4.39 1.28 3.11 44%
2017/18 21 3.76 0.81 2.95 29%
League average 5.09 1.65 3.44 56%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
20 Oct 2026 Sabah 1-2 Dortmund UEFA Champions League - - no data
11 Oct 2026 Elche 0-0 Celta LaLiga 1-3 1-3 4
20 Sep 2026 Getafe 1-0 Málaga LaLiga 3-3 4-2 6
17 Sep 2026 OFI 2-0 Hoffenheim UEFA Europa League - - no data
12 Sep 2026 Racing Club 2-1 Alavés LaLiga 3-3 3-3 6
29 Aug 2026 Sevilla 1-3 Atlético Madrid LaLiga 1-3 2-2 4
24 Aug 2026 Málaga 1-1 Deportivo LaLiga 1-4 1-4 5
20 Aug 2026 Atalanta 0-0 H. Tel Aviv UEFA Conference League - - no data
5 Aug 2026 Ferencváros 1-0 Górnik UEFA Europa League - - no data
9 May 2026 Sevilla 2-1 Espanyol LaLiga 1-9 5-5 10

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.