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Martínez Munuera × Marco Asensio

20 matches of Marco Asensio (RCD Espanyol, Real Madrid CF) refereed by Juan Martínez Munuera, from 2015-16 to 2021-22.

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

Martínez Munuera refereed 20 Liga matches in which Marco Asensio took part, from 2015-16 to 2021-22: 1,304 minutes played, 1 yellow cards and 0 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (174 matches, 10,162 minutes), Marco Asensio receives 0.09 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.07 with Martínez Munuera.

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

20

14 starts · 1,304 minutes · 7 seasons

Yellow cards

1for 1.5 expected

0.07 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.09 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 cards11.46−0.0320.571.00no clear difference
Red cards00.000.0001.001.00no clear difference

The 20 matches

Minutes played and cards received by Marco Asensio in each match refereed by Martínez Munuera.

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
21 Nov 2015RCD Espanyol 2-0 Málaga CFRCD Espanyol0′ → 86′10
3 Apr 2016Málaga CF 1-1 RCD EspanyolRCD Espanyol0′ → 68′00
1 May 2016RCD Espanyol 1-0 Sevilla FCRCD Espanyol0′ → 90′00
21 Aug 2016Real Sociedad 0-3 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 66′00
2 Oct 2016Real Madrid CF 1-1 SD EibarReal Madrid CF↑ 72′ → 90′00
17 May 2017RC Celta de Vigo 1-4 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF↑ 84′ → 90′00
14 Oct 2017Getafe CF 1-2 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
9 Dec 2017Real Madrid CF 5-0 Sevilla FCReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
18 Apr 2018Real Madrid CF 1-1 Athletic BilbaoReal Madrid CF0′ → 69′00
26 Aug 2018Girona FC 1-4 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
29 Sept 2018Real Madrid CF 0-0 Atlético MadridReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
24 Nov 2018SD Eibar 3-0 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 74′00
16 Mar 2019Real Madrid CF 2-0 RC Celta de VigoReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
12 May 2019Real Sociedad 3-1 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 76′00
2 Jul 2020Real Madrid CF 1-0 Getafe CFReal Madrid CF↑ 63′ → 90′00
24 Oct 2020FC Barcelona 1-3 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 81′00
23 Dec 2020Real Madrid CF 2-0 Granada CFReal Madrid CF↑ 38′ → 90′00
9 May 2021Real Madrid CF 2-2 Sevilla FCReal Madrid CF↑ 66′ → 90′00
21 Nov 2021Granada CF 1-4 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
20 Mar 2022Real Madrid CF 0-4 FC BarcelonaReal Madrid CF↑ 63′ → 90′00

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

Marco Asensio with other referees

  • Gil Manzano17 matches
  • Hernández Hernández16 matches
  • Sánchez Martínez16 matches
  • Melero López11 matches
  • Ricardo de Burgos10 matches
  • Jaime Latre10 matches
  • Mateu Lahoz10 matches