Football

Where Refs Brandish Red the Most

All football fans can think of a time when their team's chances in a game have been extinguished by a red card. A game can flip on its head on the back of a rash challenge, but also as the result of a rash refereeing decision. The modern game moves so quickly, with officials having to make massive decisions in tiny amounts of time. The infographic below looks at analysis by CIES Football Observatory showing the top flight leagues in Europe with the highest number of red cards per game for the season so far.

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This chart shows the average number of red cards per match during the 2016/2017 season, by national top-flight league.

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Average number of red cards per match issued to teams from selected soccer leagues worldwide in 2023/24
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Average number of matches per red card in the Premier League and the Women's Super League in England from 2011/12 to 2022/23
Players with the most red cards in the Premier League in England as of 2023
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Average number of penalty cards given per soccer game in selected Latin American countries between 2015 and 2020
Top European football leagues ranked by average attendance per match in the 2023/2024 season
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Number of registered soccer referees in the Italian Football Federation in the season 2018/2019, by sector

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