Timo Gerach
Over the last 10 Bundesliga games Timo Gerach has officiated, the average is 4.40 cards a match — 8% above the league average of 4.09. That splits 4.1 yellow and 0.3 red a game — a red in 3 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.3 to 2.1 a game, in line with the league's 0.2 gap. 5+ cards landed in 40% of those games (4 of 10), from a 21.5% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come more often than most: 15 awarded in 29 matches, 0.52 a game against a league average of 0.33. 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 Timo Gerach 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 | Gerach | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.10 | 4.09 |
| vs league | 1.00× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.7% | 18.5% |
| Fouls / match | 20.8 | 22.1 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.52 | 0.33 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 15 in 29 | — |
| Red cards shown | 9 | — |
| Matches on record | 29 (9 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Bundesliga games Timo Gerach took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC St. Pauli v 1. FSV Mainz 053 May | 1–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt11 Apr | 1–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 1. FC Union Berlin v SV Werder Bremen8 Mar | 1–4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund7 Feb | 1–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| SC Freiburg v Hamburger SV10 Jan | 2–1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Borussia M'gladbach v RB Leipzig28 Nov | 0–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1. FC Köln v FC Augsburg18 Oct | 1–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| SV Werder Bremen v SC Freiburg20 Sep | 0–3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does Timo Gerach give per game?
Timo Gerach averages 4.10 cards a game across 29 Bundesliga matches — roughly at the league average of 4.09. On a Timo Gerach appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.00.
Is Timo Gerach a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Timo Gerach runs at 19.7% against a league average of 18.5%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Timo Gerach'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 Timo Gerach's card rate?
It rests on 29 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, an opponent factor and de-vigging, and discounts its confidence for thin referee records, before flagging any card as value. 18+ — please gamble responsibly.