Thomas Kirk
Over the last 10 Championship games Thomas Kirk has officiated, the average is 4.10 cards a match — in line with the league average of 4.01. That's 4.1 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.5 to 1.6 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 30% of those games (3 of 10), from a 18.9% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 7 awarded in 34 matches, 0.21 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 Thomas Kirk 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 | Kirk | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.35 | 4.01 |
| vs league | 1.08× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 20.1% | 18.4% |
| Fouls / match | 21.7 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.21 | 0.17 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 7 in 34 | — |
| Red cards shown | 2 | — |
| Matches on record | 34 (24 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Championship games Thomas Kirk took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton v Ipswich28 Apr | 2–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Leicester v Hull City21 Apr | 2–2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Middlesbrough v Portsmouth11 Apr | 0–1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Preston North End v Queens Park Rangers6 Apr | 1–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Bristol City v West Brom21 Mar | 0–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Stoke City v Ipswich10 Mar | 3–3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Birmingham City v Middlesbrough2 Mar | 1–3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Swansea City v Sheffield Wednesday8 Feb | 4–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does Thomas Kirk give per game?
Thomas Kirk averages 4.35 cards a game across 34 Championship matches — 8% above the league average of 4.01. On a Thomas Kirk appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.08.
Is Thomas Kirk a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Thomas Kirk runs at 20.1% 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 Thomas Kirk'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 Thomas Kirk's card rate?
It rests on 34 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.