Premier League referee Kevin Friend follows situation in penalty area closely in during Arsenal – Southampton last season. Photo Creative Commons / Ronnie MacDonald.
- 21% drop in red cards last season. That’s also caused due to a decrease of 33% in second yellow cards. Players behave better after they got their first yellow card.
- 176 in-game high speed runs. Referees have more of those runs with speed above 20 km/h than players, who do 175 sprints on average (with speed above 20 km/h) per match.
- 50 sprints per match with speed above 25 km/h. That is 64% more than five seasons ago.
- Less mass confrontations during the match. The number went down from 19 cases and four charges in 2011/12 to three cases and no charges in 2012/13
- Accuracy of referee decisions improved enourmously. Referees got 94.1% of their main decisions right, penalty accuracy is is 98.6% and assistants make 99 out 100 right offside calls.
Download the full report by the Premier League about the referees. The images in the pdf are also worth watching. Nice work from the graphic editor.
Scheidsrechters in Engelse Premier League presteerden erg goed afgelopen seizoen. De 5 belangrijkste statistieken http://t.co/XDM2PjmWSc
RT @dutchreferee: 5 most remarkable referee stats of Premier League 2012-2013 season http://t.co/gpTEffxMlD
Great idea! @Official_RFU RT @dutchreferee: 5 most remarkable referee stats of Premier League 2012-2013 season http://t.co/coQkbOIXh9
RT @dutchreferee: 5 most remarkable referee stats of Premier League 2012-2013 season http://t.co/gpTEffxMlD
@dutchreferee although I’d question why it’s only just come out given new season starts on Saturday!
RT @dutchreferee: 5 most remarkable referee stats of Premier League 2012-2013 season http://t.co/gpTEffxMlD
Actually we are not blind #superstats http://t.co/OWSD9KKIiH”
5 most remarkable referee stats Premier League 2012-2013 – http://t.co/iMb5RDW2zM http://t.co/iMb5RDW2zM
RT @dutchreferee: 5 most remarkable referee stats of Premier League 2012-2013 season http://t.co/gpTEffxMlD
RT @dutchreferee: You think ref decisions suck? Then check out the 5 most remarkable referee stats of last #EPL season http://t.co/gpTEffxM…
#4 is a massive change at the top flight which will hopefully trickle down. Not that I officiate on Sundays (ugh), but we all know the copycat mentality after watching MotD.
RT @dutchreferee: Did you know #EPL referees do 176 in-game high speed runs per match? That is more than a player http://t.co/gpTEffxMlD
Reason for slower sprints could also be because we don’t have to dribble the ball! Good to see better behaviour though.
@dutchreferee we frequently c players’ stats on the dist. they covered during a game. I’d love to c the ref’s too. Many w’ld be surprised.
Premier League referees gave 21% less red cards last season? How about you? http://t.co/gpTEffxMlD
RT @dutchreferee: Referee’s in UK got 94.1% of their main decisions right. Accuracy in penalty area is even higher http://t.co/gpTEffxMlD
RT @dutchreferee: Referee’s in UK got 94.1% of their main decisions right. Accuracy in penalty area is even higher http://t.co/gpTEffxMlD
RT @dutchreferee: Referee’s in UK got 94.1% of their main decisions right. Accuracy in penalty area is even higher http://t.co/gpTEffxMlD