Referees England

Kevin Friend Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2015/16 - 2021/22
158matches with card data
360matches refereed

Card profile

158 matches · last 2021/22
3.42
Cards per game
2021/22: 4.38 · avg 3.47
3.31
Yellows per game
523 yellow cards
17
Red cards
1 every 9.3 matches
35.8
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
6%
No-card matches
9 of 158 · avg 6%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.321st half 2.112nd half
38% of cards 62% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.32 avg 1.14 2.11 avg 2.33
Half without a card 27% avg 34% 18% avg 14%
Over 1.5 cards 36% avg 30% 58% avg 65%
Home side cards 0.68 avg 0.54 1.04 avg 1.11
Away side cards 0.64 avg 0.60 1.06 avg 1.22

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 48% of matches (avg 39%). 29% 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 73% 66 82% 86
Over 1.5 80% 83 36% 30 58% 65
Over 2.5 58% 65 13% 12 34% 42
Over 3.5 42% 45 7% 4 20% 22
Over 4.5 29% 29 3% 1 11% 11
Over 5.5 16% 16 0% 0 4% 5
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 43% 47 9% 6 20% 25
Over 40 32% 31 4% 3 12% 15
Over 50 19% 20 1% 1 6% 8

Home vs away

cards per game
1.72
Home side
avg 1.65
1.70
Away side
avg 1.82

Against the league average for the same seasons, Kevin Friend shows home sides 0.07 more cards per game and away sides 0.12 fewer.

Competitions

matches refereed
Premier League259 Championship54 FA Cup33 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 21 4.38 1.67 2.76 52%
2020/21 25 2.52 1.12 1.40 8%
2019/20 25 3.20 1.20 2.00 24%
2018/19 27 3.52 1.33 2.19 33%
2017/18 21 2.19 0.95 1.24 14%
2016/17 20 4.85 1.75 3.10 50%
2015/16 19 3.53 1.26 2.26 26%
League average 3.47 1.14 2.33 29%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
22 May 2022 Brighton 3-1 West Ham Premier League 1-1 1-1 2
15 May 2022 Tottenham 1-0 Burnley Premier League 2-3 3-2 5
1 May 2022 Everton 1-0 Chelsea Premier League 5-3 3-5 8
23 Apr 2022 Man City 5-1 Watford Premier League 1-0 1-0 1
18 Apr 2022 Reading 4-4 Swansea Championship - - no data
9 Apr 2022 Southampton 0-6 Chelsea Premier League 0-1 1-0 1
18 Mar 2022 Wolves 2-3 Leeds Premier League 3-7 4-5 9
10 Mar 2022 Southampton 1-2 Newcastle Premier League 1-1 1-1 2
26 Feb 2022 Man Utd 0-0 Watford Premier League 0-0 0-0 0
19 Feb 2022 Brighton 0-3 Burnley Premier League 1-4 1-4 5

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.