Mathieu Vernice
Over the last 10 Ligue 1 games Mathieu Vernice has officiated, the average is 3.90 cards a match — in line with the league average of 3.87. That splits 3.7 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 1.8 to 2.1 a game, in line with the league's 0.2 gap. 5+ cards landed in 30% of those games (3 of 10), from a 15.1% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 22 awarded in 61 matches, 0.36 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 Mathieu Vernice 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 | Vernice | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.35 | 3.87 |
| vs league | 1.12× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 16.3% | 15.8% |
| Fouls / match | 26.7 | 24.5 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.36 | 0.36 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 22 in 61 | — |
| Red cards shown | 20 | — |
| Matches on record | 63 (3 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Ligue 1 games Mathieu Vernice 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 Stade Rennais19 Sep | 4–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | 27 |
| Toulouse v Lille3 Sep | 0–1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| RC Lens v Auxerre22 Aug | 5–2 | 3 1 red | 2 | 1 | — | 27 |
| Stade Brestois v Angers17 May | 1–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| RC Lens v Nantes8 May | 1–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Paris FC v Lille26 Apr | 0–1 | 9 1 red 2 pen | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Stade Rennais v Angers11 Apr | 2–1 | 2 1 pen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Nantes v RC Strasbourg22 Mar | 2–3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Mathieu Vernice give per game?
Mathieu Vernice averages 4.35 cards a game across 63 Ligue 1 matches — 12% above the league average of 3.87. On a Mathieu Vernice appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.12.
Is Mathieu Vernice a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Mathieu Vernice runs at 16.3% 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 Mathieu Vernice'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 Mathieu Vernice'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 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.