Martin Petersen
Over the last 10 Bundesliga games Martin Petersen has officiated, the average is 4.10 cards a match — in line with the league average of 4.07. That's 4.1 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.6 to 1.5 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 40% of those games (4 of 10), from a 18.5% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 14 awarded in 43 matches, 0.33 a game against a league average of 0.32. These are raw match figures from those games, not odds.
Match cards last 10 games
Career profile
The two numbers that matter are vs league — the multiplier the model applies to a player's booking chance — and conversion, the share of fouls Martin Petersen turns into bookings. Conversion, not the raw foul count, is where a referee's real card tendency lives. Career figures across every Bundesliga season on record.
| Measure | Petersen | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.60 | 4.07 |
| vs league | 1.13× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.3% | 18.4% |
| Fouls / match | 23.9 | 22.1 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.33 | 0.32 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 14 in 43 | — |
| Red cards shown | 7 | — |
| Matches on record | 43 (10 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Bundesliga games Martin Petersen took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borussia M'gladbach v SV 07 Elversberg5 Sep | 3–4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 1. FSV Mainz 05 v FC Bayern München25 Apr | 3–4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg4 Apr | 6–3 | 4 3 pen | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| RB Leipzig v FC Augsburg7 Mar | 2–1 | 2 1 pen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia M'gladbach14 Feb | 3–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg30 Jan | 1–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| FC Augsburg v SC Freiburg18 Jan | 2–2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| TSG Hoffenheim v Hamburger SV13 Dec | 4–1 | 4 1 pen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Martin Petersen give per game?
Martin Petersen averages 4.60 cards a game across 43 Bundesliga matches — 13% above the league average of 4.07. On a Martin Petersen appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.13.
Is Martin Petersen a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Martin Petersen runs at 19.3% against a league average of 18.4%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Martin Petersen's record change bet builder card prices?
It should. The referee is the single biggest factor in the to-be-carded market, and the appointment is public before kick-off — so a strict official on a combative player is the archetypal card edge. The player cards guide walks through exactly how the model turns a tendency like this into a price.
How reliable is Martin Petersen's card rate?
It rests on 43 career matches, a solid record. The model shrinks a referee's tendency toward the league average when the sample is thin and discounts its own confidence for officials with young records, so a number like this never gets trusted beyond what the evidence earns.
Rates shown are figures from public match data for context; the model adds shrinkage and an opponent factor, and discounts its confidence for thin referee records, before flagging any card as value. It compares against the bookmaker's price as offered — card markets are priced one side only, so that price still carries the bookmaker's margin. 18+ — please gamble responsibly.