Referees England

Neil Swarbrick Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2015/16 - 2017/18
62matches with card data
218matches refereed

Card profile

62 matches · last 2017/18
3.34
Cards per game
2017/18: 2.70 · avg 3.51
3.26
Yellows per game
202 yellow cards
5
Red cards
1 every 12.4 matches
34.6
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
3%
No-card matches
2 of 62 · avg 6%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.191st half 2.152nd half
36% of cards 64% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.19 avg 1.14 2.15 avg 2.37
Half without a card 32% avg 34% 13% avg 13%
Over 1.5 cards 31% avg 30% 65% avg 64%
Home side cards 0.66 avg 0.53 1.10 avg 1.13
Away side cards 0.53 avg 0.61 1.05 avg 1.24

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 37% of matches (avg 40%). 31% 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 97% 94 68% 66 87% 87
Over 1.5 81% 82 31% 30 65% 64
Over 2.5 61% 65 16% 13 42% 43
Over 3.5 52% 47 3% 4 16% 24
Over 4.5 24% 29 2% 1 5% 11
Over 5.5 11% 17 0% 0 0% 5
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 53% 49 3% 5 16% 27
Over 40 26% 32 2% 3 6% 15
Over 50 13% 21 0% 1 5% 8

Home vs away

cards per game
1.76
Home side
avg 1.66
1.58
Away side
avg 1.85

Against the league average for the same seasons, Neil Swarbrick shows home sides 0.10 more cards per game and away sides 0.27 fewer.

Competitions

matches refereed
Premier League132 Championship61 FA Cup16 EFL Cup9

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
2017/18 20 2.70 0.85 1.85 10%
2016/17 24 3.79 1.42 2.38 29%
2015/16 18 3.44 1.28 2.17 33%
League average 3.51 1.14 2.37 29%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
9 May 2018 Tottenham 1-0 Newcastle Premier League 0-5 2-3 5
29 Apr 2018 West Ham 1-4 Man City Premier League 1-0 0-1 1
14 Apr 2018 Fulham 1-1 Brentford Championship - - no data
31 Mar 2018 Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool Premier League 4-0 2-2 4
5 Mar 2018 Crystal Palace 2-3 Man Utd Premier League 1-3 1-3 4
24 Feb 2018 Sheffield Wed 2-4 Aston Villa Championship - - no data
3 Feb 2018 Arsenal 5-1 Everton Premier League 1-1 2-0 2
30 Jan 2018 West Ham 1-1 Crystal Palace Premier League 2-2 1-3 4
27 Jan 2018 Huddersfield 1-1 Birmingham FA Cup - - no data
22 Jan 2018 Swansea 1-0 Liverpool Premier League 2-0 0-2 2

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.