Peter Bankes
Over the last 10 Premier League games Peter Bankes has officiated, the average is 3.40 cards a match — 17% below the league average of 4.08. That splits 3.2 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. Home and away sides fare about the same here (1.7 v 1.7 a game), where the league tilts +0.3 toward the away side. 5+ cards landed in 30% of those games (3 of 10), from a 15.7% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 15 awarded in 77 matches, 0.19 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 Peter Bankes 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 | Bankes | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.23 | 4.08 |
| vs league | 1.04× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.6% | 18.6% |
| Fouls / match | 21.6 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.19 | 0.25 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 15 in 77 | — |
| Red cards shown | 9 | — |
| Matches on record | 79 (3 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Premier League games Peter Bankes took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulham v Man Utd20 Sep | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 14 |
| Tottenham v Newcastle29 Aug | 0–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Brighton v Aston Villa23 Aug | 4–0 | 6 1 red | 5 | 1 | — | 23 |
| Burnley v Bournemouth14 Mar | 0–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Newcastle v Man Utd4 Mar | 2–1 | 7 1 red 1 pen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| Leeds v Man City28 Feb | 0–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Tottenham v Arsenal22 Feb | 1–4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Aston Villa v Brighton11 Feb | 1–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Peter Bankes give per game?
Peter Bankes averages 4.23 cards a game across 79 Premier League matches — 4% above the league average of 4.08. On a Peter Bankes appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.04.
Is Peter Bankes a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Peter Bankes runs at 19.6% 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 Peter Bankes'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 Peter Bankes's card rate?
It rests on 79 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.