REFEREE

Gavin Ward

32 matches officiated

STRICTNESS39

TEMPO48

Matches 32

Cards / match 2.82 avg 3.89-28%

Fouls / match 18.8 avg 20.4-8%

Goals / match 3.16 avg 2.56+23%

Penalties / match 0.094 avg 0.089+6%

REFEREE PROFILE

Gavin Ward, 32 maçlık kariyerinde oyunun akışına müdahale etmekten kaçınan bir yaklaşım benimsiyor. Maç başına 2.8 sarı kart ortalaması ile kartlarda oldukça tutumlu. İlk kartı 45. dakikaya kadar erteleyen sabır profili çıkıyor. Kartlarının %78'i ikinci yarıdadır — gerilim arttıkça sertleşiyor. 7.1 faul başına 1 kart ile oldukça toleranslı. Gol tarafında, Gavin Ward maçlarında ortalama 3.2 gol atılıyor. Maçlarının %75'i Üst 2.5 ile sonuçlanıyor — gollü maçlara açık bir ortam yaratıyor. KG Var oranı %66 ile her iki takımın da gol attığı maçlar sıkça yaşanıyor. İlk gol genelde 23. dakikada geliyor. Penaltı kararlarında ev sahibi lehine hafif bir eğilim mevcut (+2.00).

NationalityEngland

Main leagueChampionship

A card every29'

3+ cards%56

Cards by side home %46away %54

TENDENCIES

Cards Lenient

Fouls Moderate

Penalties Moderate

Goals High

Over 2.5 High

BTTS High

Corners Moderate

VAR Hands off

Home wins Balanced

CHAMPIONSHIP REFEREES44 referees

lowestmedianhighest

Cards / match 2.88avg 3.89 %7

Fouls / match 18.9avg 20.4 %20

Goals / match 2.96avg 2.56 %93

Penalties / match 0.074avg 0.089 %48

Compared with the 44 referees who officiated at least five Championship matches in our data; only this referee's 27 matches in that competition are counted. The percentage is the share of that pool he sits above.

CARDS BY MINUTE23 matches · 77 cards

Yellow 74 Red 3 busiest 76-90+' %38

3 1-15

2 16-30

12 31-45

11 46-60

20 61-75

29 76-90+

home sideaway side

Minute and colour of 77 cards across 23 matches.

CARD AND FOUL PROFILE

In one match

2.82cards

yellow 2.75 red 0.07

First card

45'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half0.53 2nd half1.88

after 75' 0.94

Whistle to card

7.1fouls per card

fouls / match 18.8 a card every 29'

Straight red rate0.09Second yellow rate0.00

HOW HIS MATCHES END32 matches

Over 1.5 %84

Over 2.5 %75

Over 3.5 %34

Over 4.5 %16

BTTS %66

Each line sits inside the one above it.

GOALS AND FLOW

Goals per match

3.16goals

late goals %31

First goal

23'on average

0'45'90'

Halves

1st half1.31 2nd half1.25

Shots

23.1shots / match

on target%32

Clean sheet rate%28Corners / match9.0Offsides / match3.4Home possession%50

HOW HE TREATS EACH TEAM14 teams

All At home Away

Team M Win / Draw / Loss Cards Fouls Pen

Sheffield Utd 5 %0 2.6 21 — 3 %0 2.0 20 — 2 %0 3.5 24 —

Leicester 4 %0 3.2 18 — 0———— 4 %0 3.2 18 —

Birmingham 4 %50 3.0 20 — 2 %100 3.0 18 — 2 %0 3.0 22 —

Millwall 4 %25 2.0 17 0.25 2 %50 3.0 19 0.50 2 %0 1.0 16 —

Hull City 4 %50 2.8 19 — 2 %50 2.5 22 — 2 %50 3.0 16 —

Derby 3 %33 2.7 22 0.33 3 %33 2.7 22 0.33 0————

Portsmouth 3 %33 2.7 16 — 3 %33 2.7 16 — 0————

QPR 2 %50 4.0 20 — 0———— 2 %50 4.0 20 —

Mansfield Town 2 %100 — — — 0———— 2 %100 — — —

Southampton 2 %100 3.0 22 — 0———— 2 %100 3.0 22 —

Wrexham 2 %0 3.5 16 — 2 %0 3.5 16 — 0————

Preston 2 %100 2.0 17 — 2 %100 2.0 17 — 0————

Burnley 2 %0 3.0 20 — 2 %0 3.0 20 — 0————

Charlton 2 %0 2.0 20 0.50 0———— 2 %0 2.0 20 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 2.82.

VAR AND PENALTIES

Matches with VAR

%0of his matches

calls / match 0.00 overturns / match 0.00

Penalties

0.094per match

matches with a penalty %9

How his matches finish

home %47draw %16away %38

Home bias

Cards +1.00

Fouls +0.89

Penalties +2.000

left: home side gets more · right: away side

HOME SIDE VERSUS AWAY SIDEhome possession %50

HOMEAWAY

1.32 Yellow cards 1.43

0.04 Red cards 0.04

8.8 Fouls 9.9

0.06 Penalties 0.03

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

2026/2027from our own fixtures

matches4 yellow10 red0 pen1 cards / match2.5

Championship 3 8 4.0

League Cup 1 2 1pen 2.0

2025/2026

matches27 yellow81 red3 pen0 cards / match3.1

Championship 23 66 3 3.1

League Cup 2 7 3.5

EFL League One 1 2 2.0

FA Cup 1 6 6.0

2024/2025

matches26 yellow100 red7 pen6 cards / match4.1

Championship 24 92 7 5pen 4.3

EFL League One 1 5 5.0

League Cup 1 3 1pen 3.0

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

MATCH LOG32

Date Match Score Cards Fouls Pen VAR

2026-09-05 Burnley – Bristol City 1-2 3 20

2026-08-29 Blackburn – QPR 1-2 5 18

2026-08-15 Sheffield Utd – Birmingham 0-0 – 22

2026-08-08 Cardiff – Swindon Town 3-2 2 23 1

2026-05-08 Hull City – Millwall 0-0 1 17

2026-05-02 Ipswich – QPR 3-0 3 23

2026-04-18 Portsmouth – Leicester 1-0 4 21

2026-04-07 Wrexham – Southampton 1-5 5 21

2026-03-21 Derby – Birmingham 1-0 3 23

2026-03-14 Norwich – Preston 2-0 2 22

2026-03-10 Portsmouth – Swansea 1-2 3 19

2026-02-28 Sheffield Wednesday – Southampton 1-3 1 22

2026-02-21 Stoke City – Leicester 2-2 3 10

2026-02-14 Burnley – Mansfield Town 1-2 – –

2026-02-09 Sheffield Utd – Middlesbrough 1-2 2 17

2026-01-24 Millwall – Charlton 4-0 2 20 1

2026-01-11 Sheffield Utd – Mansfield Town 3-4 – –

2026-01-01 Preston – Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 2 16

2025-12-29 Leicester – Derby 2-1 1 18

2025-12-13 Millwall – Hull City 1-3 4 18

2025-12-06 QPR – West Brom 3-1 2 16

2025-11-25 Southampton – Leicester 3-0 4 21

2025-11-22 Derby – Watford 2-3 3 23 1

2025-11-04 Birmingham – Millwall 4-0 – 14

2025-10-28 Wrexham – Cardiff 1-2 2 10

2025-10-21 Portsmouth – Coventry 1-2 1 9

2025-10-04 Hull City – Sheffield Utd 1-0 4 26

2025-09-30 Derby – Charlton 1-1 2 21

2025-09-13 Coventry – Norwich 1-1 8 19

2025-08-30 Bristol City – Hull City 4-2 2 15

2025-08-16 Preston – Leicester 2-1 2 18

2025-08-13 Birmingham – Sheffield Utd 2-1 3 21

Cards and fouls were recorded in 28/32 of these matches; the averages on this page are computed from those.

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