Referees France

Ruddy Buquet Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Ligue 1 2015/16 - 2026/27
202matches with card data
441matches refereed

Card profile

202 matches · last 2026/27
4.23
Cards per game
2026/27: 3.50 · avg 4.03
3.96
Yellows per game
800 yellow cards
55
Red cards
1 every 3.7 matches
46.4
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
3%
No-card matches
7 of 202 · avg 3%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.491st half 2.252nd half
40% of cards 60% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.49 avg 1.31 2.25 avg 2.33
Half without a card 29% avg 33% 21% avg 19%
Over 1.5 cards 45% avg 38% 65% avg 65%
Home side cards 0.72 avg 0.61 1.06 avg 1.09
Away side cards 0.77 avg 0.70 1.19 avg 1.24

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 58% of matches (avg 49%). 27% 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% 97 71% 67 79% 81
Over 1.5 92% 90 45% 38 65% 65
Over 2.5 81% 76 23% 17 39% 42
Over 3.5 63% 57 9% 7 21% 24
Over 4.5 40% 38 0% 2 11% 12
Over 5.5 23% 22 0% 1 5% 5
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 65% 60 13% 10 26% 28
Over 40 46% 43 4% 4 20% 18
Over 50 33% 29 1% 2 13% 11

Home vs away

cards per game
2.00
Home side
avg 1.87
2.24
Away side
avg 2.17

Against the league average for the same seasons, Ruddy Buquet shows home sides 0.13 more cards per game and away sides 0.07 more.

Competitions

matches refereed
Ligue 1299 Ligue 257 UEFA Europa League33 Coupe de France29 UEFA Champions League14 UEFA Conference League7 Trophée des Champions2

Card stats cover Ligue 1 from 2015/16. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

Ligue 1
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2026/27 4 3.50 0.50 3.00 0%
2025/26 18 3.00 0.94 2.06 17%
2023/24 17 4.12 1.24 2.88 35%
2022/23 21 4.62 1.57 3.05 48%
2021/22 18 5.11 1.72 3.39 56%
2020/21 20 3.80 1.70 2.10 25%
2019/20 16 3.56 1.88 1.69 31%
2018/19 20 4.10 2.10 2.00 50%
2017/18 23 4.96 1.91 3.04 57%
2016/17 25 4.16 0.00 0.00 36%
2015/16 20 4.75 2.25 2.50 50%
League average 4.03 1.31 2.33 38%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
10 Oct 2026 Monaco 2-2 Toulouse Ligue 1 0-4 2-2 4
12 Sep 2026 Le Havre 0-0 Angers Ligue 1 1-1 1-1 2
4 Sep 2026 Lyon 3-1 Auxerre Ligue 1 1-3 2-2 4
21 Aug 2026 Marseille 4-0 Strasbourg Ligue 1 0-4 1-3 4
29 May 2026 Nice 4-1 Saint-Étienne Ligue 1 0-2 2-0 2
17 May 2026 Marseille 3-1 Rennes Ligue 1 0-4 3-1 4
9 May 2026 Bastia 0-2 Le Mans Ligue 2 - - no data
2 May 2026 Metz 1-2 Monaco Ligue 1 0-2 0-2 2
25 Apr 2026 Lyon 3-2 Auxerre Ligue 1 0-3 1-2 3
19 Apr 2026 Strasbourg 0-3 Rennes Ligue 1 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.