Josh Smith
Over the last 10 Championship games Josh Smith has officiated, the average is 4.30 cards a match — 7% above the league average of 4.01. That splits 4.2 yellow and 0.1 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.6 to 1.7 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 50% of those games (5 of 10), from a 19.2% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 22 awarded in 105 matches, 0.21 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 Josh Smith 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 | Smith | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.13 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.03× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 18.8% | 18.3% |
| Fouls / match | 21.9 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.21 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 22 in 105 | — |
| Red cards shown | 16 | — |
| Matches on record | 106 (4 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Josh Smith took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolves v West Brom20 Sep | 1–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 31 |
| Blackburn Rovers v Millwall12 Sep | 3–1 | 8 1 pen | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Sheffield United v Norwich5 Sep | 1–3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Burnley v West Ham16 Aug | 2–2 | 5 1 pen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Hull City v Norwich2 May | 2–1 | 4 1 pen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Stoke City v Millwall21 Apr | 1–3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Preston North End v West Brom18 Apr | 0–2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Southampton v Blackburn Rovers14 Apr | 3–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Josh Smith give per game?
Josh Smith averages 4.13 cards a game across 106 Championship matches — 3% above the league average of 4.01. On a Josh Smith appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.03.
Is Josh Smith a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Josh Smith runs at 18.8% 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 Josh Smith'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 Josh Smith's card rate?
It rests on 106 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.