Mykola Balakin
Mykola Balakin has not taken charge of a UEFA Champions League match in 25/26. The figures below are a career record. Over the last 4 UEFA Champions League games Mykola Balakin has officiated, the average is 2.25 cards a match — 43% below the league average of 3.96. That's 2.2 yellow a game, with no red card in the 4. The home side sees more cards — 1.0 to 1.2 a game, in line with the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 0% of those games (0 of 4), from a 11.2% foul-to-booking rate. These are raw match figures from those games, not odds.
Match cards last 4 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 Mykola Balakin 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 | Balakin | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 2.25 | 3.96 |
| vs league | 0.57× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 11.3% | 18.1% |
| Fouls / match | 20.0 | 21.9 |
| Red cards shown | 0 | — |
| Matches on record | 4 (0 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 4 UEFA Champions League games Mykola Balakin took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK Sturm Graz v RB Leipzig29 Jan | 1–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen v Red Bull Salzburg26 Nov | 5–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| AC Sparta Praha v Stade Brestois6 Nov | 1–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Real Sociedad v Red Bull Salzburg29 Nov | 0–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
● a red card in that match
Mykola Balakin has officiated only 4 matches on our record — a thin sample. The model shrinks a thin referee tendency toward the league average and discounts its confidence until the evidence builds, so read the numbers above gently.
Frequently asked
How many cards does Mykola Balakin give per game?
Mykola Balakin averages 2.25 cards a game across 4 UEFA Champions League matches — 43% below the league average of 3.96. That's a raw rate from only 4 matches, so the model shrinks it toward the league average rather than trusting it outright.
Is Mykola Balakin a strict referee?
No — more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Mykola Balakin runs at 11.3% 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 Mykola Balakin'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 Mykola Balakin's card rate?
It rests on 4 career matches, still a thin sample — read it gently. 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.