Anthony Taylor
Anthony Taylor has retired from refereeing. The figures below are a complete Premier League career record — fixed from here, with nothing more to add. Over the last 10 Premier League games Anthony Taylor has officiated, the average is 4.00 cards a match — in line with the league average of 4.08. That's 4.0 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.1 to 1.9 a game, flatter than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 40% of those games (4 of 10), from a 18.8% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 34 awarded in 119 matches, 0.29 a game against a league average of 0.25. 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 Anthony Taylor turns into bookings. Conversion, not the raw foul count, is where a referee's real card tendency lives. Career figures across every Premier League season on record.
| Measure | Taylor | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.01 | 4.08 |
| vs league | 0.98× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.4% | 18.6% |
| Fouls / match | 20.7 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.29 | 0.25 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 34 in 119 | — |
| Red cards shown | 16 | — |
| Matches on record | 119 (0 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Premier League games Anthony Taylor took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Ham v Leeds24 May | 3–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Bournemouth v Man City19 May | 1–1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Burnley v Aston Villa10 May | 2–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Chelsea v Nottingham Forest4 May | 1–3 | 4 2 pen | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Wolves v Tottenham25 Apr | 0–1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Man City v Arsenal19 Apr | 2–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Liverpool v Fulham11 Apr | 2–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Newcastle v Sunderland22 Mar | 1–2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Anthony Taylor give per game?
Anthony Taylor averages 4.01 cards a game across 119 Premier League matches — roughly below the league average of 4.08. On an Anthony Taylor appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.98.
Is Anthony Taylor a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Anthony Taylor runs at 19.4% against a league average of 18.6%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Anthony Taylor'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 Anthony Taylor's card rate?
It rests on 119 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.