Jeremy Simpson
Jeremy Simpson has not taken charge of a Championship match in 25/26. The figures below are a career record. Over the last 10 Championship games Jeremy Simpson has officiated, the average is 3.90 cards a match — in line with the league average of 4.01. That's 3.9 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.1 to 1.8 a game, in line with the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 50% of those games (5 of 10), from a 15.9% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 8 awarded in 42 matches, 0.19 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 Jeremy Simpson 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 | Simpson | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.05 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.01× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 16.9% | 18.4% |
| Fouls / match | 23.9 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.19 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 8 in 42 | — |
| Red cards shown | 2 | — |
| Matches on record | 42 (0 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Jeremy Simpson took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth Argyle v Leeds3 May | 1–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City21 Apr | 1–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Preston North End v Queens Park Rangers18 Apr | 1–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Norwich v Sunderland8 Apr | 0–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Portsmouth v Blackburn Rovers29 Mar | 1–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| West Brom v Hull City15 Mar | 1–1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Watford v Swansea City12 Mar | 1–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Oxford United v Coventry City1 Mar | 2–3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does Jeremy Simpson give per game?
Jeremy Simpson averages 4.05 cards a game across 42 Championship matches — roughly above the league average of 4.01. On a Jeremy Simpson appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.01.
Is Jeremy Simpson 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 Jeremy Simpson runs at 16.9% 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 Jeremy Simpson'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 Jeremy Simpson's card rate?
It rests on 42 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.