Referees Spain

Miguel Sesma Espinosa Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · LaLiga 2025/26 - 2026/27
24matches with card data
70matches refereed

Card profile

24 matches · last 2026/27
4.00
Cards per game
2026/27: 5.00 · avg 4.80
3.83
Yellows per game
92 yellow cards
4
Red cards
1 every 6.0 matches
42.5
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
0%
No-card matches
0 of 24 · avg 1%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.631st half 2.382nd half
41% of cards 59% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.63 avg 1.52 2.38 avg 3.28
Half without a card 17% avg 22% 21% avg 7%
Over 1.5 cards 38% avg 43% 71% avg 80%
Home side cards 0.67 avg 0.71 0.92 avg 1.52
Away side cards 0.96 avg 0.81 1.46 avg 1.76

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 57% of matches (avg 48%). 28% 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% 99 83% 78 79% 93
Over 1.5 79% 94 38% 43 71% 80
Over 2.5 71% 82 25% 20 29% 57
Over 3.5 58% 66 13% 9 25% 40
Over 4.5 46% 51 4% 3 17% 25
Over 5.5 21% 37 0% 1 8% 16
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 63% 68 13% 11 33% 44
Over 40 50% 55 4% 5 21% 30
Over 50 25% 42 0% 2 13% 22

Home vs away

cards per game
1.58
Home side
avg 2.22
2.42
Away side
avg 2.57

Against the league average for the same seasons, Miguel Sesma Espinosa shows home sides 0.64 fewer cards per game and away sides 0.15 fewer.

Competitions

matches refereed
LaLiga 244 LaLiga24 Copa del Rey2

Card stats cover LaLiga from 2025/26. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

LaLiga
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2026/27 5 5.00 2.00 3.00 80%
2025/26 19 3.74 1.53 2.21 37%
League average 4.80 1.52 3.28 51%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
11 Oct 2026 Real Sociedad 3-2 Deportivo LaLiga 1-4 2-3 5
15 Sep 2026 Alavés 0-1 Valencia LaLiga 3-2 1-4 5
6 Sep 2026 Espanyol 1-1 Sevilla LaLiga 4-2 2-4 6
27 Aug 2026 Celta 1-2 Osasuna LaLiga 1-2 2-1 3
16 Aug 2026 Racing Club 2-2 Villarreal LaLiga 1-5 2-4 6
14 May 2026 Girona 1-1 Real Sociedad LaLiga 1-8 2-7 9
3 May 2026 Getafe 0-2 Rayo Vallecano LaLiga 2-6 3-5 8
12 Apr 2026 Osasuna 1-1 Real Betis LaLiga 5-2 3-4 7
22 Mar 2026 Celta 3-4 Alavés LaLiga 2-2 2-2 4
14 Mar 2026 Oviedo 1-0 Valencia LaLiga 4-1 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.