Referee stats · 25/26

Kevin Friend

EnglandChampionshipPremier League

Career on record

Key averages

Matches

395

Yellows / game

3.27

Reds / game

0.14

Fouls / game

22.4

Booking pts / game

36.1

Penalties / game

n/a

Fouls computed over 395 matches, minute-level splits over 0 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

45%55%

Card share, first vs second half

1st half2nd half

no split data

Both teams booked

68%

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

Over 2.5

63%

Over 3.5

46%

Over 4.5

28%

Over 5.5

15%

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

Yellows / game

4.05

Reds / game

0.10

Booking pts / game

43.0

Over 3.5 cards

65%

Both teams booked

85%

By competition

Competition splits

Competition	Mat	Yel/g	Red/g	Fouls/g	Pens/g	Pts/g	BTB
Premier League	272	3.38	0.11	21.6	n/a	36.7	69%
Championship	123	3.01	0.19	24.1	n/a	34.8	66%

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

Season	Mat	Yel/g	Red/g	Fouls/g	Pens/g	Pts/g	BTB
21/22	24	4.04	0.08	19.5	n/a	42.5	83%
20/21	28	2.32	0.11	20.9	n/a	25.9	50%
19/20	28	2.64	0.21	20.5	n/a	31.8	57%
18/19	31	3.42	0.10	20.3	n/a	36.6	74%
17/18	23	2.22	0.04	18.7	n/a	23.3	43%
16/17	23	4.43	0.09	23.7	n/a	46.5	87%
15/16	26	3.15	0.19	21.3	n/a	36.3	65%
14/15	29	4.17	0.17	23.0	n/a	46.0	79%
13/14	23	3.17	0.04	22.9	n/a	32.8	74%
12/13	24	3.83	0.08	22.4	n/a	40.4	79%
11/12	25	3.68	0.12	21.0	n/a	39.8	80%
10/11	28	3.54	0.25	22.4	n/a	41.6	71%
9/10	23	3.48	0.22	26.1	n/a	40.2	70%
8/09	21	2.90	0.19	24.2	n/a	33.8	67%
7/08	18	2.33	0.11	27.5	n/a	26.1	50%
6/07	13	2.77	0.15	25.7	n/a	31.5	54%
5/06	8	2.13	0.13	30.0	n/a	24.4	38%

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

Match log

Recent matches

Card counts per fixture, newest first.

Date	Match	Comp	Yel	Red	Total cards
22 May 2022	Brighton v West Ham	Premier League	2	0	2
15 May 2022	Tottenham v Burnley	Premier League	5	0	5
1 May 2022	Everton v Chelsea	Premier League	8	0	8
23 Apr 2022	Man City v Watford	Premier League	1	0	1
18 Apr 2022	Reading v Swansea	Championship	6	0	6
9 Apr 2022	Southampton v Chelsea	Premier League	1	0	1
18 Mar 2022	Wolves v Leeds	Premier League	5	1	6
15 Mar 2022	West Brom v Fulham	Championship	2	0	2
10 Mar 2022	Southampton v Newcastle	Premier League	2	0	2
26 Feb 2022	Man United v Watford	Premier League	0	0	0
19 Feb 2022	Brighton v Burnley	Premier League	5	0	5
13 Feb 2022	Tottenham v Wolves	Premier League	4	0	4
9 Feb 2022	Cardiff v Peterboro	Championship	4	0	4
1 Feb 2022	Millwall v Preston	Championship	4	0	4
23 Jan 2022	Crystal Palace v Liverpool	Premier League	5	0	5
18 Jan 2022	Brighton v Chelsea	Premier League	3	0	3
26 Dec 2021	West Ham v Southampton	Premier League	5	0	5
30 Nov 2021	Leeds v Crystal Palace	Premier League	8	0	8
7 Nov 2021	Arsenal v Watford	Premier League	6	1	7
23 Oct 2021	Brighton v Man City	Premier League	5	0	5

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