Francisco Hernandez Maeso
Over the last 10 La Liga games Francisco Hernandez Maeso has officiated, the average is 3.20 cards a match — 34% below the league average of 4.86. That's 3.2 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. Home and away sides fare about the same here (1.6 v 1.6 a game), where the league tilts +0.2 toward the away side. 5+ cards landed in 20% of those games (2 of 10), from a 13.1% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 16 awarded in 55 matches, 0.29 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 Francisco Hernandez Maeso 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 | Maeso | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.26 | 4.86 |
| vs league | 0.88× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 17.2% | 19.1% |
| Fouls / match | 24.7 | 25.4 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.29 | 0.32 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 16 in 55 | — |
| Red cards shown | 6 | — |
| Matches on record | 58 (5 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 La Liga games Francisco Hernandez Maeso took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Málaga CF v Espanyol9 Oct | 1–1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | — | 23 |
| Atlético Madrid v Osasuna16 Sep | 4–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 19 |
| Villarreal v Real Betis14 Sep | 1–2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 |
| FC Barcelona v Rayo Vallecano31 Aug | 5–2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Deportivo de A Coruña v Elche16 Aug | 1–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Celta Vigo v Sevilla23 May | 1–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Espanyol v Athletic Club13 May | 2–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Girona FC v Mallorca1 May | 0–1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Francisco Hernandez Maeso give per game?
Francisco Hernandez Maeso averages 4.26 cards a game across 58 La Liga matches — 12% below the league average of 4.86. On a Francisco Hernandez Maeso appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.88.
Is Francisco Hernandez Maeso 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 Francisco Hernandez Maeso runs at 17.2% 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 Francisco Hernandez Maeso'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 Francisco Hernandez Maeso's card rate?
It rests on 58 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.