Scott Oldham
Scott Oldham has not taken charge of a Championship match in 25/26. The figures below are a career record. Over the last 3 Championship games Scott Oldham has officiated, the average is 4.00 cards a match — in line with the league average of 4.01. That splits 3.7 yellow and 0.3 red a game — a red in 1 of the 3. Home and away sides fare about the same here (2.0 v 2.0 a game), where the league tilts +0.4 toward the away side. 5+ cards landed in 33% of those games (1 of 3), from a 20.7% foul-to-booking rate. These are raw match figures from those games, not odds.
Match cards last 3 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 Scott Oldham 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 | Oldham | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.00 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.00× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 20.7% | 18.4% |
| Fouls / match | 19.3 | 21.9 |
| Red cards shown | 1 | — |
| Matches on record | 3 (0 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 3 Championship games Scott Oldham took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watford v Stoke City29 Dec | 1–1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| Reading v Birmingham City7 Apr | 1–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Sunderland v Luton18 Mar | 1–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
Scott Oldham has officiated only 3 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 Scott Oldham give per game?
Scott Oldham averages 4.00 cards a game across 3 Championship matches — roughly at the league average of 4.01. That's a raw rate from only 3 matches, so the model shrinks it toward the league average rather than trusting it outright.
Is Scott Oldham a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Scott Oldham runs at 20.7% 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 Scott Oldham'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 Scott Oldham's card rate?
It rests on 3 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.