Thomas Leonard
Over the last 10 Ligue 1 games Thomas Leonard has officiated, the average is 4.10 cards a match — 5% above the league average of 3.89. That splits 3.9 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.4 to 1.7 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 40% of those games (4 of 10), from a 17.2% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 24 awarded in 74 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 Thomas Leonard 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 | Leonard | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.73 | 3.89 |
| vs league | 0.96× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 15.2% | 15.8% |
| Fouls / match | 24.5 | 24.6 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.32 | 0.36 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 24 in 74 | — |
| Red cards shown | 13 | — |
| Matches on record | 74 (17 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Ligue 1 games Thomas Leonard took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Rennais v Paris FC10 May | 2–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Nice v RC Lens2 May | 1–1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| AS Monaco v Auxerre19 Apr | 2–2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| RC Strasbourg v Nice4 Apr | 3–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Lorient v RC Lens14 Mar | 2–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Lille v Nantes1 Mar | 1–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Olympique Lyonnais v Nice15 Feb | 2–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Paris FC v Angers25 Jan | 0–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does Thomas Leonard give per game?
Thomas Leonard averages 3.73 cards a game across 74 Ligue 1 matches — 4% below the league average of 3.89. On a Thomas Leonard appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.96.
Is Thomas Leonard 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 Thomas Leonard runs at 15.2% 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 Thomas Leonard'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 Thomas Leonard's card rate?
It rests on 74 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.