Referees
England
Michael Salisbury Referee Stats
Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2021/22 - 2026/27
Card profile
63 matches · last 2026/274.10
Cards per game
2026/27: 2.33 · avg 4.05
3.94
Yellows per game
248 yellow cards
10
Red cards
1 every 6.3 matches
43.3
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
0%
No-card matches
0 of 63 · avg 4%
Cards by half
yellow + red cards · both teams
1.541st half
2.562nd half
38% of cards
62% of cards
Per match
1st half
2nd half
Cards per game
1.54
avg 1.34
2.56
avg 2.72
Half without a card
22%
avg 29%
11%
avg 10%
Over 1.5 cards
40%
avg 38%
71%
avg 71%
Home side cards
0.78
avg 0.60
1.17
avg 1.28
Away side cards
0.76
avg 0.74
1.38
avg 1.43
When the cards come
0.21
0.37
0.95
0.54
0.59
1.38
Cards per game
League average
First card before the 30th minute in 42% of matches (avg 42%). 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
78% 71
89% 90
Over 1.5
92% 88
40% 38
71% 71
Over 2.5
76% 74
21% 16
48% 50
Over 3.5
59% 57
11% 7
25% 30
Over 4.5
43% 39
3% 2
17% 16
Over 5.5
21% 24
2% 1
5% 8
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30
60% 58
13% 8
27% 31
Over 40
44% 41
6% 3
21% 18
Over 50
25% 26
5% 2
8% 11
Home vs away
cards per game1.95
Home side
avg 1.88
2.14
Away side
avg 2.17
Michael Salisbury 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
Premier League63
Championship53
FA Cup17
EFL Cup9
Card stats cover Premier League from 2021/22. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.
Season by season
Premier League
Season
MP
Cards/g
1H
2H
O4.5
2026/27
3
2.33
1.33
1.00
0%
2025/26
14
4.43
2.00
2.43
57%
2024/25
14
3.36
1.29
2.07
29%
2023/24
14
4.21
1.36
2.86
36%
2022/23
15
4.73
1.53
3.20
53%
2021/22
3
4.00
1.67
2.33
67%
League average
4.05
1.34
2.72
39%
Recent matches
last 10
Date
Match
1H-2H
H-A
Cards
11 Oct 2026
Hull 2-2 Everton Premier League
2-0
2-0
2
14 Sep 2026
Leeds 4-1 Newcastle Premier League
1-2
1-2
3
5 Sep 2026
West Brom 1-0 Watford Championship
-
-
no data
30 Aug 2026
Sunderland 1-0 Fulham Premier League
1-1
0-2
2
17 May 2026
Man Utd 3-2 Forest Premier League
0-3
2-1
3
9 May 2026
Man City 3-0 Brentford Premier League
1-5
4-2
6
22 Apr 2026
Bournemouth 2-2 Leeds Premier League
2-1
3-0
3
12 Apr 2026
Forest 1-1 Aston Villa Premier League
2-2
2-2
4
3 Apr 2026
Stoke 2-0 Sheffield Wed Championship
-
-
no data
21 Mar 2026
Ipswich 1-1 Millwall Championship
-
-
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.