Referees France

Thomas Leonard Referee Stats

Cards per game, cards by half and over/under cards · Ligue 1 2017/18 - 2025/26
156matches with card data
287matches refereed

Card profile

156 matches · last 2025/26
4.03
Cards per game
2025/26: 4.00 · avg 4.04
3.81
Yellows per game
594 yellow cards
35
Red cards
1 every 4.5 matches
43.7
Booking points
per game · yellow 10, red 25
1%
No-card matches
1 of 156 · avg 3%

Cards by half

yellow + red cards · both teams
1.421st half 2.612nd half
35% of cards 65% of cards
Per match 1st half 2nd half
Cards per game 1.42 avg 1.46 2.61 avg 2.58
Half without a card 21% avg 25% 7% avg 10%
Over 1.5 cards 43% avg 43% 74% avg 72%
Home side cards 0.65 avg 0.68 1.16 avg 1.20
Away side cards 0.77 avg 0.78 1.45 avg 1.37

When the cards come

Cards per game League average

First card before the 30th minute in 51% of matches (avg 49%). 28% 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 99% 97 79% 75 93% 90
Over 1.5 91% 90 43% 43 74% 72
Over 2.5 78% 77 16% 19 51% 46
Over 3.5 62% 57 4% 7 29% 26
Over 4.5 45% 38 1% 2 12% 13
Over 5.5 18% 22 0% 1 1% 6
Booking points (yellow 10, red 25)
Over 30 63% 60 8% 10 33% 31
Over 40 49% 44 3% 4 21% 20
Over 50 27% 29 1% 3 11% 12

Home vs away

cards per game
1.81
Home side
avg 1.88
2.22
Away side
avg 2.16

Thomas Leonard 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
Ligue 1157 Ligue 2112 Coupe de France16 Liga Portugal Betclic1 Trophée des Champions1

Card stats cover Ligue 1 from 2017/18. Other competitions count here, not in the averages.

Season by season

Ligue 1
Season MP Cards/g 1H 2H O4.5
2025/26 17 4.00 1.29 2.71 41%
2024/25 20 3.75 1.30 2.45 40%
2023/24 16 3.88 1.44 2.44 44%
2022/23 21 3.43 0.76 2.67 38%
2021/22 19 4.47 1.63 2.84 63%
2020/21 12 3.92 1.50 2.42 25%
2019/20 14 4.14 1.64 2.50 36%
2018/19 19 4.42 1.79 2.63 53%
2017/18 18 4.33 1.61 2.72 56%
League average 4.04 1.46 2.58 38%

Recent matches

last 10
Date Match 1H-2H H-A Cards
10 May 2026 Rennes 2-1 Paris Ligue 1 0-1 0-1 1
2 May 2026 Nice 1-1 Lens Ligue 1 3-3 2-4 6
19 Apr 2026 Monaco 2-2 Auxerre Ligue 1 1-4 2-3 5
4 Apr 2026 Strasbourg 3-1 Nice Ligue 1 2-0 0-2 2
14 Mar 2026 Lorient 2-1 Lens Ligue 1 2-3 2-3 5
1 Mar 2026 Lille 1-0 Nantes Ligue 1 1-3 3-1 4
15 Feb 2026 Lyon 2-0 Nice Ligue 1 2-2 3-1 4
3 Feb 2026 Marseille 3-0 Rennes Coupe de France - - no data
25 Jan 2026 Paris 0-0 Angers Ligue 1 1-1 1-1 2
8 Jan 2026 PSG 2-2 Marseille Trophée des Champions - - 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.