Referees England

John Brooks Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2021/22 - 2026/27
80matches with card data
230matches refereed

Card profile

80 matches · last 2026/27
4.71
Cards per game
2026/27: 6.20 · avg 4.05
4.56
Yellows per game
365 yellow cards
12
Red cards
1 every 6.7 matches
49.4
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
1%
No-card matches
1 of 80 · avg 4%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.531st half 3.202nd half
32% of cards 68% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.53 avg 1.34 3.20 avg 2.72
Half without a card 19% avg 29% 6% avg 10%
Over 1.5 cards 44% avg 38% 83% avg 71%
Home side cards 0.74 avg 0.60 1.76 avg 1.28
Away side cards 0.79 avg 0.74 1.44 avg 1.43

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 50% of matches (avg 42%). 33% 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 99% 96 81% 71 94% 90
Over 1.5 93% 88 44% 38 83% 71
Over 2.5 86% 74 18% 16 65% 50
Over 3.5 71% 57 5% 7 39% 30
Over 4.5 53% 39 4% 2 16% 16
Over 5.5 31% 24 1% 1 11% 8
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 71% 58 10% 8 40% 31
Over 40 54% 41 4% 3 20% 18
Over 50 35% 26 3% 2 14% 11

Home vs away

cards per game
2.49
Home side
avg 1.88
2.23
Away side
avg 2.17

Against the league average for the same seasons, John Brooks shows home sides 0.61 more cards per game and away sides 0.06 more.

Competitions

matches refereed
Championship105 Premier League80 FA Cup20 EFL Cup14 UEFA Europa League8 UEFA Conference League3

Card stats cover Premier League from 2021/22. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

Premier League
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2026/27 5 6.20 1.40 4.80 80%
2025/26 13 4.23 1.46 2.77 46%
2024/25 16 5.44 1.31 4.13 63%
2023/24 22 4.36 1.59 2.82 45%
2022/23 20 4.35 1.40 2.95 45%
2021/22 4 5.25 3.00 2.25 75%
League average 4.05 1.34 2.72 39%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
17 Oct 2026 Brentford 1-2 Liverpool Premier League 2-7 6-3 9
12 Oct 2026 Coventry 4-1 Newcastle Premier League 0-2 1-1 2
16 Sep 2026 H. Be'er Sheva 0-0 Dinamo UEFA Europa League - - no data
12 Sep 2026 Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal Premier League 1-8 7-2 9
6 Sep 2026 Everton 2-2 Man Utd Premier League 2-4 3-3 6
27 Aug 2026 Brann 3-2 PAOK UEFA Conference League - - no data
24 Aug 2026 Fulham 2-3 Chelsea Premier League 2-3 2-3 5
30 Jul 2026 Midtjylland 0-2 Beşiktaş UEFA Europa League - - no data
17 May 2026 Everton 1-3 Sunderland Premier League 1-2 3-0 3
9 May 2026 Brighton 3-0 Wolves Premier League 1-2 1-2 3

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.