Antonio Rapuano
Over the last 10 Serie A games Antonio Rapuano has officiated, the average is 4.20 cards a match — in line with the league average of 4.19. That splits 3.8 yellow and 0.4 red a game — a red in 3 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.2 to 2.0 a game, flatter than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 50% of those games (5 of 10), from a 17.1% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 15 awarded in 51 matches, 0.29 a game against a league average of 0.29. 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 Antonio Rapuano 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 | Rapuano | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.75 | 4.19 |
| vs league | 1.13× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 18.9% | 16.9% |
| Fouls / match | 25.2 | 24.7 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.29 | 0.29 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 15 in 51 | — |
| Red cards shown | 17 | — |
| Matches on record | 52 (2 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Serie A games Antonio Rapuano took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genoa v Frosinone12 Sep | 1–1 | 5 1 red 1 pen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Venezia v Lecce23 Aug | 0–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 20 |
| Genoa v Sassuolo12 Apr | 2–1 | 7 2 red | 5 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Atalanta v Udinese7 Mar | 2–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Cagliari v Lazio21 Feb | 0–0 | 5 1 red | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Lecce v Udinese8 Feb | 2–1 | 3 1 pen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| Hellas Verona v Torino4 Jan | 0–3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Fiorentina v Lecce2 Nov | 0–1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Antonio Rapuano give per game?
Antonio Rapuano averages 4.75 cards a game across 52 Serie A matches — 13% above the league average of 4.19. On an Antonio Rapuano appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.13.
Is Antonio Rapuano a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Antonio Rapuano runs at 18.9% 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 Antonio Rapuano'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 Antonio Rapuano's card rate?
It rests on 52 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.