César Soto Grado
Over the last 10 La Liga games César Soto Grado has officiated, the average is 5.30 cards a match — 9% above the league average of 4.86. That splits 4.6 yellow and 0.7 red a game — a red in 6 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 3.1 to 2.2 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.2 gap. 5+ cards landed in 60% of those games (6 of 10), from a 26.0% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 25 awarded in 84 matches, 0.30 a game against a league average of 0.32. 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 César Soto Grado turns into bookings. Conversion, not the raw foul count, is where a referee's real card tendency lives. Career figures across every La Liga season on record.
| Measure | Grado | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 5.30 | 4.86 |
| vs league | 1.09× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Fouls / match | 24.3 | 25.4 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.30 | 0.32 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 25 in 84 | — |
| Red cards shown | 31 | — |
| Matches on record | 86 (3 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 La Liga games César Soto Grado took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deportivo de A Coruña v Real Betis20 Sep | 1–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 |
| Getafe v Celta Vigo7 Sep | 1–1 | 6 1 red | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Athletic Club v Sevilla23 Aug | 1–3 | 7 1 red | 6 | 1 | — | 27 |
| Real Oviedo v Getafe10 May | 0–0 | 7 2 red | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| Real Betis v Real Madrid24 Apr | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Mallorca v Valencia21 Apr | 1–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Deportivo Alavés v Osasuna5 Apr | 2–2 | 9 1 red 2 pen | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| Rayo Vallecano v Levante UD16 Mar | 1–1 | 8 1 red | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does César Soto Grado give per game?
César Soto Grado averages 5.30 cards a game across 86 La Liga matches — 9% above the league average of 4.86. On a César Soto Grado appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.09.
Is César Soto Grado a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and César Soto Grado runs at 21.8% against a league average of 19.1%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does César Soto Grado'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 César Soto Grado's card rate?
It rests on 86 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.