Mykola Balakin — Referee Stats, Cards and Penalty Profile

Matches 24

Cards / match 3.31 avg 3.95-16%

Fouls / match 22.5 avg 23.7-5%

Goals / match 2.46 avg 2.42+2%

Penalties / match 0.208 avg 0.168+24%

REFEREE PROFILE

Mykola Balakin, 24 maçlık kariyerinde dengeli bir yönetim anlayışı sergiliyor. Maç başına 3.2 sarı kart ortalaması ile ölçülü bir kart politikası izliyor. İlk kartı 30. dakikada gösteriyor — takımlara uyum süresi tanıyor. 6.8 faul başına 1 kart ile oldukça toleranslı. Gol tarafında, Mykola Balakin maçlarında ortalama 2.5 gol atılıyor. Üst 2.5 oranı %42 ile düşük gollü maçlara eğilimli. İlk gol genelde 38. dakikada geliyor. Mykola Balakin maçlarında ev sahibi avantajı düşük — galibiyet oranı sadece %29. Penaltı kararlarında ev sahibi lehine hafif bir eğilim mevcut (+1.50).

NationalityUkraine

Main leagueUkrainian Premier League

A card every19'

3+ cards%100

Cards by side home %43away %57

TENDENCIES

Cards Moderate

Fouls Moderate

Penalties Frequent

Goals Moderate

Over 2.5 Moderate

BTTS Moderate

Corners Moderate

VAR Interventionist

Home wins Away favouring

PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREES32 referees

lowestmedianhighest

Cards / match 3.75avg 3.95 %56

Fouls / match 24.2avg 23.7 %47

Goals / match 2.27avg 2.42 %34

Penalties / match 0.182avg 0.168 %62

Compared with the 32 referees who officiated at least five Premier League matches in our data; only this referee's 11 matches in that competition are counted. The percentage is the share of that pool he sits above.

CARDS BY MINUTE20 matches · 91 cards

Yellow 87 Red 4 busiest 31-45' %30

4 1-15

12 16-30

27 31-45

8 46-60

14 61-75

26 76-90+

home sideaway side

Minute and colour of 91 cards across 20 matches.

CARD AND FOUL PROFILE

In one match

3.31cards

yellow 3.23 red 0.08

First card

30'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half1.71 2nd half1.96

after 75' 1.08

Whistle to card

6.8fouls per card

fouls / match 22.5 a card every 19'

Straight red rate0.17Second yellow rate0.00

HOW HIS MATCHES END24 matches

Over 1.5 %71

Over 2.5 %42

Over 3.5 %25

Over 4.5 %8

BTTS %46

Each line sits inside the one above it.

GOALS AND FLOW

Goals per match

2.46goals

late goals %29

First goal

38'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half1.08 2nd half1.04

Shots

19.8shots / match

on target%35

Clean sheet rate%42Corners / match7.5Offsides / match3.6Home possession%49

HOW HE TREATS EACH TEAM5 teams

All At home Away

Team M Win / Draw / Loss Cards Fouls Pen

Karpaty 4 %25 3.0 25 0.25 4 %25 3.0 25 0.25 0————

LNZ Cherkasy 3 %67 4.0 18 0.33 0———— 3 %67 4.0 18 0.33

Dynamo Kyiv 2 %50 4.0 18 — 2 %50 4.0 18 — 0————

Kryvbas KR 2 %0 5.0 29 — 0———— 2 %0 5.0 29 —

Moldova 2 %50 5.0 33 0.50 2 %50 5.0 33 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 3.31.

VAR AND PENALTIES

Matches with VAR

%12of his matches

calls / match 0.12 overturns / match 0.12

Penalties

0.208per match

matches with a penalty %21

How his matches finish

home %29draw %29away %42

Home bias

Cards +1.18

Fouls +1.09

Penalties +1.500

left: home side gets more · right: away side

WHAT VAR CHANGED3 matches · %12

Goals cancelled3

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

HOME SIDE VERSUS AWAY SIDEhome possession %49

HOMEAWAY

1.62 Yellow cards 1.62

0.00 Red cards 0.08

11.7 Fouls 10.8

0.12 Penalties 0.08

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

2026/2027from our own fixtures

matches1 yellow1 red0 pen0 cards / match1.0

UEFA Europa League 1 1 1.0

2025/2026

matches7 yellow34 red1 pen0 cards / match5.0

Ukrainian Premier League 3 14 4.7

UEFA Europa Conference League 2 10 1 5.5

UEFA Champions League 1 8 8.0

UEFA Europa League 1 2 2.0

2024/2025

matches19 yellow68 red8 pen6 cards / match4.0

Ukrainian Premier League 13 55 7 5pen 5.1

UEFA Europa League 3 6 1 2.7

UEFA Champions League 3 7 1pen 2.3

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

2026-09-09 Paris Saint Germain – Slovan Bratislava 6-1 UEFA Champions League

MATCH LOG24

Date Match Score Cards Fouls Pen VAR

2026-08-20 Mjallby AIF – Red Bull Salzburg 0-1 1 19

2026-05-24 Obolon'-Brovar – LNZ Cherkasy 0-1 – –

2026-05-13 Shakhtar Donetsk – Obolon'-Brovar 3-1 – –

2026-05-02 Karpaty – LNZ Cherkasy 0-0 – – 1

2026-04-11 Karpaty – Oleksandria 2-0 – –

2026-03-19 Strasbourg – HNK Rijeka 1-1 2 20 1

2026-03-08 Polessya – Dynamo Kyiv 1-2 – – 1 1

2026-02-26 HNK Rijeka – Omonia Nicosia 3-1 4 19

2026-02-21 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv – Kryvbas KR 0-0 5 29

2026-01-22 Ferencvarosi TC – Panathinaikos 1-1 1 17 1

2025-12-11 FCSB – Feyenoord 4-3 1 10

2025-11-22 Karpaty – Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 1-2 2 33

2025-11-13 Moldova – Italy 0-2 – –

2025-11-09 Dynamo Kyiv – LNZ Cherkasy 0-1 4 18

2025-11-06 Sturm Graz – Nottingham Forest 0-0 2 30 1

2025-10-26 Dynamo Kyiv – Kryvbas KR 4-0 – –

2025-09-14 Kryvbas KR – Polessya 0-1 – –

2025-08-28 Virtus – Breidablik 1-3 – –

2025-08-14 Sabah FA – Levski Sofia 0-2 – –

2025-08-10 Karpaty – Shakhtar Donetsk 3-3 4 17 1

2025-07-22 Pafos – Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-1 – –

2025-03-22 Liechtenstein – FYR Macedonia 0-3 4 19

2024-11-16 Sweden – Slovakia 2-1 8 28

2024-09-07 Moldova – Malta 2-0 5 33 1

Cards and fouls were recorded in 13/24 of these matches; the averages on this page are computed from those.