REFEREE

Benjamin Brand

20 matches officiated

STRICTNESS43

TEMPO48

Matches 20

Cards / match 3.28 avg 3.73-12%

Fouls / match 18.7 avg 19.9-6%

Goals / match 3.00 avg 3.29-9%

Penalties / match 0.200 avg 0.276-27%

REFEREE PROFILE

Benjamin Brand, 19 maçlık kariyerinde oyunun akışına müdahale etmekten kaçınan bir yaklaşım benimsiyor. Maç başına 3.3 sarı kart ortalaması ile ölçülü bir kart politikası izliyor. İlk kartı 32. dakikaya kadar erteleyen sabır profili çıkıyor. Gol tarafında, Benjamin Brand maçlarında ortalama 3.0 gol atılıyor. Üst 2.5 oranı %63 ile ortalama seviyede. KG Var oranı %63 ile her iki takımın da gol attığı maçlar sıkça yaşanıyor. Geç gol oranı %37 — maçlarının üçte birinden fazlasında 80+ dakikada ağlar sallanıyor. İlk gol genelde 30. dakikada geliyor. Benjamin Brand maçlarında ev sahibi avantajı düşük — galibiyet oranı sadece %37. Penaltı kararlarında ev sahibi lehine hafif bir eğilim mevcut (+1.00).

NationalityGermany

Main leagueBundesliga

A card every29'

3+ cards%69

Cards by side home %51away %49

TENDENCIES

Cards Moderate

Fouls Moderate

Penalties Rare

Goals Moderate

Over 2.5 Moderate

BTTS Moderate

Corners Moderate

VAR Hands off

Home wins Balanced

BUNDESLIGA REFEREES25 referees

lowestmedianhighest

Cards / match 3.18avg 3.73 %24

Fouls / match 18.8avg 19.9 %20

Goals / match 3.35avg 3.29 %52

Penalties / match 0.235avg 0.276 %44

Compared with the 25 referees who officiated at least five Bundesliga matches in our data; only this referee's 17 matches in that competition are counted. The percentage is the share of that pool he sits above.

CARDS BY MINUTE17 matches · 48 cards

Yellow 46 Red 2 busiest 76-90+' %33

3 1-15

6 16-30

12 31-45

7 46-60

4 61-75

16 76-90+

home sideaway side

Minute and colour of 48 cards across 17 matches.

CARD AND FOUL PROFILE

In one match

3.28cards

yellow 3.17 red 0.11

First card

32'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half1.05 2nd half1.35

after 75' 0.80

Whistle to card

5.7fouls per card

fouls / match 18.7 a card every 29'

Straight red rate0.10Second yellow rate0.00

HOW HIS MATCHES END20 matches

Over 1.5 %70

Over 2.5 %65

Over 3.5 %45

Over 4.5 %15

BTTS %65

Each line sits inside the one above it.

GOALS AND FLOW

Goals per match

3.00goals

late goals %40

First goal

28'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half1.15 2nd half1.20

Shots

24.8shots / match

on target%35

Clean sheet rate%25Corners / match9.9Offsides / match2.9Home possession%52

HOW HE TREATS EACH TEAM10 teams

All At home Away

Team M Win / Draw / Loss Cards Fouls Pen

RB Leipzig 4 %50 3.0 18 — 4 %50 3.0 18 — 0————

VfL Wolfsburg 4 %25 3.8 22 0.25 2 %0 3.5 24 — 2 %50 4.0 20 0.50

Borussia Dortmund 2 %50 3.0 20 0.50 2 %50 3.0 20 0.50 0————

VfB Stuttgart 2 %0 2.0 20 1.00 0———— 2 %0 2.0 20 1.00

Bayer Leverkusen 2 %50 3.0 14 — 0———— 2 %50 3.0 14 —

1. FC Heidenheim 2 %0 5.0 20 0.50 2 %0 5.0 20 0.50 0————

SC Freiburg 2 %50 4.5 16 — 2 %50 4.5 16 — 0————

1.FC Köln 2 %0 3.0 18 — 0———— 2 %0 3.0 18 —

Werder Bremen 2 %50 2.0 20 — 2 %50 2.0 20 — 0————

FC St. Pauli 2 %0 3.0 16 — 0———— 2 %0 3.0 16 —

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 3.28.

VAR AND PENALTIES

Matches with VAR

%15of his matches

calls / match 0.15 overturns / match 0.15

Penalties

0.200per match

matches with a penalty %20

How his matches finish

home %40draw %30away %30

Home bias

Cards +1.00

Fouls +1.05

Penalties +1.000

left: home side gets more · right: away side

WHAT VAR CHANGED3 matches · %15

Goals cancelled2
Penalties cancelled1

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

HOME SIDE VERSUS AWAY SIDEhome possession %52

HOMEAWAY

1.56 Yellow cards 1.61

0.06 Red cards 0.06

9.6 Fouls 9.1

0.10 Penalties 0.10

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

2026/2027from our own fixtures

matches2 yellow1 red0 pen0 cards / match0.5

Bundesliga 1 1 1.0

UEFA Champions League 1 0

2025/2026

matches16 yellow52 red2 pen0 cards / match3.4

Bundesliga 13 40 1 3.1

2. Bundesliga 3 12 1 4.3

2024/2025

matches18 yellow69 red3 pen3 cards / match4.0

Bundesliga 16 64 3 3pen 4.4

2. Bundesliga 2 5 2.5

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

2026-08-22 FC Saarbrücken – Hertha BSC 1-1 DFB Pokal

2026-05-03 SV Elversberg – SC Paderborn 07 5-1 2. Bundesliga

MATCH LOG20

Date Match Score Cards Fouls Pen VAR

2026-09-05 Werder Bremen – RB Leipzig 3-1 1 21 1

2026-07-07 Floriana – Shamrock Rovers 2-0 – –

2026-05-21 VfL Wolfsburg – SC Paderborn 07 0-0 6 28

2026-05-09 RB Leipzig – FC St. Pauli 2-1 2 14

2026-04-18 Bayer Leverkusen – FC Augsburg 1-2 3 12 1

2026-03-21 VfL Wolfsburg – Werder Bremen 0-1 1 21

2026-03-07 SC Freiburg – Bayer Leverkusen 3-3 5 15

2026-02-21 RB Leipzig – Borussia Dortmund 2-2 7 27

2026-02-07 FC St. Pauli – VfB Stuttgart 2-1 2 19 1

2026-01-16 Werder Bremen – Eintracht Frankfurt 3-3 3 18

2025-12-20 RB Leipzig – Bayer Leverkusen 1-3 1 13

2025-12-05 FSV Mainz 05 – Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-1 3 16 1

2025-11-30 SV Elversberg – SV Darmstadt 98 0-0 – –

2025-11-22 Borussia Dortmund – VfB Stuttgart 3-3 2 22 1 1

2025-11-09 SC Freiburg – FC St. Pauli 2-1 4 18

2025-10-28 1. FC Heidenheim – Hamburger SV 0-1 5 17

2025-10-25 Borussia Dortmund – 1.FC Köln 1-0 4 18

2025-10-04 FC Augsburg – VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 3 16

2025-09-20 RB Leipzig – 1.FC Köln 3-1 2 18

2025-08-23 1. FC Heidenheim – VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 5 23 1

Cards and fouls were recorded in 18/20 of these matches; the averages on this page are computed from those.

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