Referees France

Karim Abed Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Ligue 1 2016/17 - 2022/23
83matches with card data
186matches refereed

Card profile

83 matches · last 2022/23
3.96
Cards per game
2022/23: 2.00 · avg 3.95
3.60
Yellows per game
299 yellow cards
30
Red cards
1 every 2.8 matches
45.1
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
1%
No-card matches
1 of 83 · avg 3%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.081st half 2.012nd half
35% of cards 65% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.08 avg 1.21 2.01 avg 2.09
Half without a card 47% avg 39% 25% avg 26%
Over 1.5 cards 31% avg 34% 61% avg 58%
Home side cards 0.48 avg 0.56 1.05 avg 0.99
Away side cards 0.60 avg 0.65 0.96 avg 1.10

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 48% of matches (avg 49%). 28% 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% 97 53% 61 75% 74
Over 1.5 94% 89 31% 34 61% 58
Over 2.5 80% 74 19% 16 39% 37
Over 3.5 52% 55 5% 7 12% 21
Over 4.5 33% 36 0% 2 7% 11
Over 5.5 23% 22 0% 1 1% 4
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 59% 58 5% 9 20% 26
Over 40 43% 42 1% 4 18% 17
Over 50 33% 29 1% 2 8% 10

Home vs away

cards per game
1.89
Home side
avg 1.83
2.07
Away side
avg 2.12

Karim Abed 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 289 Ligue 183 Coupe de France9 UEFA Europa League3 Swiss Super League1 UEFA Conference League1

Card stats cover Ligue 1 from 2016/17. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

Ligue 1
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2022/23 1 2.00 0.00 2.00 0%
2020/21 13 4.54 1.15 3.38 23%
2019/20 12 3.58 1.33 2.25 25%
2018/19 18 4.06 1.39 2.67 44%
2017/18 20 4.00 1.70 2.30 40%
2016/17 19 3.79 0.00 0.00 26%
League average 3.95 1.21 2.09 36%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
9 Oct 2026 Pau 3-2 Laval Ligue 2 - - no data
19 Sep 2026 Boulogne-sur-Mer 1-2 Nantes Ligue 2 - - no data
28 Aug 2026 Laval 0-3 Grenoble Ligue 2 - - no data
8 Aug 2026 Boulogne-sur-Mer 0-0 Nancy Ligue 2 - - no data
9 May 2026 Grenoble 1-0 Troyes Ligue 2 - - no data
17 Apr 2026 Pau 2-1 EAG Ligue 2 - - no data
20 Mar 2026 Rodez 1-1 Bastia Ligue 2 - - no data
6 Mar 2026 Boulogne-sur-Mer 4-2 Amiens Ligue 2 - - no data
13 Feb 2026 Laval 2-2 Annecy Ligue 2 - - no data
30 Jan 2026 Rodez 1-1 Red Star Ligue 2 - - 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.