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Mateu Lahoz × Lionel Messi

32 matches of Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) refereed by Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz, from 2009-10 to 2020-21.

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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

Mateu Lahoz refereed 32 Liga matches in which Lionel Messi took part, from 2009-10 to 2020-21: 2,642 minutes played, 6 yellow cards and 0 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (340 matches, 28,584 minutes), Lionel Messi receives 0.10 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.20 with Mateu Lahoz.

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

32

29 starts · 2,642 minutes · 11 seasons

Yellow cards

6for 3.2 expected

0.20 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.10 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 cards63.24+0.0940.100.97no clear difference
Red cards00.000.0001.001.00no clear difference

The 32 matches

Minutes played and cards received by Lionel Messi in each match refereed by Mateu Lahoz.

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
22 Sept 2009Racing de Santander 1-4 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 65′00
3 Apr 2010FC Barcelona 4-1 Athletic BilbaoFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
10 Sept 2011Real Sociedad 2-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona↑ 63′ → 90′10
31 Mar 2012FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic BilbaoFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
29 Sept 2012Sevilla FC 2-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
1 Dec 2012FC Barcelona 5-1 Athletic BilbaoFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
30 Mar 2013RC Celta de Vigo 2-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
11 Jan 2014Atlético Madrid 0-0 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona↑ 46′ → 90′00
17 May 2014FC Barcelona 1-1 Atlético MadridFC Barcelona0′ → 90′10
4 Oct 2014Rayo Vallecano 0-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
20 Dec 2014FC Barcelona 5-0 Córdoba CFFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
8 Feb 2015Athletic Bilbao 2-5 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
22 Mar 2015FC Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid CFFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
25 Apr 2015RCD Espanyol 0-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
12 Sept 2015Atlético Madrid 1-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona↑ 60′ → 90′00
17 Jan 2016FC Barcelona 6-0 Athletic BilbaoFC Barcelona0′ → 46′00
30 Apr 2016Real Betis 0-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′10
28 Aug 2016Athletic Bilbao 0-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
18 Dec 2016FC Barcelona 4-1 RCD EspanyolFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
26 Feb 2017Atlético Madrid 1-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′10
14 Oct 2017Atlético Madrid 1-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
17 Dec 2017FC Barcelona 4-0 Deportivo de A CoruñaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
1 Mar 2018UD Las Palmas 1-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
11 Nov 2018FC Barcelona 3-4 Real BetisFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
23 Feb 2019Sevilla FC 2-4 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
6 Oct 2019FC Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla FCFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
1 Dec 2019Atlético Madrid 0-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
1 Mar 2020Real Madrid CF 2-0 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′10
11 Jul 2020Real Valladolid 0-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
29 Nov 2020FC Barcelona 4-0 CA OsasunaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′10
31 Jan 2021FC Barcelona 2-1 Athletic BilbaoFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
8 May 2021FC Barcelona 0-0 Atlético MadridFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00

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

Lionel Messi with other referees

  • Undiano Mallenco33 matches
  • David Fernández Borbalán30 matches
  • Del Cerro Grande24 matches
  • Carlos Clos Gómez20 matches
  • Hernández Hernández20 matches
  • Gil Manzano19 matches
  • González González19 matches
  • Fernando Teixeira Vitienes19 matches
  • Martínez Munuera18 matches
  • Pérez Lasa17 matches
  • Carlos Velasco Carballo17 matches
  • César Muñiz Fernández16 matches
  • Ricardo de Burgos15 matches
  • Iturralde González14 matches
  • Sánchez Martínez14 matches
  • Delgado Ferreiro13 matches
  • Iglesias Villanueva13 matches
  • Ayza Gámez11 matches
  • Jaime Latre10 matches
  • Munuera Montero10 matches
  • Javier Turienzo Álvarez10 matches