Scott, Calum
Over the last 10 Scottish Premiership games Scott, Calum has officiated, the average is 4.40 cards a match — 9% above the league average of 4.02. That splits 4.1 yellow and 0.3 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The home side sees more cards — 2.1 to 2.3 a game, flatter than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 40% of those games (4 of 10), from a 19.1% 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 Scott, Calum turns into bookings. Conversion, not the raw foul count, is where a referee's real card tendency lives. Career figures across every Scottish Premiership season on record.
| Measure | Calum | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.45 | 4.02 |
| vs league | 0.86× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 16.3% | 17.7% |
| Fouls / match | 21.1 | 22.7 |
| Red cards shown | 6 | — |
| Matches on record | 29 (1 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Scottish Premiership games Scott, Calum took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee FC v Aberdeen8 Aug | 2–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| Livingston v Aberdeen1 May | 2–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| Hibernian v Kilmarnock4 Apr | 3–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Aberdeen v Falkirk FC14 Mar | 1–1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| St. Mirren v Motherwell21 Feb | 0–5 | 5 1 red | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| Celtic v Livingston11 Feb | 2–1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| Dundee United v Heart of Midlothian31 Jan | 0–3 | 6 2 red | 4 | 2 | 23 |
| Motherwell v St. Mirren3 Jan | 2–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
● a red card in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Scott, Calum give per game?
Scott, Calum averages 3.45 cards a game across 29 Scottish Premiership matches — 14% below the league average of 4.02. On a Scott, Calum appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 0.86.
Is Scott, Calum 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 Scott, Calum runs at 16.3% against a league average of 17.7%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Scott, Calum'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 Scott, Calum's card rate?
It rests on 29 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.