Darren Bond
Darren Bond has not taken charge of a Championship match in 26/27. The figures below are a career record. Over the last 10 Championship games Darren Bond has officiated, the average is 3.10 cards a match — 23% below the league average of 4.01. That splits 2.9 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 1.4 to 1.7 a game, in line with the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 20% of those games (2 of 10), from a 14.5% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 9 awarded in 51 matches, 0.18 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 Darren Bond 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 | Bond | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.10 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.02× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.6% | 18.3% |
| Fouls / match | 21.0 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.18 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 9 in 51 | — |
| Red cards shown | 6 | — |
| Matches on record | 51 (0 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Darren Bond took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Brom v Luton3 May | 5–3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Leeds v Stoke City21 Apr | 6–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Bristol City v Watford5 Apr | 2–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Hull City v Luton29 Mar | 0–1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Sunderland v Cardiff City8 Mar | 2–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Plymouth Argyle v Queens Park Rangers18 Jan | 0–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Cardiff City v Sheffield United21 Dec | 0–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Coventry City v Sheffield United23 Nov | 2–2 | 7 1 red | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Darren Bond give per game?
Darren Bond averages 4.10 cards a game across 51 Championship matches — roughly above the league average of 4.01. On a Darren Bond appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.02.
Is Darren Bond a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Darren Bond runs at 19.6% 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 Darren Bond'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 Darren Bond's card rate?
It rests on 51 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.