Darren Bond
Darren Bond has not taken charge of a Premier League match in 26/27. The figures below are a career record. Over the last 10 Premier League games Darren Bond has officiated, the average is 3.50 cards a match — 14% below the league average of 4.08. That splits 3.4 yellow and 0.1 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.3 to 1.2 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 16.0% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 7 awarded in 23 matches, 0.30 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 Darren Bond 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 | Bond | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.30 | 4.08 |
| vs league | 1.05× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 20.0% | 18.6% |
| Fouls / match | 21.5 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.30 | 0.25 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 7 in 23 | — |
| Red cards shown | 4 | — |
| Matches on record | 23 (0 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Premier League games Darren Bond took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton v Arsenal25 May | 1–2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Brighton v Leicester12 Apr | 2–2 | 7 2 pen | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Everton v West Ham15 Mar | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Southampton v Brighton22 Feb | 0–4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Everton v Leicester1 Feb | 4–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Fulham v Ipswich5 Jan | 2–2 | 6 3 pen | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Liverpool v Leicester26 Dec | 3–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Aston Villa v Southampton7 Dec | 1–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Darren Bond give per game?
Darren Bond averages 4.30 cards a game across 23 Premier League matches — 5% above the league average of 4.08. On a Darren Bond appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.05.
Is Darren Bond a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Darren Bond runs at 20.0% 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 Darren Bond'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 Darren Bond's card rate?
It rests on 23 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.