Keith Stroud
Keith Stroud has not taken charge of a Championship match in 26/27. The figures below are a career record. Over the last 10 Championship games Keith Stroud has officiated, the average is 5.00 cards a match — 25% above the league average of 4.01. That splits 4.8 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 3.0 to 2.0 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 60% of those games (6 of 10), from a 19.8% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 10 awarded in 58 matches, 0.17 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 Keith Stroud 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 | Stroud | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 5.17 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.29× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 21.9% | 18.3% |
| Fouls / match | 23.6 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.17 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 10 in 58 | — |
| Red cards shown | 8 | — |
| Matches on record | 58 (0 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Keith Stroud took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford United v Preston North End31 Aug | 3–1 | 7 1 red | 6 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| Hull City v Bristol City10 Aug | 1–1 | 2 1 pen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Rotherham United v Birmingham City20 Apr | 0–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Swansea City v Stoke City10 Apr | 3–0 | 6 1 pen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
| Plymouth Argyle v Bristol City1 Apr | 0–1 | 7 1 red | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers16 Mar | 0–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Hull City v Birmingham City5 Mar | 1–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Sunderland v Swansea City24 Feb | 1–2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Keith Stroud give per game?
Keith Stroud averages 5.17 cards a game across 58 Championship matches — 29% above the league average of 4.01. On a Keith Stroud appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.29.
Is Keith Stroud a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Keith Stroud runs at 21.9% 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 Keith Stroud'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 Keith Stroud's card rate?
It rests on 58 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.