José María Sánchez Martínez
Over the last 10 UEFA Champions League games José María Sánchez Martínez has officiated, the average is 3.60 cards a match — 9% below the league average of 3.96. That splits 3.2 yellow and 0.4 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 1.7 to 1.9 a game, flatter than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 30% of those games (3 of 10), from a 16.8% 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 José María Sánchez Martínez 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 | Martínez | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.79 | 3.96 |
| vs league | 0.96× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 16.7% | 18.1% |
| Fouls / match | 22.7 | 21.9 |
| Red cards shown | 5 | — |
| Matches on record | 19 (6 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 UEFA Champions League games José María Sánchez Martínez took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Saint-Germain v Liverpool8 Apr | 2–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Atalanta v Borussia Dortmund25 Feb | 4–1 | 8● | 5 | 3 | 27 |
| AS Monaco v Juventus28 Jan | 0–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 32 |
| Galatasaray v Royale Union Saint-Gilloise25 Nov | 0–1 | 7● | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| Olympique de Marseille v Atalanta5 Nov | 0–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| FC Bayern München v Chelsea17 Sep | 3–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| Aston Villa v Paris Saint-Germain15 Apr | 3–2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Borussia Dortmund v Lille4 Mar | 1–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does José María Sánchez Martínez give per game?
José María Sánchez Martínez averages 3.79 cards a game across 19 UEFA Champions League matches — 4% below the league average of 3.96. On a José María Sánchez Martínez appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.96.
Is José María Sánchez Martínez 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 José María Sánchez Martínez runs at 16.7% 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 José María Sánchez Martínez'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 José María Sánchez Martínez's card rate?
It rests on 19 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.