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Fernando Teixeira Vitienes × Sergio Ramos

24 matches of Sergio Ramos (Sevilla FC, Real Madrid CF) refereed by Fernando Teixeira Vitienes, from 2004-05 to 2013-14.

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

Fernando Teixeira Vitienes refereed 24 Liga matches in which Sergio Ramos took part, from 2004-05 to 2013-14: 2,154 minutes played, 7 yellow cards and 1 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (292 matches, 25,489 minutes), Sergio Ramos receives 0.37 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.29 with Fernando Teixeira Vitienes.

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

24 starts · 2,154 minutes · 10 seasons

Yellow cards

7for 8.6 expected

0.29 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.37 with the others

no clear difference

Red cards

1for 1.0 expected

0.04 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.04 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 cards78.60−0.0670.451.00no clear difference
Red cards11.000.0000.801.00no clear difference

The 24 matches

Minutes played and cards received by Sergio Ramos in each match refereed by Fernando Teixeira Vitienes.

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
22 Sept 2004Villarreal CF 0-0 Sevilla FCSevilla FC0′ → 90′00
19 Dec 2004Sevilla FC 2-1 Real BetisSevilla FC0′ → 90′00
29 May 2005Sevilla FC 0-2 Málaga CFSevilla FC0′ → 90′10
29 Jan 2006RC Celta de Vigo 1-2 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
7 May 2006Real Madrid CF 3-3 Villarreal CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 84′01
12 Nov 2006CA Osasuna 1-4 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
4 Mar 2007Real Madrid CF 1-1 Getafe CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
20 Oct 2007RCD Espanyol 2-1 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
16 Dec 2007Real Madrid CF 2-0 CA OsasunaReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
30 Mar 2008Real Madrid CF 3-1 Sevilla FCReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
27 Sept 2008Real Betis 1-2 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
25 Jan 2009Real Madrid CF 1-0 Deportivo de A CoruñaReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
18 Apr 2009Recreativo de Huelva 0-1 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
24 Oct 2009Sporting de Gijón 0-0 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
12 Dec 2009Valencia CF 2-3 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
18 Apr 2010Real Madrid CF 2-0 Valencia CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
11 Sept 2010Real Madrid CF 1-0 CA OsasunaReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
19 Feb 2011Real Madrid CF 2-0 Levante UDReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
19 Mar 2011Atlético Madrid 1-2 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
2 Oct 2011RCD Espanyol 0-4 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
14 Apr 2013Athletic Bilbao 0-3 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
14 Sept 2013Villarreal CF 2-2 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′10
22 Dec 2013Valencia CF 2-3 Real Madrid CFReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00
26 Apr 2014Real Madrid CF 4-0 CA OsasunaReal Madrid CF0′ → 90′00

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

Sergio Ramos with other referees