Matej Jug
Over the last 10 UEFA Europa League games Matej Jug has officiated, the average is 5.00 cards a match — 10% above the league average of 4.55. That splits 4.6 yellow and 0.4 red a game — a red in 3 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 3.2 to 1.8 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.4 gap. 5+ cards landed in 80% of those games (8 of 10), from a 18.9% 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 Matej Jug 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 | Jug | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 5.27 | 4.55 |
| vs league | 1.16× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 21.2% | 18.8% |
| Fouls / match | 24.8 | 24.2 |
| Red cards shown | 5 | — |
| Matches on record | 15 (3 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 UEFA Europa League games Matej Jug took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Porto v Nice27 Nov | 3–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 29 |
| Real Betis v Olympique Lyonnais6 Nov | 2–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| Rangers v KRC Genk25 Sep | 0–1 | 5 1 red | 4 | 1 | 29 |
| FCSB v PAOK20 Feb | 2–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 33 |
| Athletic Club v FC Viktoria Plzeň30 Jan | 3–1 | 5 1 red | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| PAOK v SK Slavia Praha23 Jan | 2–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 27 |
| Real Sociedad v AFC Ajax28 Nov | 2–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 37 |
| Galatasaray v IF Elfsborg23 Oct | 4–3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Matej Jug give per game?
Matej Jug averages 5.27 cards a game across 15 UEFA Europa League matches — 16% above the league average of 4.55. On a Matej Jug appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.16.
Is Matej Jug a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Matej Jug runs at 21.2% 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 Matej Jug'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 Matej Jug's card rate?
It rests on 15 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.