Referees Spain

José María Sánchez Martínez Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · LaLiga 2015/16 - 2026/27
217matches with card data
396matches refereed

Card profile

217 matches · last 2026/27
5.76
Cards per game
2026/27: 5.33 · avg 5.19
5.53
Yellows per game
1,199 yellow cards
51
Red cards
1 every 4.3 matches
61.1
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
0%
No-card matches
0 of 217 · avg 1%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.861st half 3.902nd half
32% of cards 68% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.86 avg 1.69 3.90 avg 3.50
Half without a card 18% avg 20% 3% avg 6%
Over 1.5 cards 56% avg 49% 88% avg 82%
Home side cards 0.87 avg 0.80 1.87 avg 1.68
Away side cards 0.99 avg 0.89 2.04 avg 1.82

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 55% of matches (avg 53%). 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 0.5 100% 99 82% 80 97% 94
Over 1.5 98% 95 56% 49 88% 82
Over 2.5 92% 86 31% 25 73% 64
Over 3.5 80% 73 11% 10 54% 45
Over 4.5 65% 57 4% 4 35% 29
Over 5.5 53% 42 1% 1 22% 18
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 82% 74 12% 12 58% 48
Over 40 68% 60 6% 5 39% 33
Over 50 55% 46 2% 3 26% 23

Home vs away

cards per game
2.73
Home side
avg 2.48
3.03
Away side
avg 2.71

Against the league average for the same seasons, José María Sánchez Martínez shows home sides 0.25 more cards per game and away sides 0.32 more.

Competitions

matches refereed
LaLiga217 LaLiga 290 Copa del Rey32 UEFA Champions League26 UEFA Europa League23 Stoiximan Super League3 UEFA Conference League3 Supercopa de España2

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

Season by season

LaLiga
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2026/27 3 5.33 1.33 4.00 67%
2025/26 15 5.00 0.80 4.20 47%
2024/25 19 5.05 1.32 3.74 58%
2023/24 20 5.85 2.10 3.75 60%
2022/23 19 5.79 1.53 4.26 63%
2021/22 22 5.41 1.91 3.50 73%
2020/21 18 6.06 2.06 4.00 72%
2019/20 19 6.32 2.05 4.26 68%
2018/19 21 5.95 2.10 3.86 76%
2017/18 21 5.57 1.57 4.00 67%
2016/17 21 5.10 1.71 3.38 48%
2015/16 19 7.32 3.16 4.16 79%
League average 5.19 1.69 3.50 57%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
20 Oct 2026 Napoli 4-3 Bodø/Glimt UEFA Champions League - - no data
17 Sep 2026 Real Betis 1-0 Getafe LaLiga 2-5 1-6 7
6 Sep 2026 Alavés 5-2 Osasuna LaLiga 0-3 1-2 3
26 Aug 2026 Viking 3-1 Dinamo UEFA Champions League - - no data
22 Aug 2026 Espanyol 1-2 Real Madrid LaLiga 2-4 5-1 6
4 Aug 2026 Olympiacos 0-0 NEC UEFA Champions League - - no data
13 May 2026 Alavés 1-0 Barcelona LaLiga 0-3 1-2 3
10 May 2026 Olympiacos 1-1 PAOK Stoiximan Super League - - no data
26 Apr 2026 Oviedo 1-2 Elche LaLiga 0-3 2-1 3
23 Apr 2026 Levante 2-0 Sevilla LaLiga 2-5 3-4 7

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.