Davide Massa
Over his last 10 Serie A games, Davide Massa has averaged 4.80 cards a match — 14% above the league average of 4.21. That splits 4.5 yellow and 0.3 red a game — a red in 3 of the 10. The away side sees more of them — 2.7 to 2.1 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 70% of them (7 of 10), and he turned 17.2% of fouls into bookings. He points to the spot at about the league's rate: 14 penalties in 66 matches, 0.21 a game against a league average of 0.30. 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 Davide Massa 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 | Massa | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 5.24 | 4.21 |
| vs league | 1.24× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.5% | 17.0% |
| Fouls / match | 26.9 | 24.8 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.21 | 0.30 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 14 in 66 | — |
| Red cards shown | 16 | — |
| Matches on record | 66 (17 in 25/26) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Serie A games Davide Massa took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juventus v Fiorentina17 May | 0–2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Hellas Verona v Lecce25 Apr | 0–0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Como v Inter12 Apr | 3–4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| Juventus v Genoa6 Apr | 2–0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Como v AS Roma15 Mar | 2–1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| Cremonese v AC Milan1 Mar | 0–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Genoa v SSC Napoli7 Feb | 2–3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| Cremonese v Inter1 Feb | 0–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Frequently asked
How many cards does Davide Massa give per game?
Davide Massa averages 5.24 cards a game across 66 Serie A matches — 24% above the league average of 4.21. When he's appointed, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.24.
Is Davide Massa a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls he turns into bookings — and Davide Massa runs at 19.5% 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 Davide Massa'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 Davide Massa's card rate?
It rests on 66 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, an opponent factor and de-vigging, and discounts its confidence for thin referee records, before flagging any card as value. 18+ — please gamble responsibly.