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Mathieu Vernice Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Ligue 1 2022/23 - 2026/27
64matches with card data
127matches refereed

Card profile

64 matches · last 2026/27
4.44
Cards per game
2026/27: 3.75 · avg 3.94
4.14
Yellows per game
265 yellow cards
19
Red cards
1 every 3.4 matches
48.8
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
8%
No-card matches
5 of 64 · avg 4%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.531st half 2.922nd half
34% of cards 66% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.53 avg 1.37 2.92 avg 2.57
Half without a card 19% avg 28% 13% avg 10%
Over 1.5 cards 48% avg 41% 73% avg 72%
Home side cards 0.64 avg 0.64 1.27 avg 1.20
Away side cards 0.89 avg 0.74 1.66 avg 1.37

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 53% of matches (avg 44%). 35% 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 92% 96 81% 72 88% 90
Over 1.5 88% 88 48% 41 73% 72
Over 2.5 80% 75 19% 16 55% 46
Over 3.5 69% 56 3% 6 27% 25
Over 4.5 48% 37 2% 2 19% 13
Over 5.5 28% 20 0% 1 13% 6
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 70% 59 5% 9 30% 30
Over 40 52% 42 2% 4 23% 19
Over 50 34% 27 2% 2 16% 12

Home vs away

cards per game
1.91
Home side
avg 1.84
2.53
Away side
avg 2.10

Against the league average for the same seasons, Mathieu Vernice shows home sides 0.07 more cards per game and away sides 0.43 more.

Competitions

matches refereed
Ligue 164 Ligue 252 Coupe de France8 UEFA Conference League2 UEFA Europa League1

Card stats cover Ligue 1 from 2022/23. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

Ligue 1
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2026/27 4 3.75 1.00 2.75 50%
2025/26 15 4.73 1.73 3.00 40%
2024/25 16 4.63 1.50 3.13 56%
2023/24 13 4.85 1.46 3.38 54%
2022/23 16 3.81 1.56 2.31 44%
League average 3.94 1.37 2.57 37%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
10 Oct 2026 PSG 3-1 Le Mans Ligue 1 0-5 0-5 5
19 Sep 2026 Lyon 4-0 Rennes Ligue 1 2-4 4-2 6
3 Sep 2026 Toulouse 0-1 Lille Ligue 1 1-0 1-0 1
22 Aug 2026 Lens 5-2 Auxerre Ligue 1 1-2 1-2 3
22 Jul 2026 FC Spartak Trnava 0-0 CSKA 1948 Sofia UEFA Conference League - - no data
9 Jul 2026 Vojvodina 1-2 Ferencváros UEFA Europa League - - no data
17 May 2026 Brest 1-1 Angers Ligue 1 2-0 1-1 2
8 May 2026 Lens 1-0 Nantes Ligue 1 2-1 2-1 3
26 Apr 2026 Paris 0-1 Lille Ligue 1 1-9 7-3 10
11 Apr 2026 Rennes 2-1 Angers Ligue 1 1-1 0-2 2

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.