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Referee stats · 25/26

John Beaton

ScotlandChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueScottish Premiership

Career on record

Key averages

Matches

267

Yellows / game

3.63

Reds / game

0.17

Fouls / game

i
23.3

Booking pts / game

i
40.6

Penalties / game

i
0.50

Fouls computed over 266 matches, minute-level splits over 8 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
22%78%

Both teams booked

76%

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

Over 2.5
73%
Over 3.5
52%
Over 4.5
33%
Over 5.5
17%

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

3.95

Reds / game

0.20

Booking pts / game

44.5

Over 3.5 cards

50%

Both teams booked

85%

By competition

Competition splits

CompetitionMatYel/gRed/gFouls/gPens/gPts/gBTB
Scottish Premiership2593.590.1723.4n/a40.176%
Europa League64.330.1722.50.5047.567%
Champions League26.001.000.00.5085.0100%

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
25/26234.130.2622.80.3347.887%
24/25243.670.1320.50.6039.879%
23/24203.550.0521.8n/a36.865%
22/23234.520.3021.7n/a52.896%
21/22193.890.1125.3n/a41.668%
20/21213.380.1925.7n/a38.681%
19/20163.310.1320.2n/a36.369%
18/19203.600.1023.0n/a38.575%
17/18203.800.1526.4n/a41.875%
16/17213.570.1924.0n/a40.562%
15/16182.890.2825.5n/a35.861%
14/15213.570.1924.3n/a40.581%
13/14182.890.1721.7n/a33.189%
11/1233.670.0022.0n/a36.767%

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
13 May 2026Motherwell v CelticScottish Premiership505
4 May 2026Hearts v RangersScottish Premiership303
4 Apr 2026Rangers v Dundee UnitedScottish Premiership303
14 Mar 2026Celtic v MotherwellScottish Premiership617
1 Mar 2026Rangers v CelticScottish Premiership303
21 Feb 2026Dundee United v KilmarnockScottish Premiership415
14 Jan 2026Falkirk v CelticScottish Premiership101
3 Jan 2026Falkirk v AberdeenScottish Premiership606
27 Dec 2025Hibernian v HeartsScottish Premiership101
17 Dec 2025Dundee United v CelticScottish Premiership303
3 Dec 2025Hearts v KilmarnockScottish Premiership303
29 Nov 2025Dundee v St MirrenScottish Premiership202
27 Nov 2025Lille v Dinamo ZagrebEuropa League303
9 Nov 2025Hearts v Dundee UnitedScottish Premiership606
6 Nov 2025Utrecht v FC PortoEuropa League819
29 Oct 2025Hibernian v RangersScottish Premiership505
25 Oct 2025Dundee United v St MirrenScottish Premiership213
28 Sept 2025Livingston v RangersScottish Premiership505
14 Sept 2025Kilmarnock v CelticScottish Premiership505
23 Aug 2025Hearts v MotherwellScottish Premiership505

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