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New and updated World Cup referee stats
More and updated stats about the World Cup referees. Most cards this World Cup Howard Webb: 17 yellow cards (in 3 matches) Yuichi Nishimura: 15 yellows (including one second yellow card) and 1 red card (in 4 matches) Khalil Al Ghamdi: 15 yellow cards and 1 red card (in just 2 matches, so his average number of cards per match is the highest during the South Africa World Cup) Lowest average number of cards 1 by Michael Hester: 1 card in 1 match 2,66 by Ravshan Irmatov: 8 yellows in 3 matches (Saturday he’ll officiate his 4th match) 3 by Massimo Busacca: 2 yellows and 1 red in 1 match…
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World Cup referee facts and statistics
Referees in this World Cup are mild to the players according to the card stats. They’ve given 101 yellows and 9 reds after 29 matches. Remarkable is the low average of yellow cards (3.5 per match), especcially when you compare it with the average of 4.8 cards per match at the World Cup in Germany in 2006. I’ve tried to find some interesting referee facts (with the help of Fifa statistics). First the World Cup 2010 referee facts: Tallest referee Wolfgang Stark (Germany) with 191 cm Shortest referee Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) and Benito Archundia (Mexico), both 170 cm Average height 181,3 cm Longest international career Benito Archundia since 1993…