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David Fernández Borbalán × Xavi

22 matches of Xavi (FC Barcelona) refereed by David José Fernández Borbalán, from 2004-05 to 2014-15.

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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 Xavi took part, from 2004-05 to 2014-15: 1,700 minutes played, 1 yellow cards and 0 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (301 matches, 23,581 minutes), Xavi receives 0.10 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.05 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

20 starts · 1,700 minutes · 10 seasons

Yellow cards

1for 2.0 expected

0.05 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.10 with the others

no clear difference

Red cards

0for 0.1 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 cards12.03−0.0550.411.00no clear difference
Red cards00.06−0.0031.001.00no clear difference

The 22 matches

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

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
21 Dec 2004FC Barcelona 2-1 Levante UDFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
5 Mar 2005CA Osasuna 0-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′10
30 Sept 2006Athletic Bilbao 1-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
9 Dec 2007FC Barcelona 2-1 Deportivo de A CoruñaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
1 Mar 2008Atlético Madrid 4-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
31 Aug 2008CD Numancia 1-0 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
6 Dec 2008FC Barcelona 4-0 Valencia CFFC Barcelona0′ → 83′00
1 Feb 2009Racing de Santander 1-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
5 Dec 2009Deportivo de A Coruña 1-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
27 Mar 2010RCD Mallorca 0-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona↑ 61′ → 90′00
19 Sept 2010Atlético Madrid 1-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
12 Dec 2010FC Barcelona 5-0 Real SociedadFC Barcelona0′ → 67′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 Barcelona0′ → 90′00
3 Nov 2012FC Barcelona 3-1 RC Celta de VigoFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
14 Apr 2013Real Zaragoza 0-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 81′00
26 May 2013RCD Espanyol 0-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona↑ 84′ → 90′00
5 Jan 2014FC Barcelona 4-0 Elche CFFC Barcelona0′ → 65′00
27 Apr 2014Villarreal CF 2-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 62′00
30 Nov 2014Valencia CF 0-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 80′00
28 Apr 2015FC Barcelona 6-0 Getafe CFFC Barcelona0′ → 59′00

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

Xavi with other referees

  • Undiano Mallenco31 matches
  • Fernando Teixeira Vitienes22 matches
  • César Muñiz Fernández21 matches
  • Pérez Lasa21 matches
  • Iturralde González20 matches
  • Manuel Mejuto González17 matches
  • Javier Turienzo Álvarez17 matches
  • Carlos Velasco Carballo17 matches
  • Ramírez Domínguez16 matches
  • Carlos Clos Gómez15 matches
  • Bernardino González Vázquez15 matches
  • Mateu Lahoz15 matches
  • Alfonso Pérez Burrull14 matches
  • Arturo Daudén Ibáñez12 matches
  • Delgado Ferreiro11 matches
  • José Losantos Omar11 matches
  • Luis Medina Cantalejo11 matches
  • Carlos Megía Dávila11 matches
  • Víctor Esquinas Torres10 matches
  • Evaristo Puentes Leira10 matches