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David Fernández Borbalán × David Villa

27 matches of David Villa (Real Zaragoza, Valencia CF, FC Barcelona, Atlético Madrid) refereed by David José Fernández Borbalán, from 2004-05 to 2013-14.

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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 27 Liga matches in which David Villa took part, from 2004-05 to 2013-14: 2,114 minutes played, 5 yellow cards and 0 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (282 matches, 21,343 minutes), David Villa receives 0.16 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.21 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

27

25 starts · 2,114 minutes · 10 seasons

Yellow cards

5for 3.7 expected

0.21 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.16 with the others

no clear difference

Red cards

0for 0.5 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 cards53.75+0.0530.501.00no clear difference
Red cards00.48−0.0210.081.00no clear difference

The 27 matches

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

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
17 Oct 2004Real Zaragoza 2-1 Real SociedadReal Zaragoza0′ → 90′10
19 Dec 2004Real Zaragoza 0-2 Athletic BilbaoReal Zaragoza0′ → 90′00
20 Mar 2005Real Zaragoza 0-0 Atlético MadridReal Zaragoza0′ → 90′10
26 Nov 2005Valencia CF 2-0 RC Celta de VigoValencia CF0′ → 84′00
19 Feb 2006Real Sociedad 1-2 Valencia CFValencia CF0′ → 90′00
22 Mar 2006Valencia CF 1-1 Villarreal CFValencia CF0′ → 83′00
22 Oct 2006Valencia CF 1-0 CA OsasunaValencia CF0′ → 64′00
7 Jan 2007Villarreal CF 0-1 Valencia CFValencia CF0′ → 90′00
26 Sept 2007Valencia CF 2-1 Getafe CFValencia CF0′ → 90′00
3 Feb 2008Real Valladolid 0-2 Valencia CFValencia CF0′ → 85′00
21 Sept 2008Valencia CF 1-0 CA OsasunaValencia CF0′ → 90′00
6 Dec 2008FC Barcelona 4-0 Valencia CFValencia CF0′ → 90′10
12 Apr 2009Sporting de Gijón 2-3 Valencia CFValencia CF0′ → 90′00
20 Sept 2009Valencia CF 2-2 Sporting de GijónValencia CF0′ → 90′00
24 Jan 2010CD Tenerife 0-0 Valencia CFValencia CF0′ → 90′00
24 Apr 2010Valencia CF 1-0 Deportivo de A CoruñaValencia CF0′ → 90′00
19 Sept 2010Atlético Madrid 1-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 78′00
12 Dec 2010FC Barcelona 5-0 Real SociedadFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
29 Jan 2011Hércules CF 0-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 88′00
8 May 2011FC Barcelona 2-0 RCD EspanyolFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
10 Dec 2011Real Madrid CF 1-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona↑ 84′ → 90′00
3 Nov 2012FC Barcelona 3-1 RC Celta de VigoFC Barcelona0′ → 78′00
14 Apr 2013Real Zaragoza 0-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona↑ 84′ → 90′00
26 May 2013RCD Espanyol 0-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 71′00
19 Oct 2013RCD Espanyol 1-0 Atlético MadridAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′10
15 Dec 2013Atlético Madrid 3-0 Valencia CFAtlético Madrid0′ → 60′00
13 Apr 2014Getafe CF 0-2 Atlético MadridAtlético Madrid0′ → 61′10

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

David Villa with other referees

  • Pérez Lasa20 matches
  • Undiano Mallenco18 matches
  • Carlos Clos Gómez16 matches
  • Manuel Mejuto González16 matches
  • César Muñiz Fernández16 matches
  • Fernando Teixeira Vitienes16 matches
  • Iturralde González14 matches
  • Ramírez Domínguez14 matches
  • Carlos Velasco Carballo14 matches
  • Antonio Rubinos Pérez12 matches
  • Bernardino González Vázquez11 matches
  • Luis Medina Cantalejo11 matches
  • Javier Turienzo Álvarez11 matches
  • Delgado Ferreiro10 matches
  • González González10 matches