Dean Whitestone
Over the last 10 Championship games Dean Whitestone has officiated, the average is 3.60 cards a match — 10% below the league average of 4.01. That splits 3.5 yellow and 0.1 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.1 to 1.5 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 20% of those games (2 of 10), from a 16.5% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 13 awarded in 87 matches, 0.15 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 Dean Whitestone 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 | Whitestone | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.41 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 0.85× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 16.3% | 18.4% |
| Fouls / match | 20.9 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.15 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 13 in 87 | — |
| Red cards shown | 5 | — |
| Matches on record | 87 (19 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Dean Whitestone took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield United v Swansea City3 Apr | 3–3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Hull City v Sheffield Wednesday21 Mar | 3–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Leicester v Queens Park Rangers14 Mar | 1–3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Sheffield United v West Brom7 Mar | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Millwall v Birmingham City25 Feb | 3–0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Preston North End v Watford14 Feb | 2–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday3 Feb | 1–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Ipswich v Bristol City20 Jan | 2–0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does Dean Whitestone give per game?
Dean Whitestone averages 3.41 cards a game across 87 Championship matches — 15% below the league average of 4.01. On a Dean Whitestone appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.85.
Is Dean Whitestone a strict referee?
No — more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Dean Whitestone runs at 16.3% against a league average of 18.4%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Dean Whitestone'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 Dean Whitestone's card rate?
It rests on 87 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, an opponent factor and de-vigging, and discounts its confidence for thin referee records, before flagging any card as value. 18+ — please gamble responsibly.