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Fernando Teixeira Vitienes × Xavi

22 matches of Xavi (FC Barcelona) refereed by Fernando Teixeira Vitienes, from 2004-05 to 2013-14.

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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

Fernando Teixeira Vitienes refereed 22 Liga matches in which Xavi took part, from 2004-05 to 2013-14: 1,745 minutes played, 1 yellow cards and 0 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (286 matches, 22,973 minutes), Xavi receives 0.10 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.05 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

22

20 starts · 1,745 minutes · 10 seasons

Yellow cards

1for 2.1 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 cards12.08−0.0560.381.00no clear difference
Red cards00.09−0.0050.991.00no clear difference

The 22 matches

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

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
19 Feb 2005FC Barcelona 2-0 RCD MallorcaFC Barcelona0′ → 62′00
27 Aug 2005Deportivo Alavés 0-0 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 80′00
13 May 2006Sevilla FC 3-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
5 May 2007Real Sociedad 0-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
4 Nov 2007FC Barcelona 3-0 Real BetisFC Barcelona0′ → 83′00
9 Feb 2008Sevilla FC 1-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
6 Apr 2008FC Barcelona 0-0 Getafe CFFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
8 Nov 2008FC Barcelona 6-0 Real ValladolidFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
11 Jan 2009CA Osasuna 2-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
10 May 2009FC Barcelona 3-3 Villarreal CFFC Barcelona0′ → 85′00
21 Nov 2009Athletic Bilbao 1-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 84′00
6 Feb 2010FC Barcelona 2-1 Getafe CFFC Barcelona0′ → 90′10
1 May 2010Villarreal CF 1-4 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
16 Oct 2010FC Barcelona 2-1 Valencia CFFC Barcelona0′ → 78′00
4 Dec 2010CA Osasuna 0-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 82′00
5 Mar 2011FC Barcelona 1-0 Real ZaragozaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
30 Apr 2011Real Sociedad 2-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
26 Nov 2011Getafe CF 1-0 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
5 May 2012FC Barcelona 4-0 RCD EspanyolFC Barcelona↑ 79′ → 90′00
15 Sept 2012Getafe CF 1-4 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
5 Oct 2013FC Barcelona 4-1 Real ValladolidFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
11 May 2014Elche CF 0-0 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona↑ 80′ → 90′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
  • David Fernández Borbalán22 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