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Robert Madley Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2015/16 - 2023/24
77matches with card data
238matches refereed

Card profile

77 matches · last 2023/24
3.58
Cards per game
2023/24: 3.00 · avg 3.76
3.45
Yellows per game
266 yellow cards
10
Red cards
1 every 7.7 matches
37.8
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
6%
No-card matches
5 of 77 · avg 5%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.261st half 2.322nd half
35% of cards 65% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.26 avg 1.24 2.32 avg 2.53
Half without a card 29% avg 31% 13% avg 11%
Over 1.5 cards 39% avg 34% 65% avg 68%
Home side cards 0.57 avg 0.57 1.10 avg 1.20
Away side cards 0.69 avg 0.67 1.22 avg 1.33

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 37% of matches (avg 41%). 33% 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 94% 95 71% 69 87% 89
Over 1.5 86% 85 39% 34 65% 68
Over 2.5 71% 70 10% 15 45% 46
Over 3.5 48% 51 4% 5 22% 26
Over 4.5 25% 33 1% 1 13% 13
Over 5.5 18% 20 0% 0 0% 6
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 53% 53 6% 6 26% 28
Over 40 30% 36 3% 3 18% 17
Over 50 22% 23 1% 1 4% 9

Home vs away

cards per game
1.68
Home side
avg 1.76
1.91
Away side
avg 2.00

Robert Madley 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
Championship106 Premier League93 FA Cup22 EFL Cup13 UEFA Champions League2 Community Shield1 UEFA Europa 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
2023/24 1 3.00 0.00 3.00 0%
2022/23 1 7.00 2.00 5.00 100%
2017/18 19 3.37 1.21 2.16 21%
2016/17 29 4.24 1.41 2.83 38%
2015/16 27 2.93 1.15 1.78 11%
League average 3.76 1.24 2.53 33%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
15 Sep 2026 Middlesbrough 2-2 Millwall Championship - - no data
5 Sep 2026 Stoke 4-0 Charlton Championship - - no data
29 Aug 2026 Watford 1-1 West Ham Championship - - no data
15 Aug 2026 Middlesbrough 2-1 Lincoln Championship - - no data
25 Apr 2026 Oxford Utd 4-1 Sheffield Wed Championship - - no data
11 Apr 2026 Stoke 1-1 Blackburn Championship - - no data
5 Nov 2025 Portsmouth 0-0 Wrexham Championship - - no data
28 Oct 2025 Wycombe 1-1 Fulham EFL Cup - - no data
25 Oct 2025 Blackburn 2-1 Southampton Championship - - no data
18 Oct 2025 Sheffield Utd 1-0 Watford Championship - - 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.