REFEREE

John Busby

24 matches officiated

STRICTNESS54

TEMPO54

Matches 24

Cards / match 3.78 avg 3.89-3%

Fouls / match 20.0 avg 20.4-2%

Goals / match 2.79 avg 2.56+9%

Penalties / match 0.167 avg 0.089+88%

REFEREE PROFILE

John Busby, 24 maçlık kariyerinde dengeli bir yönetim anlayışı sergiliyor. Maç başına 3.6 sarı kart ortalaması ile ölçülü bir kart politikası izliyor. İlk kartı 29. dakikada gösteriyor — takımlara uyum süresi tanıyor. Kartlarının %62'i ikinci yarıdadır — gerilim arttıkça sertleşiyor. Gol tarafında, John Busby maçlarında ortalama 2.8 gol atılıyor. Üst 2.5 oranı %50 ile ortalama seviyede. KG Var oranı %67 ile her iki takımın da gol attığı maçlar sıkça yaşanıyor. İlk gol genelde 34. dakikada geliyor. John Busby maçlarında ev sahibi avantajı düşük — galibiyet oranı sadece %25. Penaltı kararlarında ev sahibi lehine hafif bir eğilim mevcut (+1.00).

NationalityEngland

Main leagueChampionship

A card every21'

3+ cards%80

Cards by side home %50away %50

TENDENCIES

Cards Moderate

Fouls Moderate

Penalties Frequent

Goals Moderate

Over 2.5 Moderate

BTTS High

Corners Moderate

VAR Hands off

Home wins Away favouring

CHAMPIONSHIP REFEREES44 referees

lowestmedianhighest

Cards / match 3.91avg 3.89 %61

Fouls / match 19.8avg 20.4 %36

Goals / match 2.59avg 2.56 %50

Penalties / match 0.182avg 0.089 %89

Compared with the 44 referees who officiated at least five Championship matches in our data; only this referee's 22 matches in that competition are counted. The percentage is the share of that pool he sits above.

CARDS BY MINUTE19 matches · 73 cards

Yellow 72 Red 1 busiest 76-90+' %34

6 1-15

8 16-30

14 31-45

9 46-60

11 61-75

25 76-90+

home sideaway side

Minute and colour of 73 cards across 19 matches.

CARD AND FOUL PROFILE

In one match

3.78cards

yellow 3.65 red 0.13

First card

29'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half1.17 2nd half1.88

after 75' 1.12

Whistle to card

5.3fouls per card

fouls / match 20.0 a card every 21'

Straight red rate0.04Second yellow rate0.00

HOW HIS MATCHES END24 matches

Over 1.5 %75

Over 2.5 %50

Over 3.5 %25

Over 4.5 %21

BTTS %67

Each line sits inside the one above it.

GOALS AND FLOW

Goals per match

2.79goals

late goals %21

First goal

34'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half1.08 2nd half1.25

Shots

27.0shots / match

on target%33

Clean sheet rate%33Corners / match11.2Offsides / match3.5Home possession%56

HOW HE TREATS EACH TEAM12 teams

All At home Away

Team M Win / Draw / Loss Cards Fouls Pen

Sheffield Utd 5 %40 4.2 21 0.20 2 %0 5.0 26 — 3 %67 3.7 17 0.33

QPR 4 %50 4.2 20 0.25 2 %50 5.0 18 0.50 2 %50 3.5 21 —

Birmingham 3 %67 4.3 21 — 3 %67 4.3 21 — 0————

Preston 2 %50 4.0 16 0.50 0———— 2 %50 4.0 16 0.50

Coventry 2 %100 5.0 20 — 0———— 2 %100 5.0 20 —

Stoke City 2 %0 3.5 14 — 2 %0 3.5 14 — 0————

Portsmouth 2 %50 4.0 22 0.50 0———— 2 %50 4.0 22 0.50

Wrexham 2 %0 1.5 13 — 2 %0 1.5 13 — 0————

Swansea 2 %0 5.5 22 — 0———— 2 %0 5.5 22 —

Ipswich 2 %0 3.5 24 0.50 2 %0 3.5 24 0.50 0————

Watford 2 %50 4.0 22 — 2 %50 4.0 22 — 0————

Leicester 2 %0 3.5 23 — 0———— 2 %0 3.5 23 —

windrawloss

Win rate is that team's, not the home side's. Card bars are scaled against the busiest team; a highlighted bar means this referee books that team noticeably more or less than his own average of 3.78.

VAR AND PENALTIES

Matches with VAR

%0of his matches

calls / match 0.00 overturns / match 0.00

Penalties

0.167per match

matches with a penalty %17

How his matches finish

home %25draw %25away %50

Home bias

Cards +0.50

Fouls +1.05

Penalties +1.000

left: home side gets more · right: away side

HOME SIDE VERSUS AWAY SIDEhome possession %56

HOMEAWAY

1.74 Yellow cards 1.91

0.09 Red cards 0.04

10.3 Fouls 9.7

0.08 Penalties 0.08

Per match, from the matches where the provider recorded the split.

2026/2027from our own fixtures

matches2 yellow5 red0 pen1 cards / match2.5

Championship 2 5 1pen 2.5

2025/2026

matches26 yellow100 red4 pen0 cards / match4.0

Championship 20 78 3 4.2

EFL League One 3 11 1 4.3

League Cup 2 6 3.0

FA Cup 1 5 5.0

2024/2025

matches31 yellow95 red2 pen4 cards / match3.1

Championship 28 88 2 3pen 3.2

FA Cup 1 4 4.0

EFL League One 1 2 2.0

League Cup 1 1 1pen 1.0

Season totals come from the provider; the newest season is filled in from our own match records until the provider catches up.

FIXTURESour fixture list

2026-08-25 Stoke City – Hull City 1-1 League Cup

MATCH LOG24

Date Match Score Cards Fouls Pen VAR

2026-08-29 Cardiff – Sheffield Utd 2-2 4 23 1

2026-08-22 Wrexham – Watford 1-1 1 14

2026-04-25 QPR – Derby 2-3 4 16

2026-04-18 Watford – Sheffield Utd 0-2 5 19

2026-04-11 Charlton – Preston 1-2 5 14

2026-04-03 Birmingham – Blackburn 0-1 1 21

2026-03-21 QPR – Portsmouth 6-1 6 20 1

2026-03-07 Ipswich – Leicester 1-1 4 29

2026-02-25 Sheffield Utd – Coventry 1-2 5 24

2026-02-21 Southampton – Charlton 1-1 3 17

2026-02-07 Birmingham – Leicester 2-1 3 17

2026-01-31 Ipswich – Preston 1-1 3 19 1

2026-01-17 Sheffield Wednesday – Portsmouth 0-1 2 24

2026-01-10 Doncaster – Southampton 2-3 – –

2026-01-04 Millwall – Swansea 2-1 2 20

2025-12-29 Stoke City – Sheffield Utd 1-2 2 10

2025-11-08 Stoke City – Coventry 0-1 5 17

2025-11-01 Watford – Middlesbrough 3-0 3 26

2025-10-22 Swansea – QPR 0-1 6 17

2025-09-30 Bristol City – Ipswich 1-1 6 25 1

2025-09-20 Birmingham – Swansea 1-0 9 24

2025-08-23 Sheffield Utd – Millwall 0-1 5 27

2025-08-16 Wrexham – West Brom 2-3 2 12

2025-08-12 Plymouth – QPR 3-2 1 25

Cards and fouls were recorded in 23/24 of these matches; the averages on this page are computed from those.

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