Mario Melero Lopez
Mario Melero Lopez has not taken charge of a La Liga match in 26/27. The figures below are a career record. Over the last 10 La Liga games Mario Melero Lopez has officiated, the average is 3.60 cards a match — 26% below the league average of 4.87. That splits 3.5 yellow and 0.1 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.0 to 1.6 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.2 gap. 5+ cards landed in 30% of those games (3 of 10), from a 16.4% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 18 awarded in 55 matches, 0.33 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 Mario Melero Lopez 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 | Lopez | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.16 | 4.87 |
| vs league | 0.85× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 16.7% | 19.2% |
| Fouls / match | 25.0 | 25.4 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.33 | 0.32 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 18 in 55 | — |
| Red cards shown | 8 | — |
| Matches on record | 55 (0 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 La Liga games Mario Melero Lopez took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid v Real Sociedad24 May | 2–0 | 0 1 pen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Osasuna v Atlético Madrid15 May | 2–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Girona FC v Mallorca5 May | 1–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| FC Barcelona v Celta Vigo19 Apr | 4–3 | 4 1 pen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Villarreal v Athletic Club6 Apr | 0–0 | 2 1 red | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Las Palmas v Deportivo Alavés14 Mar | 2–2 | 9 1 pen | 9 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| Osasuna v Valencia2 Mar | 3–3 | 3 1 pen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| FC Barcelona v Rayo Vallecano17 Feb | 1–0 | 5 1 pen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Mario Melero Lopez give per game?
Mario Melero Lopez averages 4.16 cards a game across 55 La Liga matches — 15% below the league average of 4.87. On a Mario Melero Lopez appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.85.
Is Mario Melero Lopez a strict referee?
No — more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Mario Melero Lopez runs at 16.7% 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 Mario Melero Lopez'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 Mario Melero Lopez's card rate?
It rests on 55 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.