Willy Delajod
Over the last 10 Ligue 1 games Willy Delajod has officiated, the average is 3.80 cards a match — in line with the league average of 3.87. That splits 3.7 yellow and 0.1 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 1.6 to 2.2 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.2 gap. 5+ cards landed in 20% of those games (2 of 10), from a 15.3% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 30 awarded in 78 matches, 0.38 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 Willy Delajod 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 | Delajod | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.71 | 3.87 |
| vs league | 0.96× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 14.8% | 15.8% |
| Fouls / match | 25.1 | 24.5 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.38 | 0.36 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 30 in 78 | — |
| Red cards shown | 17 | — |
| Matches on record | 79 (3 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Ligue 1 games Willy Delajod took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nice v Lille20 Sep | 2–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 24 |
| Stade Brestois v Paris Saint-Germain13 Sep | 0–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| AS Monaco v Olympique de Marseille30 Aug | 2–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Lille v Auxerre17 May | 0–2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Olympique de Marseille v Nice26 Apr | 1–1 | 5 1 pen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Auxerre v Nantes11 Apr | 0–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Nice v Paris Saint-Germain21 Mar | 0–4 | 3 1 red 1 pen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Nantes v Angers7 Mar | 0–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Willy Delajod give per game?
Willy Delajod averages 3.71 cards a game across 79 Ligue 1 matches — 4% below the league average of 3.87. On a Willy Delajod appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.96.
Is Willy Delajod 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 Willy Delajod 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 Willy Delajod'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 Willy Delajod's card rate?
It rests on 79 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.