David Coote
David Coote 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 David Coote has officiated, the average is 5.20 cards a match — 27% above the league average of 4.08. That's 5.2 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. The home side sees more cards — 2.3 to 2.9 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 50% of those games (5 of 10), from a 21.2% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 12 awarded in 43 matches, 0.28 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 David Coote 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 | Coote | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.60 | 4.08 |
| vs league | 1.13× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.2% | 18.6% |
| Fouls / match | 24.0 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.28 | 0.25 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 12 in 43 | — |
| Red cards shown | 6 | — |
| Matches on record | 43 (0 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Premier League games David Coote took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool v Aston Villa9 Nov | 2–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| West Ham v Man Utd27 Oct | 2–1 | 6 1 pen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Brighton v Tottenham6 Oct | 3–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Crystal Palace v Man Utd21 Sep | 0–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Leicester v Aston Villa31 Aug | 1–2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Bournemouth v Newcastle25 Aug | 1–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Arsenal v Bournemouth4 May | 3–0 | 5 1 pen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| Wolves v Luton27 Apr | 2–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does David Coote give per game?
David Coote averages 4.60 cards a game across 43 Premier League matches — 13% above the league average of 4.08. On a David Coote appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.13.
Is David Coote a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and David Coote runs at 19.2% 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 David Coote'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 David Coote's card rate?
It rests on 43 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.