Referees England

Peter Bankes Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2019/20 - 2026/27
119matches with card data
298matches refereed

Card profile

119 matches · last 2026/27
4.16
Cards per game
2026/27: 4.00 · avg 3.85
4.03
Yellows per game
480 yellow cards
15
Red cards
1 every 7.9 matches
43.5
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
3%
No-card matches
4 of 119 · avg 4%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.381st half 2.782nd half
33% of cards 67% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.38 avg 1.27 2.78 avg 2.58
Half without a card 34% avg 31% 6% avg 11%
Over 1.5 cards 40% avg 35% 76% avg 70%
Home side cards 0.67 avg 0.58 1.13 avg 1.23
Away side cards 0.71 avg 0.69 1.65 avg 1.36

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 38% of matches (avg 40%). 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 97% 96 66% 69 94% 89
Over 1.5 92% 87 40% 35 76% 70
Over 2.5 78% 71 17% 14 50% 47
Over 3.5 58% 53 10% 6 30% 27
Over 4.5 44% 35 3% 2 18% 14
Over 5.5 24% 21 1% 0 5% 7
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 58% 54 12% 8 31% 28
Over 40 44% 37 4% 3 18% 17
Over 50 26% 24 4% 2 8% 10

Home vs away

cards per game
1.81
Home side
avg 1.80
2.35
Away side
avg 2.05

Against the league average for the same seasons, Peter Bankes shows home sides 0.01 more cards per game and away sides 0.30 more.

Competitions

matches refereed
Championship140 Premier League119 FA Cup24 EFL Cup11 UEFA Conference League4

Card stats cover Premier League from 2019/20. 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 25%
2025/26 22 4.14 1.64 2.50 41%
2024/25 23 4.04 1.61 2.43 43%
2023/24 10 5.20 1.80 3.40 60%
2022/23 21 4.33 1.14 3.19 43%
2021/22 12 4.58 1.00 3.58 58%
2020/21 16 3.44 0.81 2.63 38%
2019/20 11 3.82 1.36 2.45 36%
League average 3.85 1.27 2.58 35%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
11 Oct 2026 Crystal Palace 3-1 Forest Premier League 1-3 2-2 4
20 Sep 2026 Fulham 1-1 Man Utd Premier League 1-2 3-0 3
29 Aug 2026 Tottenham 0-2 Newcastle Premier League 2-1 1-2 3
23 Aug 2026 Brighton 4-0 Aston Villa Premier League 5-1 2-4 6
22 Mar 2026 Arsenal 0-2 Man City EFL Cup - - no data
14 Mar 2026 Burnley 0-0 Bournemouth Premier League 0-1 1-0 1
7 Mar 2026 Wrexham 2-2 Chelsea FA Cup - - no data
4 Mar 2026 Newcastle 2-1 Man Utd Premier League 6-2 5-3 8
28 Feb 2026 Leeds 0-1 Man City Premier League 0-3 0-3 3
22 Feb 2026 Tottenham 1-4 Arsenal Premier League 2-1 2-1 3

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.