Pol van Boekel
Pol van Boekel has not taken charge of an Eredivisie match in 26/27. The figures below are a career record. Over the last 10 Eredivisie games Pol van Boekel has officiated, the average is 1.90 cards a match — 40% below the league average of 3.19. That splits 1.8 yellow and 0.1 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 1.5 to 0.4 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 0% of those games (0 of 10), from a 13.0% 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 Pol van Boekel 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 | van Boekel | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 2.25 | 3.19 |
| vs league | 0.71× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 13.2% | 15.4% |
| Fouls / match | 17.1 | 20.7 |
| Red cards shown | 2 | — |
| Matches on record | 16 (0 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Eredivisie games Pol van Boekel took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go Ahead Eagles v PSV Eindhoven1 Mar | 3–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| FC Twente v RKC Waalwijk16 Feb | 2–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Fortuna Sittard v PEC Zwolle26 Jan | 1–4 | 4 1 red | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| Sparta Rotterdam v RKC Waalwijk19 Jan | 1–1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| NEC Nijmegen v PSV Eindhoven30 Mar | 3–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| PEC Zwolle v FC Volendam10 Mar | 1–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Go Ahead Eagles v RKC Waalwijk2 Mar | 1–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Feyenoord v Sparta Rotterdam11 Feb | 2–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Pol van Boekel give per game?
Pol van Boekel averages 2.25 cards a game across 16 Eredivisie matches — 29% below the league average of 3.19. On a Pol van Boekel appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.71.
Is Pol van Boekel a strict referee?
No — more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Pol van Boekel runs at 13.2% 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 Pol van Boekel'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 Pol van Boekel's card rate?
It rests on 16 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.