Joao Pedro Pinheiro
Over the last 10 UEFA Champions League games Joao Pedro Pinheiro has officiated, the average is 4.00 cards a match — in line with the league average of 3.96. That splits 3.8 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 1.9 to 2.1 a game, flatter than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 40% of those games (4 of 10), from a 19.3% 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 Joao Pedro Pinheiro 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 | Pinheiro | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.07 | 3.96 |
| vs league | 1.03× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 20.1% | 18.1% |
| Fouls / match | 20.2 | 21.9 |
| Red cards shown | 2 | — |
| Matches on record | 15 (8 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 UEFA Champions League games Joao Pedro Pinheiro took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Bayern München v Paris Saint-Germain6 May | 1–1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| Juventus v Galatasaray25 Feb | 3–2 | 8● | 7 | 1 | 31 |
| Olympiacos FC v Bayer 04 Leverkusen18 Feb | 0–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| PSV Eindhoven v FC Bayern München28 Jan | 1–2 | 7● | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| Inter v Arsenal20 Jan | 1–3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| Royale Union Saint-Gilloise v Olympique de Marseille9 Dec | 2–3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| Man City v Bayer 04 Leverkusen25 Nov | 0–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| SSC Napoli v Eintracht Frankfurt4 Nov | 0–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Joao Pedro Pinheiro give per game?
Joao Pedro Pinheiro averages 4.07 cards a game across 15 UEFA Champions League matches — 3% above the league average of 3.96. On a Joao Pedro Pinheiro appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.03.
Is Joao Pedro Pinheiro a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Joao Pedro Pinheiro runs at 20.1% 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 Joao Pedro Pinheiro'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 Joao Pedro Pinheiro'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.