Espen Eskas
Over the last 6 UEFA Europa League games Espen Eskas has officiated, the average is 5.00 cards a match — 10% above the league average of 4.55. That splits 4.8 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 1 of the 6. Home and away sides fare about the same here (2.5 v 2.5 a game), where the league tilts +0.4 toward the away side. 5+ cards landed in 50% of those games (3 of 6), from a 22.4% foul-to-booking rate. These are raw match figures from those games, not odds.
Match cards last 6 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 Espen Eskas turns into bookings. Conversion, not the raw foul count, is where a referee's real card tendency lives. Career figures across every UEFA Europa League season on record.
| Measure | Eskas | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 5.00 | 4.55 |
| vs league | 1.10× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 22.4% | 18.8% |
| Fouls / match | 22.3 | 24.2 |
| Red cards shown | 1 | — |
| Matches on record | 6 (1 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 6 UEFA Europa League games Espen Eskas took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting Braga v FK Crvena Zvezda23 Oct | 2–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Athletic Club v Man Utd1 May | 0–3 | 7 1 red | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| Rangers v Fenerbahçe13 Mar | 0–2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 29 |
| AS Roma v SK Slavia Praha26 Oct | 2–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| SK Sturm Graz v Feyenoord27 Oct | 1–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| AS Monaco v Ferencváros TC15 Sep | 0–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
● a red card in that match
Espen Eskas has officiated only 6 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 Espen Eskas give per game?
Espen Eskas averages 5.00 cards a game across 6 UEFA Europa League matches — 10% above the league average of 4.55. That's a raw rate from only 6 matches, so the model shrinks it toward the league average rather than trusting it outright.
Is Espen Eskas a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Espen Eskas runs at 22.4% against a league average of 18.8%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Espen Eskas'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 Espen Eskas's card rate?
It rests on 6 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 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.