José María Sánchez Martínez
Over the last 10 La Liga games José María Sánchez Martínez has officiated, the average is 4.70 cards a match — in line with the league average of 4.86. That splits 4.5 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 2.1 to 2.6 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.2 gap. 5+ cards landed in 50% of those games (5 of 10), from a 16.5% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 23 awarded in 76 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 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 | 5.32 | 4.86 |
| vs league | 1.09× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.7% | 19.1% |
| Fouls / match | 27.1 | 25.4 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.30 | 0.32 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 23 in 76 | — |
| Red cards shown | 19 | — |
| Matches on record | 78 (3 in 26/27) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Betis v Getafe17 Sep | 1–0 | 6 1 red | 5 | 1 | — | 37 |
| Deportivo Alavés v Osasuna6 Sep | 5–2 | 3 1 pen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Espanyol v Real Madrid23 Aug | 1–2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | 26 |
| 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 1 red | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| Levante UD v Sevilla23 Apr | 2–0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does José María Sánchez Martínez give per game?
José María Sánchez Martínez averages 5.32 cards a game across 78 La Liga matches — 9% above the league average of 4.86. On a José María Sánchez Martínez appointment, 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 that become bookings — and José María Sánchez Martínez runs at 19.7% 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 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 78 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.