Referees England

Martin Atkinson Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2015/16 - 2021/22
198matches with card data
442matches refereed

Card profile

198 matches · last 2021/22
3.21
Cards per game
2021/22: 2.52 · avg 3.47
3.11
Yellows per game
616 yellow cards
19
Red cards
1 every 10.4 matches
33.5
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
6%
No-card matches
11 of 198 · avg 6%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.051st half 2.162nd half
33% of cards 67% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.05 avg 1.14 2.16 avg 2.33
Half without a card 36% avg 34% 12% avg 14%
Over 1.5 cards 28% avg 30% 61% avg 65%
Home side cards 0.51 avg 0.54 1.01 avg 1.11
Away side cards 0.54 avg 0.60 1.15 avg 1.22

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 33% of matches (avg 39%). 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 94% 94 64% 66 88% 86
Over 1.5 80% 83 28% 30 61% 65
Over 2.5 60% 65 12% 12 34% 42
Over 3.5 39% 45 2% 4 17% 22
Over 4.5 21% 29 0% 1 9% 11
Over 5.5 14% 16 0% 0 4% 5
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 42% 47 3% 6 19% 25
Over 40 24% 31 1% 3 11% 15
Over 50 16% 20 0% 1 7% 8

Home vs away

cards per game
1.52
Home side
avg 1.65
1.69
Away side
avg 1.82

Against the league average for the same seasons, Martin Atkinson shows home sides 0.13 fewer cards per game and away sides 0.13 fewer.

Competitions

matches refereed
Premier League335 FA Cup37 UEFA Champions League29 UEFA Europa League18 Championship12 EFL Cup10 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 25 2.52 0.80 1.72 16%
2020/21 27 2.44 0.67 1.78 0%
2019/20 32 3.06 1.19 1.88 16%
2018/19 29 3.17 0.97 2.21 17%
2017/18 28 3.96 0.89 3.07 36%
2016/17 28 3.68 1.46 2.21 36%
2015/16 29 3.52 1.31 2.21 28%
League average 3.47 1.14 2.33 29%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
22 May 2022 Crystal Palace 1-0 Man Utd Premier League 2-4 2-4 6
17 May 2022 Southampton 1-2 Liverpool Premier League 0-2 2-0 2
11 May 2022 Wolves 1-5 Man City Premier League 0-1 0-1 1
19 Apr 2022 Liverpool 4-0 Man Utd Premier League 0-3 1-2 3
10 Apr 2022 Brentford 2-0 West Ham Premier League 0-1 0-1 1
3 Apr 2022 Tottenham 5-1 Newcastle Premier League 4-1 2-3 5
14 Mar 2022 Crystal Palace 0-0 Man City Premier League 1-3 3-1 4
10 Mar 2022 Norwich 1-3 Chelsea Premier League 0-2 0-2 2
5 Mar 2022 Newcastle 2-1 Brighton Premier League 0-2 1-1 2
2 Mar 2022 Liverpool 2-1 Norwich 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.