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David Fernández Borbalán × Andoni Iraola

22 matches of Andoni Iraola (Athletic Bilbao) refereed by David José Fernández Borbalán, from 2004-05 to 2014-15.

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

David Fernández Borbalán refereed 22 Liga matches in which Andoni Iraola took part, from 2004-05 to 2014-15: 1,771 minutes played, 4 yellow cards and 0 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (313 matches, 26,420 minutes), Andoni Iraola receives 0.15 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.20 with David Fernández Borbalán.

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

22

21 starts · 1,771 minutes · 10 seasons

Yellow cards

4for 3.2 expected

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

no clear difference

Red cards

0for 0.1 expected

0.00 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.00 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 cards43.25+0.0380.611.00no clear difference
Red cards00.06−0.0031.001.00no clear difference

The 22 matches

Minutes played and cards received by Andoni Iraola in each match refereed by David Fernández Borbalán.

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
25 Sept 2004Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Real Madrid CFAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
19 Dec 2004Real Zaragoza 0-2 Athletic BilbaoAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
16 Mar 2005Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Getafe CFAthletic Bilbao0′ → 56′00
11 Sept 2005Getafe CF 1-1 Athletic BilbaoAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
20 May 2006Athletic Bilbao 3-1 FC BarcelonaAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
30 Sept 2006Athletic Bilbao 1-3 FC BarcelonaAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
31 Oct 2007Getafe CF 2-0 Athletic BilbaoAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
24 Feb 2008Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Villarreal CFAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
28 Sept 2008Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Getafe CFAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′10
21 Apr 2009CD Numancia 1-2 Athletic BilbaoAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
19 Dec 2009Athletic Bilbao 2-0 CA OsasunaAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
13 Mar 2010Sporting de Gijón 0-0 Athletic BilbaoAthletic Bilbao0′ → 24′00
7 Nov 2010Villarreal CF 4-1 Athletic BilbaoAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
23 Apr 2011Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Real SociedadAthletic Bilbao0′ → 50′00
2 Oct 2011Real Sociedad 1-2 Athletic BilbaoAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′10
4 Feb 2012Athletic Bilbao 3-3 RCD EspanyolAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
9 Nov 2013Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Levante UDAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
9 Mar 2014Valencia CF 1-1 Athletic BilbaoAthletic Bilbao↑ 58′ → 90′10
2 May 2014Rayo Vallecano 0-3 Athletic BilbaoAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
18 Oct 2014Athletic Bilbao 1-1 RC Celta de VigoAthletic Bilbao0′ → 79′10
22 Feb 2015Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Rayo VallecanoAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00
12 Apr 2015RCD Espanyol 1-0 Athletic BilbaoAthletic Bilbao0′ → 90′00

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

Andoni Iraola with other referees

  • Undiano Mallenco24 matches
  • Ramírez Domínguez22 matches
  • César Muñiz Fernández21 matches
  • Alfonso Álvarez19 matches
  • Fernando Teixeira Vitienes18 matches
  • Carlos Velasco Carballo18 matches
  • Carlos Clos Gómez16 matches
  • Mateu Lahoz15 matches
  • Ayza Gámez14 matches
  • Bernardino González Vázquez13 matches
  • Alfonso Pérez Burrull13 matches
  • Antonio Rubinos Pérez12 matches
  • Estrada Fernández11 matches
  • Vicente Lizondo Cortés11 matches
  • Luis Medina Cantalejo11 matches
  • Julián Rodríguez Santiago11 matches
  • José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes11 matches
  • Arturo Daudén Ibáñez10 matches
  • Iglesias Villanueva10 matches
  • Manuel Mejuto González10 matches