Alberto Ruben Arena
Over the last 10 Serie A games Alberto Ruben Arena has officiated, the average is 3.10 cards a match — 26% below the league average of 4.19. That's 3.1 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. The home side sees more cards — 1.4 to 1.7 a game, in line with the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 10% of those games (1 of 10), from a 14.9% 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 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 | 3.00 | 4.19 |
| vs league | 0.72× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 13.5% | 16.9% |
| Fouls / match | 22.3 | 24.7 |
| Red cards shown | 0 | — |
| Matches on record | 14 (2 in 26/27) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atalanta v Cagliari12 Sep | 1–2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Udinese v Como22 Aug | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| 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 |
● a red card in that match
Alberto Ruben Arena has officiated only 14 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 3.00 cards a game across 14 Serie A matches — 28% below the league average of 4.19. That's a raw rate from only 14 matches, so the model shrinks it toward the league average rather than trusting it outright.
Is Alberto Ruben Arena a strict referee?
No — more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Alberto Ruben Arena runs at 13.5% against a league average of 16.9%. 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 14 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 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.