Johan Hamel
Johan Hamel has not taken charge of a Ligue 1 match in 25/26. The figures below are a career record. Over the last 8 Ligue 1 games Johan Hamel has officiated, the average is 3.12 cards a match — 20% below the league average of 3.89. That splits 2.9 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 8. The away side sees more cards — 1.6 to 1.5 a game, flatter than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 38% of those games (3 of 8), from a 14.8% foul-to-booking rate. These are raw match figures from those games, not odds.
Match cards last 8 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 Johan Hamel 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 | Hamel | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.13 | 3.89 |
| vs league | 0.80× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 14.8% | 15.8% |
| Fouls / match | 21.1 | 24.6 |
| Red cards shown | 2 | — |
| Matches on record | 8 (0 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Ligue 1 games Johan Hamel took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lille v Stade Rennais6 Nov | 1–1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 23 |
| Ajaccio v Paris Saint-Germain21 Oct | 0–3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Nice v Troyes9 Oct | 3–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Angers v Olympique de Marseille30 Sep | 0–3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Lorient v Nantes11 Sep | 3–2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
| Auxerre v RC Strasbourg27 Aug | 1–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Stade de Reims v Clermont Foot14 Aug | 2–4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| Toulouse v Nice7 Aug | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
Johan Hamel has officiated only 8 matches on our record — a thin sample. The model shrinks a thin referee tendency toward the league average and discounts its confidence until the evidence builds, so read the numbers above gently.
Frequently asked
How many cards does Johan Hamel give per game?
Johan Hamel averages 3.13 cards a game across 8 Ligue 1 matches — 20% below the league average of 3.89. That's a raw rate from only 8 matches, so the model shrinks it toward the league average rather than trusting it outright.
Is Johan Hamel a strict referee?
No — slightly more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Johan Hamel runs at 14.8% 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 Johan Hamel'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 Johan Hamel's card rate?
It rests on 8 career matches, still a thin sample — read it gently. 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.