REFEREE

Joshua Smith

145 matches officiated

STRICTNESS56

TEMPO48

Matches 145

Cards / match 4.30 avg 3.89+10%

Fouls / match 20.8 avg 20.4+2%

Goals / match 2.86 avg 2.56+12%

Penalties / match 0.124 avg 0.089+40%

REFEREE PROFILE

Joshua Smith, 145 maçlık kariyerinde dengeli bir yönetim anlayışı sergiliyor. Maç başına 4.1 sarı kart ortalaması ile lig ortalamasının üzerinde kart dağıtımı yapıyor. İlk kartı 32. dakikada gösteriyor — takımlara uyum süresi tanıyor. Kartlarının %66'i ikinci yarıdadır — gerilim arttıkça sertleşiyor. Gol tarafında, Joshua Smith maçlarında ortalama 2.9 gol atılıyor. Üst 2.5 oranı %57 ile ortalama seviyede. KG Var oranı %57 ile her iki takımın da gol attığı maçlar sıkça yaşanıyor. İlk gol genelde 28. dakikada geliyor. Penaltı kararlarında ev sahibi lehine hafif bir eğilim mevcut (+2.60).

NationalityEngland

Main leagueChampionship

A card every23'

3+ cards%65

Cards by side home %41away %59

TENDENCIES

Cards Moderate

Fouls Moderate

Penalties Frequent

Goals Moderate

Over 2.5 Moderate

BTTS Moderate

Corners Moderate

VAR Hands off

Home wins Balanced

CHAMPIONSHIP REFEREES44 referees

lowestmedianhighest

Cards / match 4.56avg 3.89 %80

Fouls / match 20.7avg 20.4 %59

Goals / match 2.73avg 2.56 %70

Penalties / match 0.124avg 0.089 %68

Compared with the 44 referees who officiated at least five Championship matches in our data; only this referee's 121 matches in that competition are counted. The percentage is the share of that pool he sits above.

CARDS BY MINUTE46 matches · 232 cards

Yellow 223 Red 9 busiest 76-90+' %34

15 1-15

21 16-30

42 31-45

37 46-60

38 61-75

79 76-90+

home sideaway side

Minute and colour of 232 cards across 46 matches.

CARD AND FOUL PROFILE

In one match

4.30cards

yellow 4.11 red 0.19

First card

32'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half0.54 2nd half1.06

after 75' 0.54

Whistle to card

5.2fouls per card

fouls / match 20.8 a card every 23'

Straight red rate0.06Second yellow rate0.00

HOW HIS MATCHES END145 matches

Over 1.5 %79

Over 2.5 %57

Over 3.5 %32

Over 4.5 %13

BTTS %57

Each line sits inside the one above it.

GOALS AND FLOW

Goals per match

2.86goals

late goals %11

First goal

28'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half0.45 2nd half0.63

Shots

23.8shots / match

on target%33

Clean sheet rate%37Corners / match10.1Offsides / match3.8Home possession%51

HOW HE TREATS EACH TEAM16 teams

All At home Away

Team M Win / Draw / Loss Cards Fouls Pen

Preston 16 %44 3.4 21 0.12 11 %45 4.0 22 — 5 %40 2.0 19 0.40

Blackburn 14 %50 2.5 18 0.14 7 %57 3.0 19 0.29 7 %43 2.0 16 —

Norwich 13 %31 3.5 22 0.23 5 %40 5.0 21 — 8 %25 2.5 23 0.38

Hull City 13 %54 4.5 21 0.15 7 %71 4.0 21 0.29 6 %33 5.0 21 —

Stoke City 13 %46 5.6 20 0.23 7 %29 4.3 21 0.14 6 %67 7.0 19 0.33

West Brom 11 %55 6.5 20 — 4 %50 6.5 24 — 7 %57 — 18 —

Cardiff 11 %27 5.4 24 0.09 7 %29 5.0 24 0.14 4 %25 6.0 24 —

QPR 11 %64 3.0 12 0.09 7 %57 3.0 12 0.14 4 %75 — — —

Coventry 11 %27 3.9 19 — 6 %33 5.0 19 — 5 %20 2.7 19 —

Sheffield Utd 10 %30 6.7 23 0.20 6 %50 6.5 24 0.33 4 %0 7.0 21 —

Luton 10 %40 3.5 27 0.10 5 %40 3.0 29 0.20 5 %40 4.0 24 —

Swansea 9 %44 4.2 19 0.11 4 %50 4.5 22 — 5 %40 4.0 17 0.20

Fulham 9 %78 4.3 23 0.22 5 %80 3.0 21 0.20 4 %75 6.0 26 0.25

Leeds 8 %50 4.0 22 0.12 3 %67 — — — 5 %40 4.0 22 0.20

Middlesbrough 8 %50 4.0 19 0.25 5 %40 4.0 22 — 3 %67 4.0 14 0.67

Millwall 8 %50 3.8 22 — 3 %67 5.0 28 — 5 %40 3.0 19 —

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 4.30.

VAR AND PENALTIES

Matches with VAR

%1of his matches

calls / match 0.02 overturns / match 0.01

Penalties

0.124per match

matches with a penalty %10

How his matches finish

home %44draw %21away %35

Home bias

Cards +0.57

Fouls +0.89

Penalties +2.600

left: home side gets more · right: away side

WHAT VAR CHANGED2 matches · %1

Goals cancelled1
Penalties confirmed1
Other1

The averages above count VAR calls; this is what those calls actually decided.

HOME SIDE VERSUS AWAY SIDEhome possession %51

HOMEAWAY

1.70 Yellow cards 2.40

0.09 Red cards 0.11

9.8 Fouls 11.0

0.09 Penalties 0.03

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

2026/2027from our own fixtures

matches3 yellow12 red0 pen1 cards / match4.0

Championship 1 4 1pen 4.0

League Cup 1 3 3.0

Premier League 1 5 5.0

2025/2026

matches28 yellow97 red6 pen0 cards / match3.7

Championship 23 83 5 4.0

EFL League One 2 8 1 4.5

FA Cup 2 3 1.5

League Cup 1 3 3.0

2024/2025

matches32 yellow115 red2 pen7 cards / match3.7

Championship 22 90 2 6pen 4.2

EFL League One 4 8 2.0

Premier League 3 13 1pen 4.3

League Cup 2 2 1.0

FA Cup 1 2 2.0

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

2026-09-05 Sheffield Utd – Norwich 1-3 Championship

MATCH LOG40

Date Match Score Cards Fouls Pen VAR

2026-08-29 Coventry – Hull City 0-1 5 19

2026-08-16 Burnley – West Ham 2-2 4 21 1

2026-08-08 Derby – Lincoln 1-2 3 23

2026-05-02 Hull City – Norwich 2-1 2 25 1

2026-04-21 Stoke City – Millwall 1-3 3 19

2026-04-18 Preston – West Brom 0-2 – 18

2026-04-14 Southampton – Blackburn 3-0 2 12

2026-04-06 Portsmouth – Oxford United 2-2 6 24

2026-03-21 Watford – Leicester 0-0 7 14 1

2026-03-14 West Brom – Hull City 3-0 6 20

2026-03-08 QPR – Middlesbrough 0-4 – 12 1

2026-02-22 Sheffield Utd – Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 10 31

2026-02-15 Stoke City – Fulham 1-2 – –

2026-02-07 Derby – Ipswich 1-2 5 22 1

2026-01-31 QPR – Coventry 2-1 3 13

2026-01-24 Hull City – Swansea 2-1 4 17 1

2026-01-10 Sheffield Wednesday – Brentford 0-2 – –

2025-08-29 Leicester – Birmingham 2-0 6 27

2025-08-23 Southampton – Stoke City 1-2 7 17

2025-08-09 Sheffield Utd – Bristol City 1-4 – 20

2025-03-12 Hull City – Oxford United 2-1 6 20

2025-02-15 Sheffield Wednesday – Coventry 1-2 1 20

2025-01-31 Blackburn – Preston 2-1 2 19 2

2025-01-27 Burnley – Leeds 0-0 3 20

2025-01-22 Portsmouth – Stoke City 3-1 7 21 2

2025-01-18 Sheffield Utd – Norwich 2-0 3 21 2

2025-01-11 Manchester City – Salford City 8-0 2 18

2024-12-29 Middlesbrough – Burnley 0-0 4 22

2024-12-26 Preston – Hull City 1-0 4 23

2024-12-14 Stoke City – Cardiff 2-2 5 20

2024-12-10 Sheffield Wednesday – Blackburn 0-1 2 20

2024-12-03 Leicester – West Ham 3-1 4 16 2

2024-11-30 Norwich – Luton 4-2 3 21

2024-11-23 Oxford United – Middlesbrough 2-6 4 17 1

2024-11-05 Swansea – Watford 1-0 5 19

2024-11-02 Stoke City – Derby 2-1 5 24 1

2024-10-26 West Brom – Cardiff 0-0 7 27

2024-10-19 Preston – Coventry 1-0 4 24

2024-09-29 Swansea – Bristol City 1-1 4 25

2024-09-28 Nottingham Forest – Fulham 0-1 6 26 1 1

Cards and fouls were recorded in 47/145 of these matches; the averages on this page are computed from those.

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