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David Fernández Borbalán × Diego Godín

24 matches of Diego Godín (Villarreal CF, Atlético Madrid) refereed by David José Fernández Borbalán, from 2007-08 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 24 Liga matches in which Diego Godín took part, from 2007-08 to 2017-18: 2,093 minutes played, 8 yellow cards and 2 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (274 matches, 23,922 minutes), Diego Godín receives 0.27 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.34 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

24

23 starts · 2,093 minutes · 10 seasons

Yellow cards

8for 6.5 expected

0.34 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.27 with the others

no clear difference

Red cards

2for 0.5 expected

0.09 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 cards86.48+0.0650.441.00no clear difference
Red cards20.51+0.0640.161.00no clear difference

The 24 matches

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

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
24 Feb 2008Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
4 May 2008Villarreal CF 2-0 Getafe CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
18 Oct 2008RCD Espanyol 0-0 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
8 Feb 2009Villarreal CF 2-1 CD NumanciaVillarreal CF0′ → 90′10
30 May 2009RCD Mallorca 2-3 Villarreal CFVillarreal CF0′ → 90′10
1 Nov 2009Villarreal CF 5-0 CD TenerifeVillarreal CF0′ → 90′00
19 Sept 2010Atlético Madrid 1-2 FC BarcelonaAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′00
12 Feb 2011Atlético Madrid 1-2 Valencia CFAtlético Madrid0′ → 85′01
3 Apr 2011CA Osasuna 2-3 Atlético MadridAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′00
23 Oct 2011Atlético Madrid 1-1 RCD MallorcaAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′00
19 Feb 2012Sporting de Gijón 1-1 Atlético MadridAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′00
19 Oct 2013RCD Espanyol 1-0 Atlético MadridAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′00
15 Dec 2013Atlético Madrid 3-0 Valencia CFAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′00
13 Apr 2014Getafe CF 0-2 Atlético MadridAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′10
7 Feb 2015Atlético Madrid 4-0 Real Madrid CFAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′10
18 Apr 2015Deportivo de A Coruña 1-2 Atlético MadridAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′10
26 Sept 2015Villarreal CF 1-0 Atlético MadridAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′00
14 May 2016Atlético Madrid 2-0 RC Celta de VigoAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′00
21 Sept 2016FC Barcelona 1-1 Atlético MadridAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′00
19 Nov 2016Atlético Madrid 0-3 Real Madrid CFAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′10
6 May 2017Atlético Madrid 1-0 SD EibarAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′11
18 Nov 2017Atlético Madrid 0-0 Real Madrid CFAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′10
18 Mar 2018Villarreal CF 2-1 Atlético MadridAtlético Madrid0′ → 90′00
29 Apr 2018Deportivo Alavés 0-1 Atlético MadridAtlético Madrid↑ 62′ → 90′00

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

Diego Godín with other referees

  • Undiano Mallenco24 matches
  • Mateu Lahoz21 matches
  • Iglesias Villanueva20 matches
  • Carlos Clos Gómez19 matches
  • Estrada Fernández19 matches
  • Alfonso Álvarez16 matches
  • González González15 matches
  • Gil Manzano14 matches
  • Fernando Teixeira Vitienes14 matches
  • Martínez Munuera12 matches