Lewis Smith
Over the last 10 Championship games Lewis Smith has officiated, the average is 4.30 cards a match — 7% above the league average of 4.01. That's 4.3 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.2 to 2.1 a game, flatter than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 50% of those games (5 of 10), from a 20.9% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 8 awarded in 50 matches, 0.16 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 Lewis 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 | 3.70 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 0.92× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 17.8% | 18.4% |
| Fouls / match | 20.8 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.16 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 8 in 50 | — |
| Red cards shown | 2 | — |
| Matches on record | 50 (25 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Lewis Smith took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Wednesday v West Brom2 May | 2–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Blackburn Rovers v Coventry City17 Apr | 1–1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| West Brom v Millwall10 Apr | 0–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Bristol City v Sheffield United6 Apr | 1–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Southampton v Norwich18 Mar | 1–0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Coventry City v Preston North End11 Mar | 3–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Ipswich v Hull City3 Mar | 1–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Bristol City v Watford27 Feb | 1–2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does Lewis Smith give per game?
Lewis Smith averages 3.70 cards a game across 50 Championship matches — 8% below the league average of 4.01. On a Lewis Smith appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.92.
Is Lewis Smith 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 Lewis Smith runs at 17.8% 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 Lewis 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 Lewis Smith's card rate?
It rests on 50 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.