Joao Pedro Pinheiro
Over the last 10 Primeira Liga games Joao Pedro Pinheiro has officiated, the average is 3.60 cards a match — 30% below the league average of 5.17. That splits 3.5 yellow and 0.1 red a game — a red in 1 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 1.9 to 1.7 a game, in line with the league's 0.2 gap. 5+ cards landed in 30% of those games (3 of 10), from a 15.3% 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 Joao Pedro Pinheiro 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 | Pinheiro | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.89 | 5.17 |
| vs league | 0.95× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 18.3% | 19.0% |
| Fouls / match | 26.7 | 27.2 |
| Red cards shown | 18 | — |
| Matches on record | 76 (4 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Primeira Liga games Joao Pedro Pinheiro took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting Braga v Sporting CP9 Oct | 1–3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Sporting CP v CD Nacional5 Sep | 2–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| FC Porto v FC Arouca23 Aug | 2–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Casa Pia v Benfica17 Aug | 0–7 | 3 1 red | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Benfica v Sporting Braga11 May | 2–2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| Sporting CP v Benfica19 Apr | 1–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| FC Alverca v Sporting CP22 Mar | 1–4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Benfica v FC Porto8 Mar | 2–2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Joao Pedro Pinheiro give per game?
Joao Pedro Pinheiro averages 4.89 cards a game across 76 Primeira Liga matches — 5% below the league average of 5.17. On a Joao Pedro Pinheiro appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.95.
Is Joao Pedro Pinheiro 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 Joao Pedro Pinheiro runs at 18.3% 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 Joao Pedro Pinheiro'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 Joao Pedro Pinheiro's card rate?
It rests on 76 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.