Alberto Ruben Arena
Over his last 10 Serie A games, Alberto Ruben Arena has averaged 3.40 cards a match — 19% below the league average of 4.21. That's 3.4 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. Home and away sides fare about the same under him (1.7 v 1.7 a game), where the league tilts +0.3 toward the away side. 5+ cards landed in 10% of them (1 of 10), and he turned 15.6% of fouls into bookings. 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 Alberto Ruben Arena turns into bookings. Conversion, not the raw foul count, is where a referee's real card tendency lives. Career figures across every Serie A season on record.
| Measure | Arena | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 3.25 | 4.21 |
| vs league | 0.77× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 14.4% | 17.0% |
| Fouls / match | 22.6 | 24.8 |
| Red cards shown | 0 | — |
| Matches on record | 12 (11 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Serie A games Alberto Ruben Arena took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cagliari v Torino17 May | 2–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Lazio v Sassuolo9 Mar | 2–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| Pisa v Sassuolo31 Jan | 1–3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| Cremonese v Hellas Verona19 Jan | 0–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
| Como v Udinese3 Jan | 1–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| Lazio v Lecce23 Nov | 2–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Torino v Pisa2 Nov | 2–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Cremonese v Atalanta25 Oct | 1–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
Alberto Ruben Arena has officiated only 12 matches on our record — a thin sample. The model shrinks a thin referee tendency toward the league average and discounts its confidence until the evidence builds, so read the numbers above gently.
Frequently asked
How many cards does Alberto Ruben Arena give per game?
Alberto Ruben Arena averages 3.25 cards a game across 12 Serie A matches — 23% below the league average of 4.21. That's a raw rate from only 12 matches, so the model shrinks it toward the league average rather than trusting it outright.
Is Alberto Ruben Arena a strict referee?
No — he's more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls he turns into bookings — and Alberto Ruben Arena runs at 14.4% against a league average of 17.0%. Foul counts barely vary between officials; the rate at which a foul becomes a booking is where referees genuinely differ.
Does Alberto Ruben Arena'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 Alberto Ruben Arena's card rate?
It rests on 12 career matches, still a thin sample — read it gently. 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.