Referees Spain

Mario Melero Lopez Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · LaLiga 2015/16 - 2024/25
179matches with card data
315matches refereed

Card profile

179 matches · last 2024/25
5.25
Cards per game
2024/25: 3.74 · avg 5.24
5.09
Yellows per game
911 yellow cards
29
Red cards
1 every 6.2 matches
54.9
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
2%
No-card matches
3 of 179 · avg 1%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.441st half 3.812nd half
27% of cards 73% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.44 avg 1.71 3.81 avg 3.53
Half without a card 27% avg 20% 3% avg 5%
Over 1.5 cards 44% avg 50% 85% avg 83%
Home side cards 0.69 avg 0.81 1.84 avg 1.70
Away side cards 0.75 avg 0.90 1.97 avg 1.83

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 50% of matches (avg 54%). 40% 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 98% 99 73% 80 97% 95
Over 1.5 96% 95 44% 50 85% 83
Over 2.5 85% 86 20% 25 69% 64
Over 3.5 73% 74 6% 10 54% 46
Over 4.5 60% 58 2% 4 32% 29
Over 5.5 44% 42 0% 1 20% 18
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 74% 75 7% 12 55% 49
Over 40 61% 61 3% 6 34% 34
Over 50 46% 46 1% 3 25% 23

Home vs away

cards per game
2.54
Home side
avg 2.52
2.72
Away side
avg 2.73

Mario Melero Lopez 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
LaLiga196 LaLiga 288 Copa del Rey30 Cyprus League by Stoiximan1

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
2024/25 19 3.74 0.84 2.89 26%
2023/24 16 4.63 1.38 3.25 50%
2022/23 20 4.40 1.45 2.95 45%
2021/22 17 4.35 1.41 2.94 41%
2020/21 18 4.11 1.00 3.11 44%
2019/20 19 6.37 1.74 4.63 89%
2018/19 20 5.30 1.45 3.85 60%
2017/18 19 6.42 1.37 5.05 84%
2016/17 18 6.22 1.89 4.33 72%
2015/16 13 7.54 2.08 5.46 92%
League average 5.24 1.71 3.53 58%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
24 May 2025 Real Madrid 2-0 Real Sociedad LaLiga 0-0 0-0 0
15 May 2025 Osasuna 2-0 Atlético Madrid LaLiga 2-0 1-1 2
5 May 2025 Girona 1-0 Mallorca LaLiga 1-1 0-2 2
19 Apr 2025 Barcelona 4-3 Celta LaLiga 0-4 2-2 4
6 Apr 2025 Villarreal 0-0 Athletic Club LaLiga 1-1 1-1 2
14 Mar 2025 Las Palmas 2-2 Alavés LaLiga 3-6 5-4 9
2 Mar 2025 Osasuna 3-3 Valencia LaLiga 0-3 2-1 3
17 Feb 2025 Barcelona 1-0 Rayo Vallecano LaLiga 3-2 2-3 5
6 Feb 2025 Real Sociedad 2-0 Osasuna Copa del Rey - - no data
3 Feb 2025 Girona 2-1 Las Palmas LaLiga 3-2 2-3 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.