Referees England

Lee Mason Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2015/16 - 2020/21
104matches with card data
305matches refereed

Card profile

104 matches · last 2020/21
3.13
Cards per game
2020/21: 1.82 · avg 3.44
3.04
Yellows per game
316 yellow cards
10
Red cards
1 every 10.4 matches
32.8
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
9%
No-card matches
9 of 104 · avg 6%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.141st half 1.992nd half
37% of cards 63% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.14 avg 1.14 1.99 avg 2.30
Half without a card 34% avg 34% 17% avg 13%
Over 1.5 cards 34% avg 30% 55% avg 65%
Home side cards 0.58 avg 0.54 0.90 avg 1.10
Away side cards 0.57 avg 0.60 1.09 avg 1.21

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 41% of matches (avg 38%). 32% 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 91% 94 66% 66 83% 87
Over 1.5 79% 83 34% 30 55% 65
Over 2.5 61% 64 11% 12 38% 40
Over 3.5 42% 45 4% 4 16% 22
Over 4.5 22% 28 0% 1 5% 11
Over 5.5 10% 16 0% 0 2% 4
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 46% 47 6% 6 20% 24
Over 40 28% 31 1% 3 10% 14
Over 50 13% 20 0% 1 4% 8

Home vs away

cards per game
1.48
Home side
avg 1.63
1.65
Away side
avg 1.81

Against the league average for the same seasons, Lee Mason shows home sides 0.15 fewer cards per game and away sides 0.16 fewer.

Competitions

matches refereed
Premier League226 Championship44 FA Cup22 EFL Cup13

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
2020/21 11 1.82 0.82 1.00 18%
2019/20 16 3.81 1.56 2.25 25%
2018/19 18 3.39 1.44 1.94 17%
2017/18 18 2.67 0.83 1.83 17%
2016/17 19 4.00 1.47 2.53 37%
2015/16 22 2.73 0.73 2.00 18%
League average 3.44 1.14 2.30 28%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
18 May 2021 Man Utd 1-1 Fulham Premier League 1-4 2-3 5
1 May 2021 Brentford 2-0 Watford Championship - - no data
18 Apr 2021 Coventry 2-0 Barnsley Championship - - no data
10 Apr 2021 Huddersfield 0-0 Rotherham Championship - - no data
27 Feb 2021 West Brom 1-0 Brighton Premier League 0-0 0-0 0
20 Feb 2021 Sheffield Wed 0-1 Birmingham Championship - - no data
30 Jan 2021 Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa Premier League 0-1 1-0 1
23 Jan 2021 Sheffield Utd 2-1 Plymouth FA Cup - - no data
17 Jan 2021 Man City 4-0 Crystal Palace Premier League 0-0 0-0 0
10 Jan 2021 Newport 1-1 Brighton FA Cup - - 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.