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Carlos Clos Gómez × Sergio Ramos

25 matches of Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid CF) refereed by Clos Gómez, from 2006-07 to 2016-17.

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 25 Liga matches in which Sergio Ramos took part, from 2006-07 to 2016-17: 2,172 minutes played, 11 yellow cards and 2 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (304 matches, 26,489 minutes), Sergio Ramos receives 0.38 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.46 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

25

25 starts · 2,172 minutes · 11 seasons

Yellow cards

11for 9.4 expected

0.46 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.38 with the others

no clear difference

Red cards

2for 1.1 expected

0.08 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.04 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 cards119.36+0.0680.481.00no clear difference
Red cards21.10+0.0370.421.00no clear difference

The 25 matches

Minutes played and cards received by Sergio Ramos in each match refereed by Carlos Clos Gómez.

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
27 Jan 2007Villarreal CF 1-0 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
27 Oct 2007Real Madrid CF 3-1 Deportivo de A CoruñaReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
2 Feb 2008UD Almería 2-0 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
23 Mar 2008Real Madrid CF 2-3 Valencia CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
18 Oct 2008Atlético Madrid 1-2 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
7 Feb 2009Real Madrid CF 1-0 Racing de SantanderReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
7 Nov 2009Atlético Madrid 2-3 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 66′01
5 May 2010RCD Mallorca 1-4 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′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′10
9 Apr 2011Athletic Bilbao 0-3 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
10 Sept 2011Real Madrid CF 4-2 Getafe CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
17 Dec 2011Sevilla FC 2-6 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
20 Oct 2012Real Madrid CF 2-0 RC Celta de VigoReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
6 Apr 2013Real Madrid CF 5-1 Levante UDReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
1 Sept 2013Real Madrid CF 3-1 Athletic BilbaoReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
14 Dec 2013CA Osasuna 2-2 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 44′11
4 May 2014Real Madrid CF 2-2 Valencia CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
23 Sept 2014Real Madrid CF 5-1 Elche CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 82′00
9 May 2015Real Madrid CF 2-2 Valencia CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
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′10
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.

Sergio Ramos with other referees