REFEREE

Istvan Kovacs

28 matches officiated

STRICTNESS54

TEMPO49

Matches 28

Cards / match 4.29 avg 3.48+23%

Fouls / match 21.2 avg 20.3+5%

Goals / match 2.71 avg 3.30-18%

Penalties / match 0.179 avg 0.235-24%

REFEREE PROFILE

Istvan Kovacs, 28 maçlık kariyerinde dengeli bir yönetim anlayışı sergiliyor. Maç başına 4.0 sarı kart ortalaması ile lig ortalamasının üzerinde kart dağıtımı yapıyor. İlk kartı 31. dakikada gösteriyor — takımlara uyum süresi tanıyor. Gol tarafında, Istvan Kovacs maçlarında ortalama 2.7 gol atılıyor. Üst 2.5 oranı %43 ile düşük gollü maçlara eğilimli. İlk gol genelde 26. dakikada geliyor. Penaltı kararlarında ev sahibi lehine hafif bir eğilim mevcut (+4.00).

NationalityRomania

Main leagueLiga I

A card every20'

3+ cards%89

Cards by side home %46away %54

TENDENCIES

Cards Moderate

Fouls Moderate

Penalties Moderate

Goals Moderate

Over 2.5 Low

BTTS Low

Corners Moderate

VAR Moderate

Home wins Balanced

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE REFEREES29 referees

lowestmedianhighest

Cards / match 4.22avg 3.48 %83

Fouls / match 25.2avg 20.3 %93

Goals / match 2.67avg 3.30 %24

Penalties / match 0.111avg 0.235 %38

Compared with the 29 referees who officiated at least five UEFA Champions League matches in our data; only this referee's 9 matches in that competition are counted. The percentage is the share of that pool he sits above.

CARDS BY MINUTE18 matches · 72 cards

Yellow 67 Red 5 busiest 76-90+' %24

5 1-15

15 16-30

12 31-45

8 46-60

15 61-75

17 76-90+

home sideaway side

Minute and colour of 72 cards across 18 matches.

CARD AND FOUL PROFILE

In one match

4.29cards

yellow 4.00 red 0.29

First card

31'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half1.04 2nd half1.14

after 75' 0.46

Whistle to card

5.2fouls per card

fouls / match 21.2 a card every 20'

Straight red rate0.14Second yellow rate0.00

HOW HIS MATCHES END28 matches

Over 1.5 %75

Over 2.5 %43

Over 3.5 %32

Over 4.5 %14

BTTS %39

Each line sits inside the one above it.

GOALS AND FLOW

Goals per match

2.71goals

late goals %11

First goal

26'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half1.04 2nd half0.75

Shots

22.4shots / match

on target%37

Clean sheet rate%50Corners / match7.6Offsides / match3.6Home possession%52

HOW HE TREATS EACH TEAM7 teams

All At home Away

Team M Win / Draw / Loss Cards Fouls Pen

Atletico Madrid 3 %33 7.3 20 0.33 0———— 3 %33 7.3 20 0.33

Scotland 2 %0 4.0 21 — 0———— 2 %0 4.0 21 —

Slovakia 2 %100 — — — 2 %100 — — — 0————

Celtic 2 %0 3.0 12 0.50 2 %0 3.0 12 0.50 0————

Denmark 2 %50 — — — 2 %50 — — — 0————

Paris Saint Germain 2 %50 7.5 16 0.50 2 %50 7.5 16 0.50 0————

AS Roma 2 %100 3.0 12 0.50 0———— 2 %100 3.0 12 0.50

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 4.29.

VAR AND PENALTIES

Matches with VAR

%14of his matches

calls / match 0.18 overturns / match 0.14

Penalties

0.179per match

matches with a penalty %18

How his matches finish

home %39draw %25away %36

Home bias

Cards +0.33

Fouls +0.96

Penalties +4.000

left: home side gets more · right: away side

WHAT VAR CHANGED4 matches · %14

Goals cancelled3
Penalties confirmed1
Cards upgraded1

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

HOME SIDE VERSUS AWAY SIDEhome possession %52

HOMEAWAY

1.35 Yellow cards 2.65

0.06 Red cards 0.24

10.4 Fouls 10.8

0.14 Penalties 0.04

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

2026/2027from our own fixtures

matches3 yellow4 red0 pen2 cards / match1.3

World Cup 2 2 1pen 2.0

Pro League 1 2 1pen 2.0

2025/2026

matches30 yellow127 red8 pen0 cards / match4.5

Liga I 18 76 4 4.6

UEFA Champions League 8 29 3 4.1

Professional League 3 15 1 5.7

UEFA Europa League 1 7 7.0

2024/2025

matches32 yellow117 red7 pen8 cards / match3.9

Liga I 19 69 4 6pen 4.0

UEFA Champions League 9 29 2 1pen 3.6

Professional League 2 11 5.5

UEFA Europa League 2 8 1 1pen 5.0

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

2026-08-25 Sabah FA – Hapoel Beer Sheva 5-2 UEFA Champions League

2026-08-11 Bodo/Glimt – Union St. Gilloise 3-2 UEFA Champions League

MATCH LOG28

Date Match Score Cards Fouls Pen VAR

2026-08-28 Al Khaleej Saihat – Al-Hilal Saudi FC 1-5 2 8 1

2026-06-28 Jordan – Argentina 1-3 2 18 1

2026-06-21 Tunisia – Japan 0-4 – 22

2026-04-08 Barcelona – Atletico Madrid 0-2 5 23

2026-02-25 Paris Saint Germain – Monaco 2-2 5 17

2026-02-13 Al-Hilal Saudi FC – Al-Ettifaq 2-0 2 14 1

2026-01-28 Borussia Dortmund – Inter 0-2 2 22

2026-01-21 Galatasaray – Atletico Madrid 1-1 7 21

2026-01-08 Al-Nassr – Al-Qadisiyah FC 1-2 7 25

2025-12-27 Al-Qadisiyah FC – Damac 1-1 5 20

2025-12-11 Celtic – AS Roma 0-3 3 12 1

2025-11-14 Slovakia – Northern Ireland 1-0 – –

2025-11-04 Liverpool – Real Madrid 1-0 3 17

2025-10-11 Serbia – Albania 0-1 – –

2025-10-01 Villarreal – Juventus 2-2 4 26

2025-09-17 Olympiakos Piraeus – Pafos 0-0 7 29 1

2025-08-27 FC Copenhagen – FC Basel 1893 2-0 1 40 1

2025-08-12 Fenerbahce – Feyenoord 5-2 4 32

2025-06-15 Paris Saint Germain – Atletico Madrid 4-0 10 15 1 2

2024-10-12 Croatia – Scotland 2-1 4 21 1

2022-09-25 Denmark – France 2-0 – –

2022-06-14 Germany – Italy 5-2 – –

2021-04-15 Manchester United – Granada CF 2-0 – –

2021-02-18 SC Braga – AS Roma 0-2 – –

2020-11-15 Slovakia – Scotland 1-0 – –

2020-11-05 Celtic – Sparta Praha 1-4 – –

2020-10-11 Bosnia & Herzegovina – Netherlands 0-0 – –

2020-09-08 Denmark – England 0-0 – –

Cards and fouls were recorded in 17/28 of these matches; the averages on this page are computed from those.

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