Federico La Penna
Over the last 10 Serie A games Federico La Penna has officiated, the average is 4.00 cards a match — in line with the league average of 4.19. That splits 3.7 yellow and 0.3 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.6 to 1.4 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 40% of those games (4 of 10), from a 14.1% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 16 awarded in 52 matches, 0.31 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 Federico La Penna 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 | La Penna | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.32 | 4.19 |
| vs league | 1.03× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 16.4% | 16.9% |
| Fouls / match | 26.3 | 24.7 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.31 | 0.29 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 16 in 52 | — |
| Red cards shown | 8 | — |
| Matches on record | 53 (2 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Serie A games Federico La Penna took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Milan v Lecce20 Sep | 3–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 |
| Parma v Monza6 Sep | 1–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Sassuolo v Lecce17 May | 2–3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Genoa v Como26 Apr | 0–2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Lecce v Atalanta6 Apr | 0–3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Pisa v Cagliari15 Mar | 3–1 | 6 2 red 1 pen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
| Inter v Juventus14 Feb | 3–2 | 6 1 red | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| SSC Napoli v Fiorentina31 Jan | 2–1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Federico La Penna give per game?
Federico La Penna averages 4.32 cards a game across 53 Serie A matches — 3% above the league average of 4.19. On a Federico La Penna appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.03.
Is Federico La Penna a strict referee?
No — slightly more lenient than most. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Federico La Penna runs at 16.4% 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 Federico La Penna'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 Federico La Penna's card rate?
It rests on 53 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.