Michael Salisbury
Over the last 10 Premier League games Michael Salisbury has officiated, the average is 4.10 cards a match — in line with the league average of 4.08. That splits 4.0 yellow and 0.1 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 2.0 to 2.1 a game, flatter than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 40% of those games (4 of 10), from a 20.0% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come more often than most: 22 awarded in 58 matches, 0.38 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 Michael Salisbury 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 | Salisbury | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.08 | 4.08 |
| vs league | 1.00× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 18.0% | 18.6% |
| Fouls / match | 22.7 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.38 | 0.25 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 22 in 58 | — |
| Red cards shown | 10 | — |
| Matches on record | 59 (2 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Premier League games Michael Salisbury took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds v Newcastle14 Sep | 4–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 21 |
| Sunderland v Fulham30 Aug | 1–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Man Utd v Nottingham Forest17 May | 3–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Man City v Brentford9 May | 3–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Bournemouth v Leeds22 Apr | 2–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa12 Apr | 1–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace1 Feb | 1–1 | 5 1 red 1 pen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Bournemouth v Liverpool24 Jan | 3–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Michael Salisbury give per game?
Michael Salisbury averages 4.08 cards a game across 59 Premier League matches — roughly at the league average of 4.08. On a Michael Salisbury appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.00.
Is Michael Salisbury a strict referee?
No — slightly more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Michael Salisbury runs at 18.0% 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 Michael Salisbury'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 Michael Salisbury's card rate?
It rests on 59 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.