Referees France

Mikael Lesage Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Ligue 1 2015/16 - 2021/22
137matches with card data
358matches refereed

Card profile

137 matches · last 2021/22
4.14
Cards per game
2021/22: 4.57 · avg 4.09
3.85
Yellows per game
527 yellow cards
40
Red cards
1 every 3.4 matches
45.8
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
1%
No-card matches
2 of 137 · avg 2%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.311st half 2.152nd half
38% of cards 62% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.31 avg 1.30 2.15 avg 2.23
Half without a card 38% avg 35% 26% avg 23%
Over 1.5 cards 43% avg 37% 59% avg 62%
Home side cards 0.55 avg 0.60 1.06 avg 1.04
Away side cards 0.77 avg 0.69 1.09 avg 1.19

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 47% of matches (avg 51%). 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 99% 98 62% 65 74% 77
Over 1.5 93% 91 43% 37 59% 62
Over 2.5 80% 77 19% 18 39% 40
Over 3.5 56% 58 7% 7 21% 23
Over 4.5 37% 39 1% 2 12% 12
Over 5.5 23% 23 0% 1 5% 5
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 58% 61 9% 10 27% 27
Over 40 40% 44 3% 4 18% 18
Over 50 29% 30 2% 2 12% 11

Home vs away

cards per game
1.91
Home side
avg 1.89
2.23
Away side
avg 2.20

Mikael Lesage 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
Ligue 1189 Ligue 2148 Coupe de France21

Card stats cover Ligue 1 from 2015/16. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

Ligue 1
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2021/22 21 4.57 2.00 2.57 38%
2020/21 19 3.95 1.79 2.16 32%
2019/20 13 4.69 1.69 3.00 46%
2018/19 18 4.28 1.11 3.17 33%
2017/18 23 3.35 1.26 2.09 30%
2016/17 23 4.04 0.00 0.00 35%
2015/16 20 4.40 1.65 2.75 50%
League average 4.09 1.30 2.23 39%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
2 May 2026 Dunkerque 0-1 Grenoble Ligue 2 - - no data
24 Apr 2026 Clermont 1-1 Bastia Ligue 2 - - no data
6 Apr 2026 Le Mans 4-0 Pau Ligue 2 - - no data
14 Mar 2026 Reims 1-2 Rodez Ligue 2 - - no data
20 Feb 2026 Nancy 0-0 Grenoble Ligue 2 - - no data
6 Feb 2026 Red Star 0-3 Pau Ligue 2 - - no data
23 Jan 2026 Amiens 0-0 Laval Ligue 2 - - no data
3 Jan 2026 Pau 3-3 Rodez Ligue 2 - - no data
20 Dec 2025 Lusitanos S-M 0-1 Lille Coupe de France - - no data
6 Dec 2025 Dunkerque 1-0 Saint-Étienne Ligue 2 - - 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.