REFEREE

Espen Eskås

60 matches officiated

STRICTNESS45

TEMPO51

Matches 60

Cards / match 2.93 avg 3.71-21%

Fouls / match 20.6 avg 22.9-10%

Goals / match 3.13 avg 3.18-2%

Penalties / match 0.133 avg 0.121+10%

REFEREE PROFILE

Espen Eskås, 60 maçlık kariyerinde oyunun akışına müdahale etmekten kaçınan bir yaklaşım benimsiyor. Maç başına 2.8 sarı kart ortalaması ile kartlarda oldukça tutumlu. İlk kartı 41. dakikaya kadar erteleyen sabır profili çıkıyor. Kartlarının %62'i ikinci yarıdadır — gerilim arttıkça sertleşiyor. 7.0 faul başına 1 kart ile oldukça toleranslı. Gol tarafında, Espen Eskås maçlarında ortalama 3.1 gol atılıyor. Maçlarının %65'i Üst 2.5 ile sonuçlanıyor — gollü maçlara açık bir ortam yaratıyor. KG Var oranı %58 ile her iki takımın da gol attığı maçlar sıkça yaşanıyor. İlk gol genelde 22. dakikada geliyor. Penaltı kararlarında ev sahibi lehine hafif bir eğilim mevcut (+1.67).

NationalityNorway

Main leagueUEFA Champions League

A card every30'

3+ cards%56

Cards by side home %29away %71

TENDENCIES

Cards Lenient

Fouls Moderate

Penalties Moderate

Goals Moderate

Over 2.5 Moderate

BTTS Moderate

Corners Moderate

VAR Interventionist

Home wins Balanced

ELITESERIEN REFEREES7 referees

lowestmedianhighest

Cards / match 2.67avg 3.71 %29

Fouls / match 21.8avg 22.9 %43

Goals / match 3.13avg 3.18 %57

Penalties / match 0.053avg 0.121 %14

Compared with the 7 referees who officiated at least five Eliteserien matches in our data; only this referee's 38 matches in that competition are counted. The percentage is the share of that pool he sits above.

CARDS BY MINUTE30 matches · 103 cards

Yellow 99 Red 4 busiest 76-90+' %37

7 1-15

7 16-30

23 31-45

11 46-60

17 61-75

38 76-90+

home sideaway side

Minute and colour of 103 cards across 30 matches.

CARD AND FOUL PROFILE

In one match

2.93cards

yellow 2.80 red 0.13

First card

41'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half0.57 2nd half0.95

after 75' 0.53

Whistle to card

7.0fouls per card

fouls / match 20.6 a card every 30'

Straight red rate0.07Second yellow rate0.00

HOW HIS MATCHES END60 matches

Over 1.5 %87

Over 2.5 %65

Over 3.5 %42

Over 4.5 %18

BTTS %58

Each line sits inside the one above it.

GOALS AND FLOW

Goals per match

3.13goals

late goals %18

First goal

22'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half0.67 2nd half0.75

Shots

23.2shots / match

on target%32

Clean sheet rate%33Corners / match9.5Offsides / match2.8Home possession%52

HOW HE TREATS EACH TEAM16 teams

All At home Away

Team M Win / Draw / Loss Cards Fouls Pen

Rosenborg 8 %62 3.1 23 — 6 %50 3.5 24 — 2 %100 2.0 21 —

Viking 7 %57 3.3 25 0.14 2 %50 — — — 5 %60 3.3 25 0.20

Bodo/Glimt 7 %71 2.4 15 — 2 %100 1.0 13 — 5 %60 3.0 16 —

Molde 7 %57 3.9 27 0.14 3 %67 5.0 28 0.33 4 %50 3.0 26 —

Brann 6 %17 2.0 19 — 2 %0 2.0 19 — 4 %25 — — —

Stromsgodset 4 %0 2.0 18 — 4 %0 2.0 18 — 0————

Haugesund 4 %25 2.0 27 0.25 2 %0 2.0 27 0.50 2 %50 — — —

Kristiansund BK 3 %0 — — — 0———— 3 %0 — — —

Mjondalen 2 %0 — — — 2 %0 — — — 0————

Tromso 2 %0 2.0 16 — 2 %0 2.0 16 — 0————

ODD Ballklubb 2 %0 — — — 0———— 2 %0 — — —

Greece 2 %50 5.0 25 — 0———— 2 %50 5.0 25 —

Valerenga 2 %50 — — — 2 %50 — — — 0————

Lillestrom 2 %100 2.0 19 — 0———— 2 %100 2.0 19 —

Sarpsborg 08 FF 2 %50 — — — 2 %50 — — — 0————

Atalanta 2 %50 3.0 20 0.50 2 %50 3.0 20 0.50 0————

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 2.93.

VAR AND PENALTIES

Matches with VAR

%15of his matches

calls / match 0.20 overturns / match 0.18

Penalties

0.133per match

matches with a penalty %12

How his matches finish

home %42draw %25away %33

Home bias

Cards +1.12

Fouls +0.96

Penalties +1.667

left: home side gets more · right: away side

WHAT VAR CHANGED9 matches · %15

Goals cancelled6
Penalties confirmed1
Penalties cancelled3
Cards upgraded2

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

HOME SIDE VERSUS AWAY SIDEhome possession %52

HOMEAWAY

1.10 Yellow cards 1.70

0.10 Red cards 0.03

10.1 Fouls 10.5

0.08 Penalties 0.05

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

2026/2027from our own fixtures

matches10 yellow14 red0 pen3 cards / match1.4

Eliteserien 7 7 1pen 3.5

World Cup 2 6 1pen 3.0

UEFA Europa League 1 1 1pen 1.0

2025/2026

matches9 yellow27 red1 pen0 cards / match3.1

UEFA Champions League 7 21 3.0

UEFA Europa League 2 6 1 3.5

2024/2025

matches12 yellow58 red3 pen4 cards / match5.1

UEFA Champions League 8 29 2 2pen 4.0

UEFA Europa League 2 17 1 1pen 9.5

UEFA Europa Conference League 1 6 6.0

Super League 1 6 1pen 6.0

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

2026-09-09 Sporting CP – Galatasaray 3-1 UEFA Champions League

2026-08-27 Anderlecht – Kairat Almaty 3-0 UEFA Europa League

2026-04-16 AEK Athens FC – Rayo Vallecano 3-1 UEFA Europa Conference League

MATCH LOG40

Date Match Score Cards Fouls Pen VAR

2026-09-05 Brann – Lillestrom 1-2 2 19 1

2026-08-20 FK Crvena Zvezda – Plzen 3-0 1 4 1

2026-08-16 Molde – Tromso 3-2 5 28 1

2026-07-02 Portugal – Croatia 2-1 3 18 1 3

2026-06-21 Uruguay – Cape Verde Islands 2-2 3 12 1

2026-05-25 Tromso – Aalesund 1-1 – –

2026-05-16 Lillestrom – Sandefjord 3-1 – –

2026-05-03 Valerenga – KFUM Oslo 2-2 – –

2026-04-11 Viking – Bodo/Glimt 5-0 – –

2026-03-15 Aalesund – Lillestrom 1-3 – –

2026-03-10 Atalanta – Bayern München 1-6 4 22

2026-02-18 Qarabag – Newcastle 1-6 1 20 2

2026-01-28 Bayer Leverkusen – Villarreal 3-0 3 17

2026-01-20 Real Madrid – Monaco 6-1 2 20

2025-11-16 Hungary – Rep. Of Ireland 2-3 – –

2025-11-04 Atletico Madrid – Union St. Gilloise 3-1 1 13 1

2025-10-23 SC Braga – FK Crvena Zvezda 2-0 1 17

2025-10-19 Tromso – Viking 1-3 2 16

2025-10-09 Scotland – Greece 3-1 – –

2025-09-30 Atalanta – Club Brugge KV 2-1 2 18 1

2025-09-21 Rosenborg – Bodo/Glimt 1-1 4 22

2025-09-07 Germany – Northern Ireland 3-1 5 22

2025-08-28 FCSB – Aberdeen 3-0 7 27 1

2025-08-20 Celtic – Kairat Almaty 0-0 5 21

2025-08-15 Stromsgodset – Bodo/Glimt 0-5 2 10

2025-08-06 Ludogorets – Ferencvarosi TC 0-0 4 26 1

2025-07-27 Bryne – Viking 1-3 6 31

2025-07-20 Ham-Kam – Fredrikstad 1-1 1 24

2025-06-20 Los Angeles FC – ES Tunis 0-1 3 23 2

2025-05-28 Fredrikstad – Rosenborg 0-2 2 21

2025-05-16 Stromsgodset – Bryne 0-2 2 25 1

2025-05-11 Haugesund – Viking 1-4 2 27 1 1

2025-04-27 Rosenborg – Molde 0-0 3 26

2025-04-05 Bodo/Glimt – Ham-Kam 3-0 1 13

2025-03-20 Croatia – France 2-0 2 24

2024-10-10 Italy – Belgium 2-2 4 26 1

2024-09-10 Rep. Of Ireland – Greece 0-2 5 25

2022-06-12 Georgia – Bulgaria 0-0 – –

2020-12-13 Rosenborg – Molde 3-1 – –

2020-12-03 Zorya Luhansk – Leicester 1-0 – –

Cards and fouls were recorded in 30/60 of these matches; the averages on this page are computed from those.

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