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David Fernández Borbalán × Karim Benzema

22 matches of Karim Benzema (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 22 Liga matches in which Karim Benzema took part, from 2009-10 to 2017-18: 1,388 minutes played, 1 yellow cards and 0 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (253 matches, 16,948 minutes), Karim Benzema receives 0.02 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.07 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

16 starts · 1,388 minutes · 9 seasons

Yellow cards

1for 0.4 expected

0.07 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.02 with the others

no clear difference

Red cards

0for 0.0 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 cards10.39+0.0400.381.00no clear difference
Red cards00.000.0001.001.00no clear difference

The 22 matches

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

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
29 Aug 2009Real Madrid CF 3-2 Deportivo de A CoruñaReal Madrid CF0′ → 72′00
10 Jan 2010Real Madrid CF 2-0 RCD MallorcaReal Madrid CF↑ 69′ → 90′00
29 Aug 2010RCD Mallorca 0-0 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF↑ 59′ → 90′00
9 Jan 2011Real Madrid CF 4-2 Villarreal CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 80′10
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
24 Sept 2012Rayo Vallecano 0-2 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 71′00
4 May 2013Real Madrid CF 4-3 Real ValladolidReal Madrid CF0′ → 71′00
22 Sept 2013Real Madrid CF 4-1 Getafe CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 78′00
17 May 2014Real Madrid CF 3-1 RCD EspanyolReal Madrid CF0′ → 67′00
22 Nov 2014SD Eibar 0-4 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
10 Jan 2015Real Madrid CF 3-0 RCD EspanyolReal Madrid CF0′ → 64′00
7 Feb 2015Atlético Madrid 4-0 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 72′00
21 Nov 2015Real Madrid CF 0-4 FC BarcelonaReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
8 May 2016Real Madrid CF 3-2 Valencia CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 65′00
10 Sept 2016Real Madrid CF 5-2 CA OsasunaReal Madrid CF↑ 66′ → 90′00
19 Nov 2016Atlético Madrid 0-3 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF↑ 79′ → 90′00
1 Mar 2017Real Madrid CF 3-3 UD Las PalmasReal Madrid CF↑ 71′ → 90′00
27 Aug 2017Real Madrid CF 2-2 Valencia CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
18 Nov 2017Atlético Madrid 0-0 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 76′00
21 Jan 2018Real Madrid CF 7-1 Deportivo de A CoruñaReal Madrid CF↑ 64′ → 90′00

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