Robert Jones
Over the last 10 Championship games Robert Jones has officiated, the average is 4.20 cards a match — in line with the league average of 4.01. That's 4.2 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. Home and away sides fare about the same here (2.1 v 2.1 a game), where the league tilts +0.4 toward the away side. 5+ cards landed in 40% of those games (4 of 10), from a 17.0% 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 Robert Jones 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 | Jones | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.18 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.04× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 17.2% | 18.4% |
| Fouls / match | 24.3 | 21.9 |
| Red cards shown | 0 | — |
| Matches on record | 11 (3 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Robert Jones took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham City v Bristol City25 Apr | 2–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| Blackburn Rovers v West Brom6 Apr | 0–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| Birmingham City v Oxford United23 Aug | 1–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Portsmouth v Leeds9 Mar | 1–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Sunderland v Watford8 Feb | 2–2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 32 |
| Sheffield Wednesday v Millwall4 Jan | 2–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 33 |
| Plymouth Argyle v Leicester12 Apr | 1–0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Sunderland v Hull City19 Jan | 0–1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 29 |
Robert Jones has officiated only 11 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 Robert Jones give per game?
Robert Jones averages 4.18 cards a game across 11 Championship matches — 4% above the league average of 4.01. That's a raw rate from only 11 matches, so the model shrinks it toward the league average rather than trusting it outright.
Is Robert Jones 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 Robert Jones runs at 17.2% 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 Robert Jones'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 Robert Jones's card rate?
It rests on 11 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.