Referees Spain

Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · LaLiga 2021/22 - 2026/27
98matches with card data
155matches refereed

Card profile

98 matches · last 2026/27
4.60
Cards per game
2026/27: 4.80 · avg 5.06
4.24
Yellows per game
416 yellow cards
35
Red cards
1 every 2.8 matches
51.4
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
2%
No-card matches
2 of 98 · avg 2%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.191st half 3.422nd half
26% of cards 74% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.19 avg 1.62 3.42 avg 3.44
Half without a card 27% avg 21% 4% avg 6%
Over 1.5 cards 33% avg 46% 84% avg 81%
Home side cards 0.53 avg 0.79 1.72 avg 1.64
Away side cards 0.66 avg 0.83 1.69 avg 1.80

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 41% of matches (avg 48%). 41% 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% 98 73% 79 96% 94
Over 1.5 96% 94 33% 46 84% 81
Over 2.5 85% 84 10% 22 63% 61
Over 3.5 68% 70 3% 9 42% 44
Over 4.5 52% 55 0% 4 21% 28
Over 5.5 28% 39 0% 1 14% 17
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 71% 72 3% 12 50% 47
Over 40 60% 58 0% 6 35% 33
Over 50 42% 44 0% 3 26% 23

Home vs away

cards per game
2.26
Home side
avg 2.43
2.35
Away side
avg 2.63

Against the league average for the same seasons, Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias shows home sides 0.17 fewer cards per game and away sides 0.28 fewer.

Competitions

matches refereed
LaLiga98 LaLiga 240 Copa del Rey16 Supercopa de España1

Card stats cover LaLiga from 2021/22. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

LaLiga
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2026/27 5 4.80 1.60 3.40 60%
2025/26 19 4.32 1.05 3.26 53%
2024/25 19 4.11 1.16 2.95 42%
2023/24 21 4.10 1.19 2.90 43%
2022/23 17 5.35 1.12 4.24 59%
2021/22 17 5.29 1.35 3.94 65%
League average 5.06 1.62 3.44 55%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
20 Sep 2026 Atlético Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid LaLiga 3-3 2-3 5
17 Sep 2026 Málaga 1-3 Villarreal LaLiga 2-4 5-1 6
7 Sep 2026 Elche 2-3 Real Sociedad LaLiga 2-4 4-2 6
30 Aug 2026 Deportivo 3-1 Valencia LaLiga 0-4 3-1 4
27 Aug 2026 Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Club LaLiga 1-2 1-2 3
10 May 2026 Athletic Club 0-1 Valencia LaLiga 1-4 2-3 5
26 Apr 2026 Osasuna 2-1 Sevilla LaLiga 1-3 2-2 4
12 Apr 2026 Celta 0-3 Oviedo LaLiga 0-3 1-2 3
20 Mar 2026 Villarreal 3-1 Real Sociedad LaLiga 1-1 0-2 2
14 Mar 2026 Atlético Madrid 1-0 Getafe LaLiga 0-7 3-4 7

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.