Erwin Blank
Over the last 10 Eredivisie games Erwin Blank has officiated, the average is 2.70 cards a match — 15% below the league average of 3.19. That splits 2.5 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 1.4 to 1.3 a game, flatter than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 10% of those games (1 of 10), from a 11.2% 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 Erwin Blank 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 | Blank | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.31 | 3.19 |
| vs league | 1.04× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 14.7% | 15.4% |
| Fouls / match | 22.5 | 20.7 |
| Red cards shown | 5 | — |
| Matches on record | 45 (4 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Eredivisie games Erwin Blank took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Telstar v ADO Den Haag11 Oct | 2–2 | 4 1 red | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| NEC Nijmegen v Excelsior8 Sep | 2–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| SC Cambuur v FC Twente30 Aug | 1–4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| AZ Alkmaar v ADO Den Haag8 Aug | 2–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| PEC Zwolle v Feyenoord17 May | 0–2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| De Graafschap v Almere City FC9 May | 2–2 | 5 1 red | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| RKC Waalwijk v Roda JC Kerkrade1 May | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| SC Telstar v Sparta Rotterdam22 Apr | 4–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Erwin Blank give per game?
Erwin Blank averages 3.31 cards a game across 45 Eredivisie matches — 4% above the league average of 3.19. On an Erwin Blank appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.04.
Is Erwin Blank 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 Erwin Blank runs at 14.7% 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 Erwin Blank'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 Erwin Blank's card rate?
It rests on 45 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.