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Marco Piccinini Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Serie A 2017/18 - 2025/26
86matches with card data
185matches refereed

Card profile

86 matches · last 2025/26
4.34
Cards per game
2025/26: 3.86 · avg 4.59
4.19
Yellows per game
360 yellow cards
13
Red cards
1 every 6.6 matches
45.6
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
0%
No-card matches
0 of 86 · avg 2%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.501st half 2.842nd half
35% of cards 65% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.50 avg 1.58 2.84 avg 3.01
Half without a card 20% avg 23% 8% avg 6%
Over 1.5 cards 47% avg 48% 74% avg 78%
Home side cards 0.66 avg 0.72 1.26 avg 1.41
Away side cards 0.84 avg 0.86 1.58 avg 1.60

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 53% of matches (avg 51%). 26% 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% 98 80% 77 92% 94
Over 1.5 94% 94 47% 48 74% 78
Over 2.5 78% 83 20% 21 49% 56
Over 3.5 64% 67 3% 8 35% 35
Over 4.5 43% 48 0% 2 17% 19
Over 5.5 26% 31 0% 1 6% 10
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 65% 68 7% 11 37% 38
Over 40 44% 50 1% 4 20% 24
Over 50 28% 35 0% 2 7% 16

Home vs away

cards per game
1.92
Home side
avg 2.13
2.42
Away side
avg 2.45

Against the league average for the same seasons, Marco Piccinini shows home sides 0.21 fewer cards per game and away sides 0.03 fewer.

Competitions

matches refereed
Serie B91 Serie A86 Coppa Italia5 Cyprus League by Stoiximan3

Card stats cover Serie A from 2017/18. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

Serie A
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2025/26 7 3.86 1.14 2.71 43%
2024/25 16 3.88 1.25 2.63 44%
2023/24 12 4.17 1.42 2.75 33%
2022/23 9 4.44 1.11 3.33 56%
2021/22 8 5.50 2.25 3.25 38%
2020/21 13 3.85 1.92 1.92 38%
2019/20 16 5.13 1.69 3.44 50%
2018/19 4 4.25 0.75 3.50 50%
2017/18 1 1.00 1.00 0.00 0%
League average 4.59 1.58 3.01 48%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
11 May 2026 Napoli 2-3 Bologna Serie A 1-4 1-4 5
25 Apr 2026 Catanzaro 4-2 Spezia Serie B - - no data
11 Apr 2026 Pescara 1-2 Sampdoria Serie B - - no data
22 Mar 2026 Südtirol 1-3 Frosinone Serie B - - no data
8 Mar 2026 Carrarese 0-1 Palermo Serie B - - no data
22 Feb 2026 Milan 0-1 Parma Serie A 1-2 2-1 3
9 Feb 2026 Atalanta 2-1 Cremonese Serie A 0-2 2-0 2
24 Jan 2026 Mantova 2-5 Venezia Serie B - - no data
10 Jan 2026 Juve Stabia 2-2 Pescara Serie B - - no data
27 Dec 2025 Palermo 1-0 Padova Serie B - - 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.