Szymon Marciniak
Over the last 10 UEFA Champions League games Szymon Marciniak has officiated, the average is 4.30 cards a match — 9% above the league average of 3.94. That splits 4.1 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 2.1 to 2.2 a game, flatter than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 30% of those games (3 of 10), from a 17.1% 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 Szymon Marciniak 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 | Marciniak | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.28 | 3.94 |
| vs league | 1.09× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 17.3% | 17.9% |
| Fouls / match | 24.7 | 22.0 |
| Red cards shown | 4 | — |
| Matches on record | 25 (4 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 UEFA Champions League games Szymon Marciniak took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Porto v Man City8 Sep | 0–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| SSC Napoli v Qarabağ FK25 Nov | 2–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Man City v Borussia Dortmund5 Nov | 4–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
| Newcastle v Benfica21 Oct | 3–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Borussia Dortmund v Athletic Club1 Oct | 4–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 29 |
| Inter v FC Barcelona6 May | 4–3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid12 Mar | 1–0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 27 |
| AC Milan v Feyenoord18 Feb | 1–1 | 7 2 red | 5 | 2 | 21 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Szymon Marciniak give per game?
Szymon Marciniak averages 4.28 cards a game across 25 UEFA Champions League matches — 9% above the league average of 3.94. On a Szymon Marciniak appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.09.
Is Szymon Marciniak 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 Szymon Marciniak runs at 17.3% against a league average of 17.9%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Szymon Marciniak'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 Szymon Marciniak's card rate?
It rests on 25 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.