Dennis Higler
Over the last 10 Eredivisie games Dennis Higler has officiated, the average is 2.80 cards a match — 12% below the league average of 3.19. That splits 2.6 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 1.3 to 1.5 a game, flatter than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 20% of those games (2 of 10), from a 12.1% 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 Dennis Higler turns into bookings. Conversion, not the raw foul count, is where a referee's real card tendency lives. Career figures across every Eredivisie season on record.
| Measure | Higler | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.06 | 3.19 |
| vs league | 0.96× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 14.1% | 15.4% |
| Fouls / match | 21.7 | 20.7 |
| Red cards shown | 15 | — |
| Matches on record | 81 (4 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Eredivisie games Dennis Higler took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willem II Tilburg v Fortuna Sittard19 Sep | 0–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| Go Ahead Eagles v FC Groningen12 Sep | 1–1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| SC Telstar v AFC Ajax30 Aug | 0–4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Sparta Rotterdam v FC Utrecht22 Aug | 3–3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| NAC Breda v FC Volendam21 Feb | 1–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| Go Ahead Eagles v SC Telstar8 Feb | 1–1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| PSV Eindhoven v NAC Breda24 Jan | 2–2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
| PEC Zwolle v AZ Alkmaar17 Jan | 3–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Dennis Higler give per game?
Dennis Higler averages 3.06 cards a game across 81 Eredivisie matches — 4% below the league average of 3.19. On a Dennis Higler appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.96.
Is Dennis Higler 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 Dennis Higler runs at 14.1% against a league average of 15.4%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Dennis Higler'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 Dennis Higler's card rate?
It rests on 81 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.