Robert Jones
Over his last 10 Premier League games, Robert Jones has averaged 4.90 cards a match — 20% above the league average of 4.09. That's 4.9 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. The away side sees more of them — 2.8 to 2.1 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 23.3% of fouls into bookings. He points to the spot more often than most: 29 penalties in 87 matches, 0.33 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 Robert Jones 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 | Jones | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.40 | 4.09 |
| vs league | 1.08× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.1% | 18.7% |
| Fouls / match | 23.1 | 21.9 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.33 | 0.25 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 29 in 87 | — |
| Red cards shown | 9 | — |
| Matches on record | 87 (18 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Premier League games Robert Jones took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulham v Newcastle24 May | 2–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Bournemouth v Crystal Palace3 May | 3–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Sunderland v Tottenham12 Apr | 1–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Chelsea v Leeds10 Feb | 2–2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Tottenham v Man City1 Feb | 2–2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Sunderland v Crystal Palace17 Jan | 2–1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Burnley v Newcastle30 Dec | 1–3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Nottingham Forest v Man City27 Dec | 1–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does Robert Jones give per game?
Robert Jones averages 4.40 cards a game across 87 Premier League matches — 8% above the league average of 4.09. When he's appointed, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.08.
Is Robert Jones a strict referee?
He's about average. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls he turns into bookings — and Robert Jones runs at 19.1% 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 Robert Jones'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 Robert Jones's card rate?
It rests on 87 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.