Referees England

Simon Hooper Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Premier League 2015/16 - 2025/26
140matches with card data
383matches refereed

Card profile

140 matches · last 2025/26
3.84
Cards per game
2025/26: 4.13 · avg 3.70
3.77
Yellows per game
528 yellow cards
10
Red cards
1 every 14.0 matches
39.5
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
5%
No-card matches
7 of 140 · avg 5%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.211st half 2.632nd half
32% of cards 68% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.21 avg 1.21 2.63 avg 2.49
Half without a card 31% avg 32% 14% avg 12%
Over 1.5 cards 33% avg 33% 69% avg 68%
Home side cards 0.48 avg 0.55 1.26 avg 1.18
Away side cards 0.74 avg 0.66 1.36 avg 1.31

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 41% of matches (avg 39%). 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 95% 95 69% 68 86% 88
Over 1.5 86% 85 33% 33 69% 68
Over 2.5 71% 68 13% 13 44% 45
Over 3.5 53% 50 6% 5 29% 25
Over 4.5 34% 33 1% 1 15% 13
Over 5.5 21% 19 0% 0 11% 6
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 54% 52 7% 7 29% 27
Over 40 34% 35 2% 3 15% 16
Over 50 21% 22 1% 2 11% 9

Home vs away

cards per game
1.74
Home side
avg 1.73
2.10
Away side
avg 1.96

Against the league average for the same seasons, Simon Hooper shows home sides 0.01 more cards per game and away sides 0.14 more.

Competitions

matches refereed
Championship207 Premier League140 FA Cup22 EFL Cup14

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
2025/26 15 4.13 1.20 2.93 47%
2024/25 24 4.83 1.54 3.29 46%
2023/24 25 4.72 1.48 3.24 52%
2022/23 29 3.66 1.03 2.62 24%
2021/22 14 3.07 0.86 2.21 21%
2020/21 12 2.42 0.83 1.58 8%
2019/20 11 3.64 1.64 2.00 27%
2018/19 8 2.50 0.75 1.75 25%
2017/18 1 3.00 1.00 2.00 0%
2015/16 1 1.00 1.00 0.00 0%
League average 3.70 1.21 2.49 33%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
17 Oct 2026 Wrexham 4-1 Preston Championship - - no data
10 Feb 2026 West Ham 1-1 Man Utd Premier League 0-2 1-1 2
31 Jan 2026 Liverpool 4-1 Newcastle Premier League 2-2 1-3 4
26 Jan 2026 Everton 1-1 Leeds Premier League 0-3 0-3 3
14 Jan 2026 Chelsea 2-3 Arsenal EFL Cup - - no data
11 Jan 2026 Man Utd 1-2 Brighton FA Cup - - no data
3 Jan 2026 Aston Villa 3-1 Forest Premier League 0-3 1-2 3
27 Dec 2025 Liverpool 2-1 Wolves Premier League 0-1 0-1 1
20 Dec 2025 Sheffield Utd 3-0 Birmingham Championship - - no data
15 Dec 2025 Man Utd 4-4 Bournemouth Premier League 2-3 2-3 5

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.