REFEREE

Simone Sozza

34 matches officiated

STRICTNESS46

TEMPO51

Matches 34

Cards / match 3.22 avg 3.77-15%

Fouls / match 21.4 avg 23.9-10%

Goals / match 2.71 avg 2.55+6%

Penalties / match 0.235 avg 0.198+19%

REFEREE PROFILE

Simone Sozza, 34 maçlık kariyerinde oyunun akışına müdahale etmekten kaçınan bir yaklaşım benimsiyor. Maç başına 3.0 sarı kart ortalaması ile ölçülü bir kart politikası izliyor. İlk kartı 36. dakikaya kadar erteleyen sabır profili çıkıyor. 6.9 faul başına 1 kart ile oldukça toleranslı. Gol tarafında, Simone Sozza maçlarında ortalama 2.7 gol atılıyor. Üst 2.5 oranı %47 ile düşük gollü maçlara eğilimli. İlk gol genelde 40. dakikada geliyor. Penaltı kararlarında ev sahibi lehine hafif bir eğilim mevcut (+1.00).

NationalityItaly

Main leagueSerie A

A card every22'

3+ cards%76

Cards by side home %45away %55

TENDENCIES

Cards Moderate

Fouls Moderate

Penalties Moderate

Goals Moderate

Over 2.5 Moderate

BTTS Moderate

Corners Moderate

VAR Hands off

Home wins Balanced

SERIE A REFEREES37 referees

lowestmedianhighest

Cards / match 3.39avg 3.77 %35

Fouls / match 22.4avg 23.9 %22

Goals / match 2.44avg 2.55 %41

Penalties / match 0.167avg 0.198 %41

Compared with the 37 referees who officiated at least five Serie A 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 MINUTE32 matches · 98 cards

Yellow 92 Red 6 busiest 31-45' %30

3 1-15

15 16-30

29 31-45

10 46-60

18 61-75

23 76-90+

home sideaway side

Minute and colour of 98 cards across 32 matches.

CARD AND FOUL PROFILE

In one match

3.22cards

yellow 3.00 red 0.22

First card

36'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half1.38 2nd half1.50

after 75' 0.71

Whistle to card

6.9fouls per card

fouls / match 21.4 a card every 22'

Straight red rate0.18Second yellow rate0.00

HOW HIS MATCHES END34 matches

Over 1.5 %74

Over 2.5 %47

Over 3.5 %29

Over 4.5 %21

BTTS %53

Each line sits inside the one above it.

GOALS AND FLOW

Goals per match

2.71goals

late goals %32

First goal

40'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half0.74 2nd half1.62

Shots

24.9shots / match

on target%36

Clean sheet rate%38Corners / match9.4Offsides / match2.8Home possession%51

HOW HE TREATS EACH TEAM10 teams

All At home Away

Team M Win / Draw / Loss Cards Fouls Pen

Inter 5 %80 2.0 16 — 5 %80 2.0 16 — 0————

AS Roma 4 %50 3.8 26 0.25 0———— 4 %50 3.8 26 0.25

Juventus 4 %25 3.8 19 — 2 %50 4.5 19 — 2 %0 3.0 19 —

Fiorentina 3 %0 3.0 18 — 0———— 3 %0 3.0 18 —

Lazio 2 %0 4.5 28 — 2 %0 4.5 28 — 0————

Napoli 2 %0 2.0 18 — 0———— 2 %0 2.0 18 —

Panathinaikos 2 %50 4.5 27 — 2 %50 4.5 27 — 0————

AC Milan 2 %100 4.0 20 0.50 0———— 2 %100 4.0 20 0.50

Genoa 2 %0 6.0 26 0.50 2 %0 6.0 26 0.50 0————

PAOK 2 %100 4.0 20 0.50 2 %100 4.0 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 3.22.

VAR AND PENALTIES

Matches with VAR

%12of his matches

calls / match 0.12 overturns / match 0.06

Penalties

0.235per match

matches with a penalty %24

How his matches finish

home %47draw %26away %26

Home bias

Cards +0.77

Fouls +0.93

Penalties +1.000

left: home side gets more · right: away side

WHAT VAR CHANGED4 matches · %12

Goals cancelled1
Penalties confirmed1
Cards upgraded1
Other1

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

HOME SIDE VERSUS AWAY SIDEhome possession %51

HOMEAWAY

1.28 Yellow cards 1.72

0.16 Red cards 0.06

10.3 Fouls 11.1

0.12 Penalties 0.12

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

2026/2027from our own fixtures

matches3 yellow8 red0 pen2 cards / match2.7

UEFA Champions League 1 4 1pen 4.0

UEFA Europa League 1 1 1pen 1.0

Serie A 1 3 3.0

2025/2026

matches30 yellow119 red9 pen0 cards / match4.3

Serie A 17 61 7 4.2

Serie B 5 32 1 6.8

UEFA Champions League 3 11 3.7

UEFA Europa League 3 12 1 4.7

Super League 1 2 2.0

Coppa Italia 1 1 1.0

2024/2025

matches30 yellow131 red1 pen15 cards / match4.4

Serie A 17 61 1 10pen 3.6

Serie B 5 24 1pen 4.8

UEFA Europa League 5 27 2pen 5.4

UEFA Champions League 2 15 2pen 7.5

UEFA Europa Conference League 1 4 4.0

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

2026-08-13 Anderlecht – PAOK 3-2 UEFA Europa League

2026-05-08 Catanzaro – Bari 2-3 Serie B

MATCH LOG34

Date Match Score Cards Fouls Pen VAR

2026-09-08 Borussia Dortmund – Villarreal 3-2 4 25 1

2026-09-05 Inter – Napoli 3-2 3 13

2026-08-27 Saburtalo – Jagiellonia 1-2 1 8 1

2026-05-24 Verona – AS Roma 0-2 5 22 1

2026-05-17 Genoa – AC Milan 1-2 5 25 1

2026-05-03 PAOK – Olympiakos Piraeus 3-1 2 17

2026-04-26 AC Milan – Juventus 0-0 5 20 1

2026-04-21 Inter – Como 3-2 1 11

2026-04-05 Inter – AS Roma 5-2 1 20

2026-03-19 AEK Athens FC – Celje 0-2 2 22

2026-03-08 Lecce – Cremonese 2-1 3 45 1

2026-03-01 AS Roma – Juventus 3-3 1 18

2026-02-26 Samsunspor – Shkendija 4-0 3 32 1

2026-02-15 Cremonese – Genoa 0-0 2 20

2026-02-01 Torino – Lecce 1-0 3 25

2026-01-22 PAOK – Real Betis 2-0 6 24 1

2026-01-07 Lazio – Fiorentina 2-2 5 20

2025-12-20 Juventus – AS Roma 2-1 5 25

2025-12-14 Udinese – Napoli 1-0 1 24

2025-12-07 Sampdoria – Carrarese 3-2 – –

2025-11-27 Panathinaikos – Sturm Graz 2-1 6 30

2025-11-23 Inter – AC Milan 0-1 3 16 1

2025-11-05 Benfica – Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 2 9

2025-10-29 Inter – Fiorentina 3-0 2 21

2025-10-19 Genoa – Parma 0-0 7 27

2025-09-27 Juventus – Atalanta 1-1 4 13

2025-09-21 Lazio – AS Roma 0-1 4 36

2025-09-18 Club Brugge KV – Monaco 4-1 4 20

2025-09-04 Netherlands – Poland 1-1 – 22

2025-08-28 KuPS – FC Midtjylland 0-2 1 15 1

2025-08-24 Cagliari – Fiorentina 1-1 2 14

2025-07-30 Panathinaikos – Rangers 1-1 3 24 1

2025-03-21 Malta – Finland 0-1 2 21 1

2024-10-12 Serbia – Switzerland 2-0 5 23

Cards and fouls were recorded in 32/34 of these matches; the averages on this page are computed from those.

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