Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj
Over the last 10 Ligue 1 games Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj has officiated, the average is 4.00 cards a match — in line with the league average of 3.89. That splits 3.5 yellow and 0.5 red a game — a red in 5 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.1 to 1.9 a game, in line with the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 40% of those games (4 of 10), from a 18.2% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 18 awarded in 63 matches, 0.29 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 | 4.05 | 3.89 |
| vs league | 1.04× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 16.5% | 15.8% |
| Fouls / match | 24.5 | 24.6 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.29 | 0.36 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 18 in 63 | — |
| Red cards shown | 14 | — |
| Matches on record | 63 (12 in 25/26) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angers v RC Strasbourg10 May | 1–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| Toulouse v Lille12 Apr | 0–4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| Auxerre v Stade Brestois21 Mar | 3–0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Paris FC v Nice1 Mar | 1–0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Lille v Stade Brestois14 Feb | 1–1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Nantes v Nice25 Jan | 1–4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Le Havre v Angers4 Jan | 2–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Nice v Angers7 Dec | 0–1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj give per game?
Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj averages 4.05 cards a game across 63 Ligue 1 matches — 4% above the league average of 3.89. On a Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.04.
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 63 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.