Darren England
Over the last 10 Premier League games Darren England has officiated, the average is 4.70 cards a match — 15% above the league average of 4.08. That's 4.7 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.7 to 2.0 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 21.9% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 15 awarded in 74 matches, 0.20 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 England 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 | England | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.30 | 4.08 |
| vs league | 1.05× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.5% | 18.6% |
| Fouls / match | 22.1 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.20 | 0.25 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 15 in 74 | — |
| Red cards shown | 10 | — |
| Matches on record | 76 (4 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Premier League games Darren England took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton v Arsenal19 Sep | 3–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 23 |
| Tottenham v Everton12 Sep | 0–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Ipswich v Liverpool4 Sep | 0–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Hull City v Man Utd22 Aug | 2–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 19 |
| Liverpool v Brentford24 May | 1–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Man Utd v Liverpool3 May | 3–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Sunderland v Nottingham Forest24 Apr | 0–5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Crystal Palace v West Ham20 Apr | 0–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Darren England give per game?
Darren England averages 4.30 cards a game across 76 Premier League matches — 5% above the league average of 4.08. On a Darren England appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.05.
Is Darren England a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Darren England runs at 19.5% 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 England'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 England's card rate?
It rests on 76 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.