Irfan Peljto
Over the last 10 UEFA Champions League games Irfan Peljto has officiated, the average is 3.50 cards a match — 12% below the league average of 3.96. That splits 3.1 yellow and 0.4 red a game — a red in 4 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 1.9 to 1.6 a game, in line with the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 40% of those games (4 of 10), from a 17.3% 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 Irfan Peljto 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 | Peljto | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.67 | 3.96 |
| vs league | 0.93× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 17.5% | 18.1% |
| Fouls / match | 21.0 | 21.9 |
| Red cards shown | 6 | — |
| Matches on record | 15 (2 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 UEFA Champions League games Irfan Peljto took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC København v SSC Napoli20 Jan | 1–1 | 5● | 4 | 1 | 28 |
| Real Madrid v Olympique de Marseille16 Sep | 2–1 | 6● | 5 | 1 | 23 |
| Arsenal v Real Madrid8 Apr | 3–0 | 3● | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| Stade Brestois v Paris Saint-Germain11 Feb | 0–3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Inter v AS Monaco29 Jan | 3–0 | 5● | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| FC Barcelona v Stade Brestois26 Nov | 3–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| Lille v Juventus5 Nov | 1–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Atalanta v Celtic23 Oct | 0–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Irfan Peljto give per game?
Irfan Peljto averages 3.67 cards a game across 15 UEFA Champions League matches — 7% below the league average of 3.96. On a Irfan Peljto appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.93.
Is Irfan Peljto a strict referee?
No — slightly more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Irfan Peljto runs at 17.5% 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 Irfan Peljto'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 Irfan Peljto's card rate?
It rests on 15 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.