Maurizio Mariani
Over the last 10 UEFA Champions League games Maurizio Mariani has officiated, the average is 3.60 cards a match — 9% below the league average of 3.96. That splits 3.4 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. Home and away sides fare about the same here (1.8 v 1.8 a game), where the league tilts +0.3 toward the away side. 5+ cards landed in 30% of those games (3 of 10), from a 18.6% 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 Maurizio Mariani 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 | Mariani | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.11 | 3.96 |
| vs league | 1.04× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 20.8% | 18.1% |
| Fouls / match | 19.7 | 21.9 |
| Red cards shown | 3 | — |
| Matches on record | 18 (7 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 UEFA Champions League games Maurizio Mariani took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool v Paris Saint-Germain14 Apr | 0–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Real Madrid v Man City11 Mar | 3–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Atlético Madrid v Bodø/Glimt28 Jan | 1–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Olympiacos FC v Bayer 04 Leverkusen20 Jan | 2–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Olympique de Marseille v Newcastle25 Nov | 2–1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| Paris Saint-Germain v FC Bayern München4 Nov | 1–2 | 5● | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| Liverpool v Atlético Madrid17 Sep | 3–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Borussia Dortmund v FC Barcelona15 Apr | 3–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Maurizio Mariani give per game?
Maurizio Mariani averages 4.11 cards a game across 18 UEFA Champions League matches — 4% above the league average of 3.96. On a Maurizio Mariani appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.04.
Is Maurizio Mariani a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Maurizio Mariani runs at 20.8% 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 Maurizio Mariani'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 Maurizio Mariani'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.