Luca Massimi
Luca Massimi has not taken charge of a Serie A match in 26/27. The figures below are a career record. Over the last 10 Serie A games Luca Massimi has officiated, the average is 3.70 cards a match — 12% below the league average of 4.19. That splits 3.5 yellow and 0.2 red a game — a red in 2 of the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.2 to 1.5 a game, a sharper split than the league's 0.3 gap. 5+ cards landed in 30% of those games (3 of 10), from a 15.0% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 6 awarded in 22 matches, 0.27 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 Luca Massimi 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 | Massimi | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.32 | 4.19 |
| vs league | 1.03× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 17.6% | 16.9% |
| Fouls / match | 24.5 | 24.7 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.27 | 0.29 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 6 in 22 | — |
| Red cards shown | 6 | — |
| Matches on record | 22 (0 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Serie A games Luca Massimi took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiorentina v Genoa10 May | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Parma v Cagliari27 Feb | 1–1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Bologna v Como1 Feb | 2–0 | 8 1 red | 7 | 1 | 0 | 34 |
| Bologna v Venezia30 Nov | 3–0 | 2 2 pen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| AC Milan v Lecce6 Apr | 3–0 | 3 1 red | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Frosinone v Torino10 Dec | 0–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| AS Roma v Udinese26 Nov | 3–1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Empoli v Atalanta30 Oct | 0–3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Luca Massimi give per game?
Luca Massimi averages 4.32 cards a game across 22 Serie A matches — 3% above the league average of 4.19. On a Luca Massimi appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.03.
Is Luca Massimi a strict referee?
Slightly, yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Luca Massimi runs at 17.6% 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 Luca Massimi'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 Luca Massimi's card rate?
It rests on 22 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.