Ruebyn Ricardo
Over the last 10 Championship games Ruebyn Ricardo has officiated, the average is 5.70 cards a match — 42% above the league average of 4.01. That splits 5.5 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 3.6 to 2.1 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 70% of those games (7 of 10), from a 24.7% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 4 awarded in 26 matches, 0.15 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 Ruebyn Ricardo 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 | Ricardo | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.93 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.23× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 21.7% | 18.3% |
| Fouls / match | 22.7 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.15 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 4 in 26 | — |
| Red cards shown | 4 | — |
| Matches on record | 27 (2 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Ruebyn Ricardo took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Ham v Queens Park Rangers9 Oct | 1–1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — | 18 |
| West Brom v Queens Park Rangers12 Sep | 1–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Watford v Coventry City2 May | 0–4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Bristol City v Norwich18 Apr | 2–4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Queens Park Rangers v Watford3 Apr | 2–1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Swansea City v Stoke City7 Mar | 2–0 | 8 1 red | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Norwich v Sheffield Wednesday25 Feb | 2–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Bristol City v Wrexham17 Feb | 2–2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Ruebyn Ricardo give per game?
Ruebyn Ricardo averages 4.93 cards a game across 27 Championship matches — 23% above the league average of 4.01. On a Ruebyn Ricardo appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.23.
Is Ruebyn Ricardo a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Ruebyn Ricardo runs at 21.7% 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 Ruebyn Ricardo'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 Ruebyn Ricardo's card rate?
It rests on 27 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.