John Brooks
Over the last 10 Championship games John Brooks has officiated, the average is 5.30 cards a match — 32% above the league average of 4.01. That splits 5.1 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.7 to 2.6 a game, flatter than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 60% of those games (6 of 10), from a 20.2% foul-to-booking rate. 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 John Brooks 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 | Brooks | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 5.17 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.29× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 20.2% | 18.4% |
| Fouls / match | 25.6 | 21.9 |
| Red cards shown | 2 | — |
| Matches on record | 12 (4 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games John Brooks took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth v Birmingham City2 May | 1–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 29 |
| Sheffield United v Hull City11 Apr | 2–1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| Sheffield Wednesday v Queens Park Rangers27 Sep | 1–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 31 |
| Bristol City v Oxford United21 Sep | 1–3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 29 |
| Sheffield United v Luton5 Oct | 2–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Plymouth Argyle v Sunderland14 Sep | 3–2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 26 |
| Leeds v Southampton26 May | 0–1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 31 |
| Southampton v Leeds30 Sep | 3–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 27 |
John Brooks has officiated only 12 matches on our record — a thin sample. The model shrinks a thin referee tendency toward the league average and discounts its confidence until the evidence builds, so read the numbers above gently.
Frequently asked
How many cards does John Brooks give per game?
John Brooks averages 5.17 cards a game across 12 Championship matches — 29% above the league average of 4.01. That's a raw rate from only 12 matches, so the model shrinks it toward the league average rather than trusting it outright.
Is John Brooks a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and John Brooks runs at 20.2% 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 John Brooks'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 John Brooks's card rate?
It rests on 12 career matches, still a thin sample — read it gently. 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.