Miguel Sesma Espinosa
Over the last 10 La Liga games Miguel Sesma Espinosa has officiated, the average is 5.30 cards a match — 9% above the league average of 4.86. That splits 5.1 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 3.4 to 1.9 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.2 gap. 5+ cards landed in 70% of those games (7 of 10), from a 20.7% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 8 awarded in 23 matches, 0.35 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 Miguel Sesma Espinosa 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 | Espinosa | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.79 | 4.86 |
| vs league | 0.78× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 14.1% | 19.1% |
| Fouls / match | 26.8 | 25.4 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.35 | 0.32 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 8 in 23 | — |
| Red cards shown | 2 | — |
| Matches on record | 24 (4 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 La Liga games Miguel Sesma Espinosa took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deportivo Alavés v Valencia15 Sep | 0–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 21 |
| Espanyol v Sevilla6 Sep | 1–1 | 6 1 red | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| Celta Vigo v Osasuna27 Aug | 1–2 | 2 1 red 1 pen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Real Racing Club v Villarreal16 Aug | 2–2 | 6 1 pen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| Villarreal v Atlético Madrid24 May | 5–1 | 1 1 pen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Girona FC v Real Sociedad14 May | 1–1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Getafe v Rayo Vallecano3 May | 0–2 | 8 1 pen | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| Osasuna v Real Betis12 Apr | 1–1 | 7 1 pen | 7 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Miguel Sesma Espinosa give per game?
Miguel Sesma Espinosa averages 3.79 cards a game across 24 La Liga matches — 22% below the league average of 4.86. On a Miguel Sesma Espinosa appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.78.
Is Miguel Sesma Espinosa a strict referee?
No — more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Miguel Sesma Espinosa runs at 14.1% 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 Miguel Sesma Espinosa'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 Miguel Sesma Espinosa's card rate?
It rests on 24 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.