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David Fernández Borbalán × Bruno

22 matches of Bruno (Villarreal CF) refereed by David José Fernández Borbalán, from 2007-08 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

David Fernández Borbalán refereed 22 Liga matches in which Bruno took part, from 2007-08 to 2016-17: 1,728 minutes played, 6 yellow cards and 0 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (254 matches, 20,770 minutes), Bruno receives 0.21 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.31 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

19 starts · 1,728 minutes · 9 seasons

Yellow cards

6for 4.0 expected

0.31 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.21 with the others

no clear difference

Red cards

0for 0.2 expected

0.00 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.01 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 cards63.95+0.1070.250.98no clear difference
Red cards00.20−0.0100.671.00no clear difference

The 22 matches

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

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
24 Feb 2008Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF↑ 88′ → 90′00
4 May 2008Villarreal CF 2-0 Getafe CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
18 Oct 2008RCD Espanyol 0-0 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′10
8 Feb 2009Villarreal CF 2-1 CD NumanciaVillarreal CF↑ 85′ → 90′00
30 May 2009RCD Mallorca 2-3 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF↑ 79′ → 90′00
1 Nov 2009Villarreal CF 5-0 CD TenerifeVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
7 Nov 2010Villarreal CF 4-1 Athletic BilbaoVillarreal CF0′ → 90′10
9 Jan 2011Real Madrid CF 4-2 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′10
13 Mar 2011Villarreal CF 1-1 Sporting de GijónVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
6 Nov 2011RCD Espanyol 0-0 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′10
8 Jan 2012Villarreal CF 2-2 Valencia CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′10
22 Apr 2012Real Sociedad 1-1 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
31 Aug 2013CA Osasuna 0-3 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
15 Feb 2014Villarreal CF 0-2 RC Celta de VigoVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
27 Apr 2014Villarreal CF 2-3 FC BarcelonaVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
24 Aug 2014Levante UD 0-2 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
24 Jan 2015Villarreal CF 1-0 Levante UDVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
26 Sept 2015Villarreal CF 1-0 Atlético MadridVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
3 Jan 2016Deportivo de A Coruña 1-2 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′10
24 Apr 2016Villarreal CF 0-0 Real SociedadVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
30 Oct 2016SD Eibar 2-1 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
21 May 2017Valencia CF 1-3 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00

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

Bruno with other referees

  • Undiano Mallenco20 matches
  • Estrada Fernández16 matches
  • Carlos Clos Gómez15 matches
  • González González15 matches
  • Alfonso Álvarez13 matches
  • Del Cerro Grande12 matches
  • Javier Turienzo Álvarez12 matches
  • Carlos Velasco Carballo11 matches
  • Gil Manzano10 matches
  • Ramírez Domínguez10 matches