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Paul Tierney Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2015/16 - 2026/27
196matches with card data
353matches refereed

Card profile

196 matches · last 2026/27
3.62
Cards per game
2026/27: 4.00 · avg 3.66
3.52
Yellows per game
689 yellow cards
21
Red cards
1 every 9.3 matches
37.8
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
4%
No-card matches
8 of 196 · avg 5%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.301st half 2.332nd half
36% of cards 64% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.30 avg 1.21 2.33 avg 2.46
Half without a card 29% avg 32% 14% avg 12%
Over 1.5 cards 34% avg 33% 66% avg 67%
Home side cards 0.60 avg 0.56 1.12 avg 1.16
Away side cards 0.69 avg 0.65 1.20 avg 1.29

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 45% of matches (avg 40%). 32% 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 96% 95 71% 68 86% 88
Over 1.5 86% 85 34% 33 66% 67
Over 2.5 66% 68 15% 13 40% 44
Over 3.5 47% 49 6% 5 23% 25
Over 4.5 35% 32 3% 1 12% 13
Over 5.5 19% 19 1% 0 4% 6
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 49% 51 7% 7 25% 27
Over 40 36% 34 4% 3 15% 16
Over 50 20% 22 2% 1 8% 9

Home vs away

cards per game
1.72
Home side
avg 1.72
1.90
Away side
avg 1.94

Paul Tierney 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
Premier League197 Championship111 FA Cup33 EFL Cup8 UEFA Europa League3 Community Shield1

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
2026/27 4 4.00 2.25 1.75 50%
2025/26 12 3.50 1.25 2.25 33%
2023/24 25 3.80 1.64 2.16 44%
2022/23 29 4.00 1.52 2.48 41%
2021/22 26 4.19 1.58 2.62 38%
2020/21 21 4.14 1.19 2.95 48%
2019/20 25 3.16 0.92 2.24 24%
2018/19 24 3.46 1.08 2.38 38%
2017/18 16 2.38 0.94 1.44 13%
2016/17 10 3.30 1.10 2.20 20%
2015/16 4 3.00 1.00 2.00 0%
League average 3.66 1.21 2.46 32%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
17 Oct 2026 Everton 0-2 Chelsea Premier League 5-2 3-4 7
10 Oct 2026 Arsenal 2-1 Leeds Premier League 2-3 1-4 5
19 Sep 2026 Millwall 2-2 West Ham Championship - - no data
5 Sep 2026 Man City 1-0 Coventry Premier League 1-2 1-2 3
29 Aug 2026 Middlesbrough 3-1 West Brom Championship - - no data
22 Aug 2026 Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace Premier League 1-0 0-1 1
18 May 2026 Arsenal 1-0 Burnley Premier League 1-3 1-3 4
10 May 2026 Forest 1-1 Newcastle Premier League 0-2 2-0 2
2 May 2026 Wolves 1-1 Sunderland Premier League 2-3 0-5 5
18 Apr 2026 Brentford 0-0 Fulham Premier League 1-0 0-1 1

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.