REFEREE

James Linington

20 matches officiated

STRICTNESS30

TEMPO27

Matches 20

Cards / match 3.05 avg 3.89-22%

Fouls / match 18.5 avg 20.4-9%

Goals / match 2.60 avg 2.56+1%

Penalties / match 0.000 avg 0.089-100%

REFEREE PROFILE

James Linington, 20 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 31. dakikada gösteriyor — takımlara uyum süresi tanıyor. 6.0 faul başına 1 kart ile oldukça toleranslı. Gol tarafında, James Linington maçlarında ortalama 2.6 gol atılıyor. Üst 2.5 oranı %50 ile ortalama seviyede. KG Var oranı %55 ile her iki takımın da gol attığı maçlar sıkça yaşanıyor. İlk gol genelde 32. dakikada geliyor. Ev sahibi perspektifinden bakıldığında, James Linington maçlarının %55'ini ev sahibi kazanıyor.

NationalityEngland

Main leagueChampionship

A card every26'

3+ cards%76

Cards by side home %36away %64

TENDENCIES

Cards Moderate

Fouls Moderate

Penalties Rare

Goals Moderate

Over 2.5 Moderate

BTTS Moderate

Corners Moderate

VAR Hands off

Home wins Home favouring

CHAMPIONSHIP REFEREES44 referees

lowestmedianhighest

Cards / match 3.11avg 3.89 %23

Fouls / match 18.3avg 20.4 %9

Goals / match 2.61avg 2.56 %52

Penalties / match 0.000avg 0.089 %27

Compared with the 44 referees who officiated at least five Championship 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 MINUTE15 matches · 40 cards

Yellow 39 Red 1 busiest 76-90+' %30

4 1-15

8 16-30

8 31-45

5 46-60

3 61-75

12 76-90+

home sideaway side

Minute and colour of 40 cards across 15 matches.

CARD AND FOUL PROFILE

In one match

3.05cards

yellow 3.00 red 0.05

First card

31'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half1.00 2nd half1.00

after 75' 0.60

Whistle to card

6.0fouls per card

fouls / match 18.5 a card every 26'

Straight red rate0.05Second yellow rate0.00

HOW HIS MATCHES END20 matches

Over 1.5 %80

Over 2.5 %50

Over 3.5 %20

Over 4.5 %10

BTTS %55

Each line sits inside the one above it.

GOALS AND FLOW

Goals per match

2.60goals

late goals %5

First goal

32'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half0.85 2nd half0.85

Shots

22.1shots / match

on target%31

Clean sheet rate%45Corners / match9.7Offsides / match3.6Home possession%54

HOW HE TREATS EACH TEAM9 teams

All At home Away

Team M Win / Draw / Loss Cards Fouls Pen

Charlton 2 %50 3.0 22 — 2 %50 3.0 22 — 0————

Sheffield Utd 2 %50 3.5 17 — 0———— 2 %50 3.5 17 —

Derby 2 %50 3.5 22 — 0———— 2 %50 3.5 22 —

Oxford United 2 %50 2.5 19 — 0———— 2 %50 2.5 19 —

Birmingham 2 %0 2.0 17 — 0———— 2 %0 2.0 17 —

Leicester 2 %50 5.0 15 — 0———— 2 %50 5.0 15 —

Portsmouth 2 %0 3.5 22 — 2 %0 3.5 22 — 0————

Bristol City 2 %50 4.0 14 — 2 %50 4.0 14 — 0————

Coventry 2 %50 3.5 16 — 0———— 2 %50 3.5 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 3.05.

VAR AND PENALTIES

Matches with VAR

%0of his matches

calls / match 0.00 overturns / match 0.00

Penalties

0.000per match

matches with a penalty %0

How his matches finish

home %55draw %10away %35

Home bias

Cards +0.00

Fouls +0.87

left: home side gets more · right: away side

HOME SIDE VERSUS AWAY SIDEhome possession %54

HOMEAWAY

1.00 Yellow cards 2.00

0.00 Red cards 0.05

8.6 Fouls 9.9

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

2025/2026

matches20 yellow67 red1 pen0 cards / match3.4

Championship 17 57 1 3.5

EFL League One 2 8 4.0

FA Cup 1 2 2.0

2024/2025

matches24 yellow91 red1 pen4 cards / match3.8

Championship 20 78 1 3pen 4.0

EFL League One 3 9 1pen 3.0

League Cup 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.

MATCH LOG20

Date Match Score Cards Fouls Pen VAR

2026-03-07 Charlton – Birmingham 1-0 1 20

2026-02-25 Stoke City – Oxford United 2-1 2 14

2026-02-21 West Brom – Coventry 0-2 3 13

2026-02-14 Portsmouth – Sheffield Utd 0-1 4 21

2026-02-07 Norwich – Blackburn 2-0 4 22

2026-01-24 Leicester – Oxford United 1-2 3 24

2026-01-20 Charlton – Derby 1-2 5 23

2026-01-10 Cheltenham – Leicester 0-2 – –

2026-01-04 Birmingham – Coventry 3-2 4 19

2026-01-01 Swansea – West Brom 1-0 6 21

2025-12-26 Portsmouth – QPR 1-1 3 23

2025-12-13 Oxford United – Preston 1-2 3 19

2025-12-10 Bristol City – Leicester 2-2 5 15

2025-11-29 Middlesbrough – Derby 2-1 2 22

2025-11-22 QPR – Hull City 3-2 1 17

2025-11-04 Coventry – Sheffield Utd 3-1 3 13

2025-10-25 Bristol City – Birmingham 1-0 3 14

2025-10-21 Millwall – Stoke City 2-0 2 14

2025-10-04 Preston – Charlton 2-0 2 15

2025-08-12 Watford – Norwich 1-2 2 22

Cards and fouls were recorded in 19/20 of these matches; the averages on this page are computed from those.

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