Referees Germany

Martin Petersen Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Bundesliga 2017/18 - 2026/27
92matches with card data
233matches refereed

Card profile

92 matches · last 2026/27
4.14
Cards per game
2026/27: 4.50 · avg 3.93
3.99
Yellows per game
367 yellow cards
14
Red cards
1 every 6.6 matches
43.7
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
0%
No-card matches
0 of 92 · avg 4%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.451st half 2.702nd half
35% of cards 65% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.45 avg 1.32 2.70 avg 2.60
Half without a card 27% avg 29% 8% avg 10%
Over 1.5 cards 45% avg 39% 71% avg 69%
Home side cards 0.75 avg 0.61 1.32 avg 1.22
Away side cards 0.70 avg 0.71 1.38 avg 1.38

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 39% of matches (avg 44%). 34% 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% 96 73% 71 92% 90
Over 1.5 89% 87 45% 39 71% 69
Over 2.5 80% 72 16% 15 46% 47
Over 3.5 59% 54 7% 4 30% 28
Over 4.5 41% 36 4% 2 17% 14
Over 5.5 21% 22 0% 0 7% 7
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 60% 56 7% 6 33% 31
Over 40 43% 39 5% 3 21% 18
Over 50 24% 26 1% 1 12% 11

Home vs away

cards per game
2.07
Home side
avg 1.83
2.08
Away side
avg 2.10

Against the league average for the same seasons, Martin Petersen shows home sides 0.24 more cards per game and away sides 0.02 fewer.

Competitions

matches refereed
2. Bundesliga119 Bundesliga92 DFB Pokal22

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

Season by season

Bundesliga
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2026/27 2 4.50 0.50 4.00 50%
2025/26 10 4.50 1.00 3.50 50%
2024/25 11 5.00 1.45 3.55 64%
2023/24 11 4.36 1.82 2.55 36%
2022/23 10 4.80 2.20 2.60 60%
2021/22 13 3.85 1.46 2.38 38%
2020/21 10 4.60 1.70 2.90 40%
2019/20 10 4.00 1.30 2.70 40%
2018/19 7 2.71 1.29 1.43 14%
2017/18 8 2.63 0.75 1.88 13%
League average 3.93 1.32 2.60 36%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
11 Oct 2026 Freiburg 2-1 Schalke Bundesliga 0-5 4-1 5
18 Sep 2026 Wolfsburg 5-1 Darmstadt 2. Bundesliga - - no data
5 Sep 2026 M'gladbach 3-4 Elversberg Bundesliga 1-3 3-1 4
24 Aug 2026 Würzburger Kickers 1-2 Köln DFB Pokal - - no data
9 May 2026 Kiel 1-3 Magdeburg 2. Bundesliga - - no data
25 Apr 2026 Mainz 05 3-4 Bayern Bundesliga 2-1 1-2 3
4 Apr 2026 Leverkusen 6-3 Wolfsburg Bundesliga 2-2 1-3 4
7 Mar 2026 Leipzig 2-1 Augsburg Bundesliga 0-2 0-2 2
22 Feb 2026 Hannover 0-0 Dresden 2. Bundesliga - - no data
14 Feb 2026 Frankfurt 3-0 M'gladbach Bundesliga 0-5 3-2 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.