Bessa, Jose
Over the last 10 Primeira Liga games Bessa, Jose has officiated, the average is 7.00 cards a match — 35% above the league average of 5.17. That splits 6.6 yellow and 0.4 red a game — a red in 3 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 2.8 to 4.2 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.2 gap. 5+ cards landed in 80% of those games (8 of 10), from a 24.4% foul-to-booking rate. 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 Bessa, Jose turns into bookings. Conversion, not the raw foul count, is where a referee's real card tendency lives. Career figures across every Primeira Liga season on record.
| Measure | Jose | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 5.50 | 5.17 |
| vs league | 1.06× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 21.6% | 19.0% |
| Fouls / match | 25.5 | 27.2 |
| Red cards shown | 11 | — |
| Matches on record | 32 (3 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Primeira Liga games Bessa, Jose took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casa Pia v FC Porto12 Sep | 1–4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 23 |
| FC Alverca v CF Estrela Amadora15 Aug | 2–2 | 7 1 red | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| Moreirense v Sporting Braga9 Aug | 2–2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 35 |
| FC Arouca v Benfica14 Mar | 1–2 | 13 2 red | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| Rio Ave v Famalicão1 Mar | 0–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 34 |
| CD Nacional v FC Porto15 Feb | 0–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| FC Alverca v CF Estrela Amadora31 Jan | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 34 |
| FC Arouca v Gil Vicente28 Dec | 2–2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Bessa, Jose give per game?
Bessa, Jose averages 5.50 cards a game across 32 Primeira Liga matches — 6% above the league average of 5.17. On a Bessa, Jose appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.06.
Is Bessa, Jose a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Bessa, Jose runs at 21.6% against a league average of 19.0%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Bessa, Jose'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 Bessa, Jose's card rate?
It rests on 32 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.