Referees France

Olivier Thual Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Ligue 1 2016/17 - 2019/20
65matches with card data
317matches refereed

Card profile

65 matches · last 2019/20
3.06
Cards per game
2019/20: 3.00 · avg 3.98
2.86
Yellows per game
186 yellow cards
13
Red cards
1 every 5.0 matches
33.6
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
8%
No-card matches
5 of 65 · avg 3%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
0.661st half 1.322nd half
33% of cards 67% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 0.66 avg 1.10 1.32 avg 1.87
Half without a card 60% avg 45% 45% avg 34%
Over 1.5 cards 14% avg 31% 35% avg 52%
Home side cards 0.25 avg 0.50 0.54 avg 0.87
Away side cards 0.42 avg 0.60 0.78 avg 1.00

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 40% of matches (avg 49%). 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 92% 97 40% 55 55% 66
Over 1.5 74% 89 14% 31 35% 52
Over 2.5 65% 75 8% 16 22% 33
Over 3.5 35% 55 3% 6 11% 20
Over 4.5 20% 37 2% 2 6% 10
Over 5.5 12% 22 0% 1 3% 4
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 42% 58 3% 8 15% 24
Over 40 29% 42 2% 4 9% 15
Over 50 17% 29 2% 2 3% 9

Home vs away

cards per game
1.22
Home side
avg 1.81
1.85
Away side
avg 2.17

Against the league average for the same seasons, Olivier Thual shows home sides 0.59 fewer cards per game and away sides 0.32 fewer.

Competitions

matches refereed
Ligue 2155 Ligue 1144 Coupe de France15 UEFA Europa League2 UEFA Champions League1

Card stats cover Ligue 1 from 2016/17. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

Ligue 1
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2019/20 10 3.00 1.00 2.00 30%
2018/19 18 3.17 1.11 2.06 22%
2017/18 16 2.63 0.81 1.81 6%
2016/17 21 3.33 0.00 0.00 24%
League average 3.98 1.10 1.87 37%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
10 May 2025 Rodez 1-1 Clermont Ligue 2 - - no data
2 May 2025 Ajaccio 2-1 Lorient Ligue 2 - - no data
18 Apr 2025 SM Caen 0-3 Martigues Ligue 2 - - no data
28 Mar 2025 Bastia 2-0 Dunkerque Ligue 2 - - no data
8 Mar 2025 Paris 3-2 Lorient Ligue 2 - - no data
28 Feb 2025 Laval 0-1 Martigues Ligue 2 - - no data
17 Feb 2025 Annecy 1-0 SM Caen Ligue 2 - - no data
6 Feb 2025 Bourgoin Jallieu 0-0 Reims Coupe de France - - no data
25 Jan 2025 Paris 4-1 Red Star Ligue 2 - - no data
15 Jan 2025 Cannes 2-1 Lorient Coupe de France - - 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.