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Jonathan Moss Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2015/16 - 2021/22
187matches with card data
364matches refereed

Card profile

187 matches · last 2021/22
3.55
Cards per game
2021/22: 2.80 · avg 3.47
3.42
Yellows per game
639 yellow cards
24
Red cards
1 every 7.8 matches
37.4
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
6%
No-card matches
11 of 187 · avg 6%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.121st half 2.422nd half
32% of cards 68% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.12 avg 1.14 2.42 avg 2.33
Half without a card 34% avg 34% 14% avg 14%
Over 1.5 cards 26% avg 30% 69% avg 65%
Home side cards 0.50 avg 0.54 1.21 avg 1.11
Away side cards 0.62 avg 0.60 1.21 avg 1.22

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 41% of matches (avg 39%). 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 94% 94 66% 66 86% 86
Over 1.5 87% 83 26% 30 69% 65
Over 2.5 67% 65 12% 12 45% 42
Over 3.5 47% 45 5% 4 25% 22
Over 4.5 28% 29 2% 1 9% 11
Over 5.5 14% 16 1% 0 5% 5
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 50% 47 6% 6 28% 25
Over 40 30% 31 4% 3 11% 15
Over 50 18% 20 3% 1 7% 8

Home vs away

cards per game
1.71
Home side
avg 1.65
1.83
Away side
avg 1.82

Jonathan Moss 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
Premier League275 Championship45 FA Cup30 EFL Cup13 Community Shield1

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

Season by season

Premier League
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2021/22 25 2.80 0.76 2.04 24%
2020/21 25 2.64 0.76 1.88 12%
2019/20 25 3.96 1.08 2.88 32%
2018/19 27 3.93 1.37 2.56 30%
2017/18 29 3.93 1.38 2.55 34%
2016/17 31 4.03 1.23 2.81 39%
2015/16 25 3.32 1.20 2.12 20%
League average 3.47 1.14 2.33 29%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
29 May 2022 Huddersfield 0-1 Forest Championship - - no data
22 May 2022 Leicester 4-1 Southampton Premier League 0-1 0-1 1
10 May 2022 Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool Premier League 0-0 0-0 0
1 May 2022 Tottenham 3-1 Leicester Premier League 1-4 2-3 5
20 Apr 2022 Chelsea 2-4 Arsenal Premier League 0-4 3-1 4
9 Apr 2022 Everton 1-0 Man Utd Premier League 0-4 2-2 4
12 Mar 2022 Man Utd 3-2 Tottenham Premier League 2-1 2-1 3
5 Mar 2022 Liverpool 1-0 West Ham Premier League 1-2 2-1 3
26 Feb 2022 Crystal Palace 1-1 Burnley Premier League 1-1 0-2 2
19 Feb 2022 Arsenal 2-1 Brentford Premier League 0-2 1-1 2

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.