John Brooks
Over his last 10 Premier League games, John Brooks has averaged 4.30 cards a match — 5% above the league average of 4.09. That splits 4.1 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The home side sees more of them — 1.8 to 2.5 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 50% of them (5 of 10), and he turned 23.0% of fouls into bookings. He points to the spot at about the league's rate: 22 penalties in 71 matches, 0.31 a game against a league average of 0.25. These are raw match figures from games he took charge of, 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 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 | 4.52 | 4.09 |
| vs league | 1.11× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 20.7% | 18.7% |
| Fouls / match | 21.9 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.31 | 0.25 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 22 in 71 | — |
| Red cards shown | 9 | — |
| Matches on record | 71 (13 in 25/26) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Chelsea v Brentford17 Jan | 2–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Newcastle v Crystal Palace4 Jan | 2–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Arsenal v Brighton27 Dec | 2–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Tottenham v Liverpool20 Dec | 1–2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does John Brooks give per game?
John Brooks averages 4.52 cards a game across 71 Premier League matches — 11% above the league average of 4.09. When he's appointed, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.11.
Is John Brooks a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls he turns into bookings — and John Brooks runs at 20.7% 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 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 71 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, an opponent factor and de-vigging, and discounts its confidence for thin referee records, before flagging any card as value. 18+ — please gamble responsibly.