Matteo Marcenaro
Over the last 10 Serie A games Matteo Marcenaro has officiated, the average is 4.20 cards a match — in line with the league average of 4.19. That's 4.2 yellow a game, with no red card in the 10. The away side sees more cards — 2.4 to 1.8 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 16.7% foul-to-booking rate. Penalties come at about the league's rate: 13 awarded in 45 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 Matteo Marcenaro 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 | Marcenaro | League avg |
|---|---|---|
| Cards / match | 4.98 | 4.19 |
| vs league | 1.19× | 1.00× |
| Foul-to-card conversion | 21.0% | 16.9% |
| Fouls / match | 23.7 | 24.7 |
| Penalties awarded / match | 0.29 | 0.29 |
| Penalties awarded (total) | 13 in 45 | — |
| Red cards shown | 13 | — |
| Matches on record | 46 (2 in 26/27) | — |
Recent matches
The last 8 Serie A games Matteo Marcenaro took charge of — the actual card and foul counts a match-cards line settles on.
| Match | Score | Cards | Y | R | Pen | Fouls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lazio v AC Milan12 Sep | 2–2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| AS Roma v Fiorentina22 Aug | 4–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 26 |
| AS Roma v Atalanta18 Apr | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Lazio v Parma4 Apr | 1–1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Bologna v Udinese23 Feb | 1–0 | 2 1 pen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| AS Roma v Cagliari9 Feb | 2–0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Inter v Pisa23 Jan | 6–2 | 5 1 pen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| AS Roma v Sassuolo10 Jan | 2–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
● a red card▪ a penalty awarded in that match
Frequently asked
How many cards does Matteo Marcenaro give per game?
Matteo Marcenaro averages 4.98 cards a game across 46 Serie A matches — 19% above the league average of 4.19. On a Matteo Marcenaro appointment, the model multiplies every player's booking chance by 1.19.
Is Matteo Marcenaro a strict referee?
Yes. The honest measure is foul-to-card conversion — the share of fouls that become bookings — and Matteo Marcenaro runs at 21.0% 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 Matteo Marcenaro'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 Matteo Marcenaro's card rate?
It rests on 46 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.