François Letexier
Over the last 10 Ligue 1 games François Letexier has officiated, the average is 4.20 cards a match — 8% above the league average of 3.89. That splits 4.1 yellow and 0.1 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.4 to 1.8 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 50% of those games (5 of 10), from a 18.1% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 21 awarded in 66 matches, 0.32 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 François Letexier 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 | Letexier | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.27 | 3.89 |
| vs league | 1.10× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 18.4% | 15.8% |
| Fouls / match | 23.3 | 24.6 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.32 | 0.36 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 21 in 66 | — |
| Red cards shown | 17 | — |
| Matches on record | 66 (18 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Ligue 1 games François Letexier took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympique Lyonnais v RC Lens17 May | 0–4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Auxerre v Nice10 May | 2–1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Le Havre v Metz26 Apr | 4–4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| Lille v RC Lens4 Apr | 3–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Olympique Lyonnais v AS Monaco22 Mar | 1–2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| Angers v Nice14 Mar | 0–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Olympique de Marseille v RC Strasbourg14 Feb | 2–2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Auxerre v Paris FC8 Feb | 0–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does François Letexier give per game?
François Letexier averages 4.27 cards a game across 66 Ligue 1 matches — 10% above the league average of 3.89. On a François Letexier appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.10.
Is François Letexier a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and François Letexier runs at 18.4% 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 François Letexier'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 François Letexier's card rate?
It rests on 66 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.