Davide Massa
Over the last 10 Serie A games Davide Massa has officiated, the average is 4.80 cards a match — 15% above the league average of 4.19. That splits 4.5 yellow and 0.3 red a game — a red in 3 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.6 to 2.2 a game, in line with the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 70% of those games (7 of 10), from a 17.8% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 14 awarded in 67 matches, 0.21 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 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 | 5.18 | 4.19 |
| vs league | 1.24× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 19.4% | 16.9% |
| Fouls / match | 26.7 | 24.7 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.21 | 0.29 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 14 in 67 | — |
| Red cards shown | 16 | — |
| Matches on record | 68 (2 in 26/27) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Roma v Inter19 Sep | 2–2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | 20 |
| Fiorentina v Torino5 Sep | 1–2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Juventus v Fiorentina17 May | 0–2 | 5 1 red | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Hellas Verona v Lecce25 Apr | 0–0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Como v Inter12 Apr | 3–4 | 10 1 pen | 10 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| Juventus v Genoa6 Apr | 2–0 | 5 1 pen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Como v AS Roma15 Mar | 2–1 | 5 1 red 1 pen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| Cremonese v AC Milan1 Mar | 0–2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Davide Massa give per game?
Davide Massa averages 5.18 cards a game across 68 Serie A matches — 24% above the league average of 4.19. On a Davide Massa appointment, 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 that become bookings — and Davide Massa runs at 19.4% 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 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 68 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.