Michael Salisbury
Over the last 10 Championship games Michael Salisbury has officiated, the average is 3.90 cards a match — in line with the league average of 4.01. That splits 3.7 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 1.9 to 2.0 a game, flatter than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 20% of those games (2 of 10), from a 16.4% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 4 awarded in 21 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 Michael Salisbury 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 | Salisbury | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.43 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 0.86× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 14.9% | 18.3% |
| Fouls / match | 23.0 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.19 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 4 in 21 | — |
| Red cards shown | 4 | — |
| Matches on record | 21 (1 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Michael Salisbury took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Brom v Watford5 Sep | 1–0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Stoke City v Sheffield Wednesday3 Apr | 2–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Ipswich v Millwall21 Mar | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Portsmouth v Millwall22 Nov | 3–1 | 4 1 red | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Sheffield United v Derby County1 Nov | 1–3 | 3 1 pen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Stoke City v Birmingham City13 Sep | 1–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Cardiff City v Stoke City12 Apr | 0–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Leeds v Cardiff City1 Feb | 7–0 | 2 1 pen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Michael Salisbury give per game?
Michael Salisbury averages 3.43 cards a game across 21 Championship matches — 14% below the league average of 4.01. On a Michael Salisbury appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.86.
Is Michael Salisbury a strict referee?
No — more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Michael Salisbury runs at 14.9% 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 Michael Salisbury'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 Michael Salisbury's card rate?
It rests on 21 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.