Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj
Over the last 10 Ligue 1 games Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj has officiated, the average is 4.50 cards a match — 16% above the league average of 3.87. That splits 4.2 yellow and 0.3 red a game — a red in 3 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 2.0 to 2.5 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.2 gap. 5+ cards landed in 60% of those games (6 of 10), from a 18.6% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 18 awarded in 65 matches, 0.28 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 Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj 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 | Hadj | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.08 | 3.87 |
| vs league | 1.05× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 16.5% | 15.8% |
| Fouls / match | 24.6 | 24.5 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.28 | 0.36 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 18 in 65 | — |
| Red cards shown | 14 | — |
| Matches on record | 66 (3 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Ligue 1 games Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toulouse v Le Havre19 Sep | 3–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 32 |
| Le Mans v RC Lens13 Sep | 2–2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Auxerre v Angers29 Aug | 1–3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Angers v RC Strasbourg10 May | 1–1 | 5 1 pen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| Toulouse v Lille12 Apr | 0–4 | 3 1 red 1 pen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| Auxerre v Stade Brestois21 Mar | 3–0 | 5 1 red | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Paris FC v Nice1 Mar | 1–0 | 9 1 red | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Lille v Stade Brestois14 Feb | 1–1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj give per game?
Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj averages 4.08 cards a game across 66 Ligue 1 matches — 5% above the league average of 3.87. On a Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.05.
Is Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj runs at 16.5% 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 Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj'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 Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj'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 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.