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David Fernández Borbalán × Cristiano Ronaldo

23 matches of Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF) refereed by David José Fernández Borbalán, from 2009-10 to 2017-18.

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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 23 Liga matches in which Cristiano Ronaldo took part, from 2009-10 to 2017-18: 2,022 minutes played, 3 yellow cards and 0 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (268 matches, 23,003 minutes), Cristiano Ronaldo receives 0.13 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.13 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

23

23 starts · 2,022 minutes · 9 seasons

Yellow cards

3for 2.8 expected

0.13 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.13 with the others

no clear difference

Red cards

0for 0.3 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 cards32.81+0.0080.921.00no clear difference
Red cards00.34−0.0150.611.00no clear difference

The 23 matches

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

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
29 Aug 2009Real Madrid CF 3-2 Deportivo de A CoruñaReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
10 Jan 2010Real Madrid CF 2-0 RCD MallorcaReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
25 Mar 2010Getafe CF 2-4 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
29 Aug 2010RCD Mallorca 0-0 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
9 Jan 2011Real Madrid CF 4-2 Villarreal CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
26 Feb 2011Deportivo de A Coruña 0-0 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
21 Sept 2011Racing de Santander 0-0 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
10 Dec 2011Real Madrid CF 1-3 FC BarcelonaReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
26 Feb 2012Rayo Vallecano 0-1 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
24 Sept 2012Rayo Vallecano 0-2 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
4 May 2013Real Madrid CF 4-3 Real ValladolidReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
22 Sept 2013Real Madrid CF 4-1 Getafe CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
22 Nov 2014SD Eibar 0-4 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 84′00
10 Jan 2015Real Madrid CF 3-0 RCD EspanyolReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
7 Feb 2015Atlético Madrid 4-0 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
21 Nov 2015Real Madrid CF 0-4 FC BarcelonaReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
13 Mar 2016UD Las Palmas 1-2 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
8 May 2016Real Madrid CF 3-2 Valencia CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 79′00
10 Sept 2016Real Madrid CF 5-2 CA OsasunaReal Madrid CF0′ → 66′00
19 Nov 2016Atlético Madrid 0-3 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 83′10
1 Mar 2017Real Madrid CF 3-3 UD Las PalmasReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
18 Nov 2017Atlético Madrid 0-0 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
21 Jan 2018Real Madrid CF 7-1 Deportivo de A CoruñaReal 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

  • Undiano Mallenco26 matches
  • Mateu Lahoz23 matches
  • Carlos Clos Gómez20 matches
  • Gil Manzano20 matches
  • González González16 matches
  • Hernández Hernández13 matches
  • Iglesias Villanueva12 matches
  • Estrada Fernández11 matches
  • Delgado Ferreiro10 matches
  • Martínez Munuera10 matches
  • César Muñiz Fernández10 matches