Eric Wattellier
Over the last 10 Ligue 1 games Eric Wattellier has officiated, the average is 3.20 cards a match — 17% below the league average of 3.87. That splits 2.8 yellow and 0.4 red a game — a red in 4 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 1.4 to 1.8 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 18.6% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 35 awarded in 79 matches, 0.44 a game against a league average of 0.36. 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 Eric Wattellier turns into bookings. Conversion, not the raw foul count, is where a referee's real card tendency lives. Career figures across every Ligue 1 season on record.
| Measure | Wattellier | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.40 | 3.87 |
| vs league | 0.88× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 16.2% | 15.8% |
| Fouls / match | 21.0 | 24.5 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.44 | 0.36 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 35 in 79 | — |
| Red cards shown | 18 | — |
| Matches on record | 80 (3 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Ligue 1 games Eric Wattellier took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RC Strasbourg v AS Monaco12 Sep | 1–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| RC Lens v Lorient5 Sep | 0–1 | 5 1 red | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Lille v Paris Saint-Germain28 Aug | 2–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 18 |
| Auxerre v Angers3 May | 3–1 | 6 1 red 2 pen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Lorient v Olympique de Marseille18 Apr | 2–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Paris FC v AS Monaco10 Apr | 4–1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Paris Saint-Germain v Toulouse3 Apr | 3–1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Olympique Lyonnais v Paris FC8 Mar | 1–1 | 2 1 pen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Eric Wattellier give per game?
Eric Wattellier averages 3.40 cards a game across 80 Ligue 1 matches — 12% below the league average of 3.87. On an Eric Wattellier appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.88.
Is Eric Wattellier a strict referee?
About average. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Eric Wattellier runs at 16.2% against a league average of 15.8%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Eric Wattellier'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 Eric Wattellier's card rate?
It rests on 80 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.