Referees England

Mike Dean Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2015/16 - 2021/22
195matches with card data
428matches refereed

Card profile

195 matches · last 2021/22
4.14
Cards per game
2021/22: 3.31 · avg 3.47
3.93
Yellows per game
767 yellow cards
41
Red cards
1 every 4.8 matches
44.6
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
5%
No-card matches
10 of 195 · avg 6%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.301st half 2.852nd half
31% of cards 69% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.30 avg 1.14 2.85 avg 2.33
Half without a card 31% avg 34% 9% avg 14%
Over 1.5 cards 37% avg 30% 74% avg 65%
Home side cards 0.65 avg 0.54 1.29 avg 1.11
Away side cards 0.65 avg 0.60 1.56 avg 1.22

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 41% of matches (avg 39%). 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 95% 94 69% 66 91% 86
Over 1.5 89% 83 37% 30 74% 65
Over 2.5 77% 65 17% 12 55% 42
Over 3.5 60% 45 6% 4 33% 22
Over 4.5 40% 29 1% 1 17% 11
Over 5.5 26% 16 0% 0 8% 5
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 61% 47 9% 6 37% 25
Over 40 43% 31 4% 3 25% 15
Over 50 34% 20 2% 1 16% 8

Home vs away

cards per game
1.94
Home side
avg 1.65
2.21
Away side
avg 1.82

Against the league average for the same seasons, Mike Dean shows home sides 0.29 more cards per game and away sides 0.39 more.

Competitions

matches refereed
Premier League340 Championship35 FA Cup29 UEFA Europa League12 EFL Cup11 UEFA Champions League1

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

Season by season

Premier League
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2021/22 26 3.31 0.69 2.62 19%
2020/21 25 4.12 1.64 2.48 36%
2019/20 27 4.59 1.63 2.96 48%
2018/19 29 5.14 1.86 3.28 62%
2017/18 25 4.00 0.84 3.16 32%
2016/17 30 4.07 1.30 2.77 37%
2015/16 33 3.76 1.09 2.67 42%
League average 3.47 1.14 2.33 29%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
22 May 2022 Chelsea 2-1 Watford Premier League 0-0 0-0 0
15 May 2022 Leeds 1-1 Brighton Premier League 0-5 3-2 5
11 May 2022 Watford 0-0 Everton Premier League 1-2 1-2 3
1 May 2022 West Ham 1-2 Arsenal Premier League 0-4 2-2 4
28 Apr 2022 Man Utd 1-1 Chelsea Premier League 0-1 0-1 1
20 Apr 2022 Man City 3-0 Brighton Premier League 0-3 0-3 3
6 Apr 2022 Burnley 3-2 Everton Premier League 2-2 2-2 4
20 Mar 2022 Southampton 1-4 Man City FA Cup - - no data
12 Mar 2022 Brighton 0-2 Liverpool Premier League 0-4 3-1 4
26 Feb 2022 Brentford 0-2 Newcastle Premier League 2-3 4-1 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.