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Referee stats · 25/26

Craig Pawson

EnglandChampions LeagueChampionshipEuropa LeaguePremier League

Career on record

Key averages

Matches

350

Yellows / game

3.49

Reds / game

0.14

Fouls / game

i
22.6

Booking pts / game

i
38.4

Penalties / game

i
0.50

Fouls computed over 349 matches, minute-level splits over 2 matches.

Tendencies

Splits and over card rates

How the official distributes cards by side, by half, and how often totals clear each line.

Card share, home vs away

HomeAway
46%54%

Card share, first vs second half

1st half2nd half
50%50%

Both teams booked

72%

Share of matches where both sides received at least one card.

Over 2.5
68%
Over 3.5
46%
Over 4.5
31%
Over 5.5
21%

Share of matches that went over the listed total cards.

Recent form

Last 20 matches

The most recent window, where current-season tendencies show up first.

Matches

20

Yellows / game

2.95

Reds / game

0.05

Booking pts / game

30.8

Over 3.5 cards

30%

Both teams booked

70%

By competition

Competition splits

CompetitionMatYel/gRed/gFouls/gPens/gPts/gBTB
Premier League2893.580.1422.6n/a39.273%
Championship593.150.1522.8n/a35.368%
Champions League11.000.00n/a0.0010.00%
Europa League11.000.0015.01.0010.00%

Pts/g is average booking points. BTB is both teams booked. n/a means no data for that metric in this set.

By season

Season splits

SeasonMatYel/gRed/gFouls/gPens/gPts/gBTB
25/26222.770.0921.9n/a30.068%
24/25273.850.1922.40.5043.167%
23/24214.480.1422.2n/a48.371%
22/23253.800.0423.6n/a39.080%
21/22264.120.0822.2n/a43.181%
20/21253.320.1224.0n/a36.272%
19/20253.600.1225.0n/a39.076%
18/19273.560.2620.1n/a42.070%
17/18243.380.1720.6n/a37.967%
16/17273.890.1525.1n/a42.678%
15/16322.910.0920.9n/a31.469%
14/15233.260.3023.8n/a40.274%
13/14203.550.1025.9n/a38.080%
12/1312.000.0026.0n/a20.00%
11/1293.110.3319.8n/a39.478%
10/1182.630.0020.0n/a26.338%
9/1071.860.0020.7n/a18.657%
8/0913.000.0022.0n/a30.0100%

Earlier seasons may lack foul, penalty or half-split data, shown as n/a.

Match log

Recent matches

Card counts per fixture, newest first.

DateMatchCompYelRedTotal cards
24 May 2026Nott'm Forest v BournemouthPremier League202
9 May 2026Liverpool v ChelseaPremier League606
2 May 2026Brentford v West HamPremier League404
21 Apr 2026Brighton v ChelseaPremier League202
3 Mar 2026Bournemouth v BrentfordPremier League303
27 Feb 2026Wolves v Aston VillaPremier League606
22 Feb 2026Sunderland v FulhamPremier League202
8 Feb 2026Liverpool v Man CityPremier League617
25 Jan 2026Arsenal v Man UnitedPremier League202
4 Jan 2026Fulham v LiverpoolPremier League202
1 Jan 2026Hull v StokeChampionship505
27 Dec 2025Burnley v EvertonPremier League202
13 Dec 2025Liverpool v BrightonPremier League303
2 Dec 2025Fulham v Man CityPremier League101
29 Nov 2025Everton v NewcastlePremier League000
8 Nov 2025Sunderland v ArsenalPremier League303
26 Oct 2025Everton v TottenhamPremier League202
18 Oct 2025Brighton v NewcastlePremier League101
27 Sept 2025Brentford v Man UnitedPremier League404
13 Sept 2025Fulham v LeedsPremier League303

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