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Carlos Clos Gómez × Cristiano Ronaldo

20 matches of Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF) refereed by Clos Gómez, from 2009-10 to 2016-17.

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Player data: 2000-01 → 2021-22 only. Player-level match sheets come from Zenodo (BeSoccer, CC BY-NC 4.0 licence, non-commercial use). No free source provides them after 2021-22: more recent matches are not counted here. Penalties conceded are not attributed to players in the source, so they are not analysed.

In short

Carlos Clos Gómez refereed 20 Liga matches in which Cristiano Ronaldo took part, from 2009-10 to 2016-17: 1,686 minutes played, 1 yellow cards and 0 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (244 matches, 21,043 minutes), Cristiano Ronaldo receives 0.15 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.05 with Carlos Clos Gómez.

Verdict: no clear difference with the other referees.

Cards are rare (less than one per player per match): over a few dozen matches, only a very large deviation can be told apart from chance. "No clear difference" does not mean "no effect".

Matches

20

18 starts · 1,686 minutes · 8 seasons

Yellow cards

1for 2.3 expected

0.05 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.15 with the others

no clear difference

Red cards

0for 0.2 expected

0.00 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.02 with the others

no clear difference
For experts: statistical tests and method

Permutation test stratified by season: within each season, the player's matches given to this referee are drawn again at random among all the player's matches (same number per season). Deviation = (observed − expected cards) per 90 minutes played with this referee; positive = more cards than expected. q: Benjamini-Hochberg correction over the 3,781 pairs with at least 10 matches, separately for yellows and reds.

MeasureObservedExpectedDeviation / 90 minpqVerdict
Yellow cards12.33−0.0710.451.00no clear difference
Red cards00.23−0.0120.901.00no clear difference

The 20 matches

Minutes played and cards received by Cristiano Ronaldo in each match refereed by Carlos Clos Gómez.

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
5 May 2010RCD Mallorca 1-4 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 83′00
21 Sept 2010Real Madrid CF 3-0 RCD EspanyolReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
30 Oct 2010Hércules CF 1-3 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
19 Dec 2010Real Madrid CF 1-0 Sevilla FCReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
9 Apr 2011Athletic Bilbao 0-3 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF↑ 61′ → 90′00
10 Sept 2011Real Madrid CF 4-2 Getafe CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
17 Dec 2011Sevilla FC 2-6 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
8 Apr 2012Real Madrid CF 0-0 Valencia CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
5 May 2012Granada CF 1-2 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
20 Oct 2012Real Madrid CF 2-0 RC Celta de VigoReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
6 Apr 2013Real Madrid CF 5-1 Levante UDReal Madrid CF↑ 46′ → 90′00
1 Sept 2013Real Madrid CF 3-1 Athletic BilbaoReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
14 Dec 2013CA Osasuna 2-2 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
4 May 2014Real Madrid CF 2-2 Valencia CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
23 Sept 2014Real Madrid CF 5-1 Elche CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
9 May 2015Real Madrid CF 2-2 Valencia CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
24 Oct 2015RC Celta de Vigo 1-3 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
27 Feb 2016Real Madrid CF 0-1 Atlético MadridReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
20 Apr 2016Real Madrid CF 3-0 Villarreal CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
3 Dec 2016FC Barcelona 1-1 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00

↑: came on as a substitute. Stoppage time is not recorded in the source: minutes stop at 90.

Cristiano Ronaldo with other referees