REFEREE

Martin van den Kerkhof

18 matches officiated

STRICTNESS53

TEMPO62

Matches 18

Cards / match 2.67 avg 3.50-24%

Fouls / match 18.9 avg 20.3-7%

Goals / match 3.61 avg 3.19+13%

Penalties / match 0.333 avg 0.134+148%

REFEREE PROFILE

Martin van den Kerkhof, 18 maçlık kariyerinde dengeli bir yönetim anlayışı sergiliyor. Maç başına 2.5 sarı kart ortalaması ile kartlarda oldukça tutumlu. İlk kartı 39. dakikaya kadar erteleyen sabır profili çıkıyor. Kartlarının %73'i ikinci yarıdadır — gerilim arttıkça sertleşiyor. 8.5 faul başına 1 kart ile oldukça toleranslı. Gol tarafında, Martin van den Kerkhof maçlarında ortalama 3.6 gol atılıyor. Maçlarının %83'i Üst 2.5 ile sonuçlanıyor — gollü maçlara açık bir ortam yaratıyor. KG Var oranı %72 ile her iki takımın da gol attığı maçlar sıkça yaşanıyor. İlk gol genelde 24. dakikada geliyor. Penaltı kararlarında ev sahibi lehine hafif bir eğilim mevcut (+2.00).

NationalityNetherlands

Main leagueEredivisie

A card every37'

3+ cards%38

Cards by side home %44away %56

TENDENCIES

Cards Lenient

Fouls Moderate

Penalties Frequent

Goals Moderate

Over 2.5 High

BTTS Moderate

Corners Moderate

VAR Hands off

Home wins Balanced

EREDIVISIE REFEREES25 referees

lowestmedianhighest

Cards / match 2.67avg 3.50 %8

Fouls / match 18.9avg 20.3 %32

Goals / match 3.61avg 3.19 %80

Penalties / match 0.333avg 0.134 %88

Compared with the 25 referees who officiated at least five Eredivisie matches in our data; only this referee's 18 matches in that competition are counted. The percentage is the share of that pool he sits above.

CARDS BY MINUTE13 matches · 37 cards

Yellow 35 Red 2 busiest 76-90+' %41

2 1-15

5 16-30

3 31-45

4 46-60

8 61-75

15 76-90+

home sideaway side

Minute and colour of 37 cards across 13 matches.

CARD AND FOUL PROFILE

In one match

2.67cards

yellow 2.53 red 0.13

First card

39'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half0.56 2nd half1.50

after 75' 0.89

Whistle to card

8.5fouls per card

fouls / match 18.9 a card every 37'

Straight red rate0.11Second yellow rate0.00

HOW HIS MATCHES END18 matches

Over 1.5 %94

Over 2.5 %83

Over 3.5 %44

Over 4.5 %22

BTTS %72

Each line sits inside the one above it.

GOALS AND FLOW

Goals per match

3.61goals

late goals %22

First goal

24'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half1.61 2nd half1.50

Shots

28.0shots / match

on target%38

Clean sheet rate%28Corners / match9.8Offsides / match2.9Home possession%48

HOW HE TREATS EACH TEAM9 teams

All At home Away

Team M Win / Draw / Loss Cards Fouls Pen

PEC Zwolle 3 %0 2.7 18 — 0———— 3 %0 2.7 18 —

Utrecht 3 %33 4.0 24 0.33 3 %33 4.0 24 0.33 0————

Fortuna Sittard 2 %100 2.0 18 0.50 2 %100 2.0 18 0.50 0————

Heerenveen 2 %50 2.0 19 — 0———— 2 %50 2.0 19 —

Sparta Rotterdam 2 %0 2.5 15 — 2 %0 2.5 15 — 0————

Heracles 2 %0 3.0 18 — 2 %0 3.0 18 — 0————

NEC Nijmegen 2 %50 2.0 18 — 2 %50 2.0 18 — 0————

Excelsior 2 %0 2.0 20 2.00 0———— 2 %0 2.0 20 2.00

FC Volendam 2 %0 2.0 20 — 0———— 2 %0 2.0 20 —

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 2.67.

VAR AND PENALTIES

Matches with VAR

%0of his matches

calls / match 0.00 overturns / match 0.00

Penalties

0.333per match

matches with a penalty %22

How his matches finish

home %39draw %33away %28

Home bias

Cards +0.70

Fouls +1.04

Penalties +2.000

left: home side gets more · right: away side

HOME SIDE VERSUS AWAY SIDEhome possession %48

HOMEAWAY

1.00 Yellow cards 1.53

0.07 Red cards 0.07

9.6 Fouls 9.3

0.22 Penalties 0.11

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

2026/2027from our own fixtures

matches4 yellow8 red0 pen1 cards / match2.0

Eredivisie 4 8 1pen 2.0

2025/2026

matches13 yellow29 red2 pen0 cards / match2.4

Eredivisie 13 29 2 2.5

2024/2025

matches14 yellow31 red5 pen3 cards / match2.6

Eredivisie 14 31 5 3pen 2.9

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

MATCH LOG18

Date Match Score Cards Fouls Pen VAR

2026-09-18 Groningen – PEC Zwolle 3-0 2 18

2026-09-11 AZ Alkmaar – Willem II 1-1 1 15

2026-09-08 Utrecht – GO Ahead Eagles 3-3 3 24 1

2026-08-15 Fortuna Sittard – Cambuur 3-1 2 19

2026-05-10 GO Ahead Eagles – PSV Eindhoven 1-4 – 16 1

2026-04-11 Heracles – Ajax 0-3 4 14

2026-03-22 NEC Nijmegen – Heerenveen 2-2 – 17

2026-03-08 Sparta Rotterdam – PEC Zwolle 1-1 4 17

2026-02-20 Fortuna Sittard – Excelsior 2-1 2 18 1

2026-02-08 Utrecht – Feyenoord 0-1 7 23

2026-01-24 NEC Nijmegen – PEC Zwolle 2-1 2 19

2025-12-20 Heracles – Heerenveen 0-3 2 21

2025-11-30 PSV Eindhoven – FC Volendam 3-0 – 16

2025-11-01 Telstar – Excelsior 2-2 2 23 3

2025-10-24 Heerenveen – NAC Breda 3-3 1 20

2025-10-18 Utrecht – FC Volendam 3-1 2 24

2025-09-19 Sparta Rotterdam – Twente 1-5 1 13

2025-08-17 NAC Breda – Fortuna Sittard 2-1 5 23

Cards and fouls were recorded in 15/18 of these matches; the averages on this page are computed from those.

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