Elliot Bell
Over the last 10 Championship games Elliot Bell has officiated, the average is 4.20 cards a match — in line with the league average of 4.01. That splits 4.1 yellow and 0.1 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 1.4 to 2.8 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 40% of those games (4 of 10), from a 18.5% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 1 awarded in 19 matches, 0.05 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 Elliot Bell 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 | Bell | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.33 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.08× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.3% | 18.3% |
| Fouls / match | 22.5 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.05 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 1 in 19 | — |
| Red cards shown | 2 | — |
| Matches on record | 21 (4 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Elliot Bell took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff City v Charlton Athletic19 Sep | 3–1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 |
| Swansea City v Wrexham5 Sep | 0–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Norwich v Burnley29 Aug | 4–1 | 7 1 red | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Preston North End v Wolves22 Aug | 1–3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 21 |
| Southampton v Bristol City21 Apr | 2–2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Derby County v Stoke City6 Apr | 2–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Sheffield Wednesday v Watford10 Mar | 1–1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Southampton v Watford7 Feb | 1–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Elliot Bell give per game?
Elliot Bell averages 4.33 cards a game across 21 Championship matches — 8% above the league average of 4.01. On an Elliot Bell appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.08.
Is Elliot Bell a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Elliot Bell runs at 19.3% 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 Elliot Bell'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 Elliot Bell's card rate?
It rests on 21 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.