Farai Hallam
Over his last 4 Premier League games, Farai Hallam has averaged 2.50 cards a match — 39% below the league average of 4.09. That's 2.5 yellow a game, with no red card in the 4. The away side sees more of them — 1.8 to 0.8 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 0% of them (0 of 4), and he turned 12.0% of fouls into bookings. These are raw match figures from games he took charge of, not odds.
Match cards last 4 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 Farai Hallam 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 | Hallam | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 2.50 | 4.09 |
| vs league | 0.61× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 12.0% | 18.7% |
| Fouls / match | 20.8 | 21.9 |
| Red cards shown | 0 | — |
| Matches on record | 4 (4 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 4 Premier League games Farai Hallam took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Palace v Arsenal24 May | 1–2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Brentford v Everton11 Apr | 2–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Crystal Palace v Burnley11 Feb | 2–3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Man City v Wolves24 Jan | 2–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 30 |
Farai Hallam has officiated only 4 matches on our record — a thin sample. The model shrinks a thin referee tendency toward the league average and discounts its confidence until the evidence builds, so read the numbers above gently.
Frequently asked
How many cards does Farai Hallam give per game?
Farai Hallam averages 2.50 cards a game across 4 Premier League matches — 39% below the league average of 4.09. That's a raw rate from only 4 matches, so the model shrinks it toward the league average rather than trusting it outright.
Is Farai Hallam a strict referee?
No — he's more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls he turns into bookings — and Farai Hallam runs at 12.0% against a league average of 18.7%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Farai Hallam'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 Farai Hallam's card rate?
It rests on 4 career matches, still a thin sample — read it gently. 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, an opponent factor and de-vigging, and discounts its confidence for thin referee records, before flagging any card as value. 18+ — please gamble responsibly.