Referees Italy

Simone Sozza Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Serie A 2019/20 - 2026/27
79matches with card data
172matches refereed

Card profile

79 matches · last 2026/27
4.28
Cards per game
2026/27: 4.50 · avg 4.53
4.09
Yellows per game
323 yellow cards
15
Red cards
1 every 5.3 matches
45.6
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
0%
No-card matches
0 of 79 · avg 2%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.621st half 2.672nd half
38% of cards 62% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.62 avg 1.55 2.67 avg 2.98
Half without a card 22% avg 23% 11% avg 6%
Over 1.5 cards 54% avg 47% 72% avg 78%
Home side cards 0.84 avg 0.71 1.24 avg 1.41
Away side cards 0.78 avg 0.84 1.43 avg 1.57

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 52% of matches (avg 50%). 29% of all cards come after the 75th minute.

Over / under cards

% of matches · league avg below
Line Full match 1st half 2nd half
Over 0.5 100% 98 78% 77 89% 94
Over 1.5 94% 93 54% 47 72% 78
Over 2.5 80% 82 19% 21 51% 56
Over 3.5 61% 66 8% 8 34% 35
Over 4.5 41% 47 3% 2 14% 19
Over 5.5 25% 30 0% 1 6% 9
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 61% 67 8% 10 37% 37
Over 40 46% 49 4% 4 25% 24
Over 50 32% 34 3% 2 16% 15

Home vs away

cards per game
2.06
Home side
avg 2.12
2.22
Away side
avg 2.41

Against the league average for the same seasons, Simone Sozza shows home sides 0.06 fewer cards per game and away sides 0.19 fewer.

Competitions

matches refereed
Serie A80 Serie B57 UEFA Europa League12 UEFA Champions League7 UEFA Conference League7 Coppa Italia3 Cyprus League by Stoiximan3 Stoiximan Super League2 Supercoppa Italiana1

Card stats cover Serie A from 2019/20. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

Serie A
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2026/27 2 4.50 1.00 3.50 50%
2025/26 17 4.24 1.47 2.82 47%
2024/25 17 3.71 1.41 2.29 24%
2023/24 11 4.73 1.82 2.91 45%
2022/23 11 5.00 2.00 3.00 55%
2021/22 13 4.46 1.85 2.62 38%
2020/21 6 3.67 1.50 2.17 33%
2019/20 2 3.50 1.00 2.50 50%
League average 4.53 1.55 2.98 47%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
21 Oct 2026 Real Betis 1-0 Feyenoord UEFA Champions League - - no data
19 Sep 2026 Venezia 0-2 Lazio Serie A 1-5 6-0 6
8 Sep 2026 Dortmund 3-2 Villarreal UEFA Champions League - - no data
5 Sep 2026 Inter 3-2 Napoli Serie A 1-2 1-2 3
27 Aug 2026 Iberia 1-2 Jagiellonia UEFA Europa League - - no data
13 Aug 2026 Anderlecht 3-2 PAOK UEFA Europa League - - no data
24 May 2026 Verona 0-2 Roma Serie A 2-4 4-1 5
17 May 2026 Genoa 1-2 Milan Serie A 0-5 2-3 5
8 May 2026 Catanzaro 2-3 Bari Serie B - - no data
3 May 2026 PAOK 3-1 Olympiacos Stoiximan Super League - - 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.