John Brooks
Over the last 10 Premier League games John Brooks has officiated, the average is 4.70 cards a match — 15% above the league average of 4.08. That splits 4.6 yellow and 0.1 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 2.1 to 2.6 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 60% of those games (6 of 10), from a 23.4% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 24 awarded in 73 matches, 0.33 a game against a league average of 0.25. These are raw match figures from those games, not odds.
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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 John Brooks 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 | Brooks | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.59 | 4.08 |
| vs league | 1.12× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 21.0% | 18.6% |
| Fouls / match | 21.9 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.33 | 0.25 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 24 in 73 | — |
| Red cards shown | 10 | — |
| Matches on record | 74 (3 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Premier League games John Brooks took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland v Arsenal12 Sep | 0–2 | 8 1 red 2 pen | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 |
| Everton v Man Utd6 Sep | 2–2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Fulham v Chelsea24 Aug | 2–3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 19 |
| Everton v Sunderland17 May | 1–3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Brighton v Wolves9 May | 3–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Brentford v Arsenal12 Feb | 1–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Man Utd v Fulham1 Feb | 3–2 | 3 1 pen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Chelsea v Brentford17 Jan | 2–0 | 5 1 pen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does John Brooks give per game?
John Brooks averages 4.59 cards a game across 74 Premier League matches — 12% above the league average of 4.08. On a John Brooks appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.12.
Is John Brooks a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and John Brooks runs at 21.0% 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 John Brooks'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 John Brooks's card rate?
It rests on 74 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.