José María Sánchez Martínez
Over his last 10 La Liga games, José María Sánchez Martínez has averaged 4.50 cards a match — 8% below the league average of 4.88. That splits 4.4 yellow and 0.1 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The home side sees more of them — 2.2 to 2.3 a game, flatter than the league's 0.2 gap. 5+ cards landed in 40% of them (4 of 10), and he turned 16.7% of fouls into bookings. He points to the spot at about the league's rate: 22 penalties in 75 matches, 0.29 a game against a league average of 0.32. These are raw match figures from games he took charge of, 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 José María Sánchez Martínez 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 | Martínez | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 5.33 | 4.88 |
| vs league | 1.09× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.8% | 19.2% |
| Fouls / match | 26.9 | 25.4 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.29 | 0.32 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 22 in 75 | — |
| Red cards shown | 18 | — |
| Matches on record | 75 (17 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 La Liga games José María Sánchez Martínez took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mallorca v Real Oviedo23 May | 3–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Sevilla v Real Madrid17 May | 0–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Deportivo Alavés v FC Barcelona13 May | 1–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Real Oviedo v Elche26 Apr | 1–2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| Levante UD v Sevilla23 Apr | 2–0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Mallorca v Real Madrid4 Apr | 2–1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Real Betis v Celta Vigo15 Mar | 1–1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Elche v Osasuna13 Feb | 0–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does José María Sánchez Martínez give per game?
José María Sánchez Martínez averages 5.33 cards a game across 75 La Liga matches — 9% above the league average of 4.88. When he's appointed, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.09.
Is José María Sánchez Martínez a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls he turns into bookings — and José María Sánchez Martínez runs at 19.8% against a league average of 19.2%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does José María Sánchez Martínez'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 José María Sánchez Martínez's card rate?
It rests on 75 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, an opponent factor and de-vigging, and discounts its confidence for thin referee records, before flagging any card as value. 18+ — please gamble responsibly.