Anthony Taylor
Anthony Taylor has retired from refereeing. The figures below are a complete UEFA Champions League career record — fixed from here, with nothing more to add. Over the last 10 UEFA Champions League games Anthony Taylor has officiated, the average is 4.10 cards a match — in line with the league average of 3.96. That's 4.1 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. The home side sees more cards — 2.0 to 2.1 a game, flatter than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 50% of those games (5 of 10), from a 19.0% foul-to-booking rate. 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 Anthony Taylor turns into bookings. Conversion, not the raw foul count, is where a referee's real card tendency lives. Career figures across every UEFA Champions League season on record.
| Measure | Taylor | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.22 | 3.96 |
| vs league | 1.07× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 18.8% | 18.1% |
| Fouls / match | 22.5 | 21.9 |
| Red cards shown | 2 | — |
| Matches on record | 18 (4 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 UEFA Champions League games Anthony Taylor took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting CP v Paris Saint-Germain20 Jan | 2–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Club Brugge KV v FC Barcelona5 Nov | 3–3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| Olympique de Marseille v AFC Ajax30 Sep | 4–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| PSV Eindhoven v Royale Union Saint-Gilloise16 Sep | 1–3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Red Bull Salzburg v Atlético Madrid29 Jan | 1–4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Club Brugge KV v Sporting CP10 Dec | 2–1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| ŠK Slovan Bratislava v GNK Dinamo Zagreb5 Nov | 1–4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| Red Bull Salzburg v Stade Brestois1 Oct | 0–4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 28 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Anthony Taylor give per game?
Anthony Taylor averages 4.22 cards a game across 18 UEFA Champions League matches — 7% above the league average of 3.96. On a Anthony Taylor appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.07.
Is Anthony Taylor a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Anthony Taylor runs at 18.8% against a league average of 18.1%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Anthony Taylor'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 Anthony Taylor's card rate?
It rests on 18 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.