Anthony Backhouse
Over the last 10 Championship games Anthony Backhouse has officiated, the average is 4.90 cards a match — 22% above the league average of 4.01. That's 4.9 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. The home side sees more cards — 2.3 to 2.6 a game, in line with the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 50% of those games (5 of 10), from a 22.3% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 8 awarded in 56 matches, 0.14 a game against a league average of 0.17. 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 Anthony Backhouse turns into bookings. Conversion, not the raw foul count, is where a referee's real card tendency lives. Career figures across every Championship season on record.
| Measure | Backhouse | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.47 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.11× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 20.7% | 18.3% |
| Fouls / match | 21.6 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.14 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 8 in 56 | — |
| Red cards shown | 4 | — |
| Matches on record | 58 (4 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Anthony Backhouse took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln City v Swansea City19 Sep | 1–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 23 |
| Preston North End v Blackburn Rovers5 Sep | 2–1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Birmingham City v Southampton1 Sep | 1–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| West Brom v Burnley23 Aug | 3–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 21 |
| Millwall v Oxford United2 May | 2–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| West Brom v Watford21 Apr | 3–0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Norwich v Ipswich11 Apr | 0–2 | 10 1 pen | 10 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| Middlesbrough v Millwall3 Apr | 1–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Anthony Backhouse give per game?
Anthony Backhouse averages 4.47 cards a game across 58 Championship matches — 11% above the league average of 4.01. On an Anthony Backhouse appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.11.
Is Anthony Backhouse a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Anthony Backhouse runs at 20.7% against a league average of 18.3%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Anthony Backhouse'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 Anthony Backhouse's card rate?
It rests on 58 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.