Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo
Over the last 10 Primeira Liga games Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo has officiated, the average is 5.10 cards a match — in line with the league average of 5.17. That's 5.1 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.6 to 2.5 a game, in line with the league's 0.2 gap. 5+ cards landed in 70% of those games (7 of 10), from a 20.8% 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 Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo 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 | Verissimo | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 5.60 | 5.17 |
| vs league | 1.08× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 20.6% | 19.0% |
| Fouls / match | 27.2 | 27.2 |
| Red cards shown | 16 | — |
| Matches on record | 80 (4 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Primeira Liga games Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara v Sporting Braga20 Sep | 0–0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
| Moreirense v Benfica9 Sep | 0–4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
| Estoril Praia v FC Arouca7 Sep | 0–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| Sporting CP v FC Alverca22 Aug | 3–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 30 |
| Casa Pia v Torreense28 May | 2–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| CF Estrela Amadora v Famalicão11 May | 0–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| Rio Ave v Gil Vicente3 May | 0–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Sporting CP v Tondela29 Apr | 2–2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo give per game?
Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo averages 5.60 cards a game across 80 Primeira Liga matches — 8% above the league average of 5.17. On a Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.08.
Is Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo runs at 20.6% 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 Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo'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 Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo's card rate?
It rests on 80 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.