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Undiano Mallenco × Javi Fuego

23 matches of Javi Fuego (Levante UD, Recreativo de Huelva, Rayo Vallecano, Valencia CF, RCD Espanyol) refereed by Alberto Undiano Mallenco, from 2007-08 to 2017-18.

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

Undiano Mallenco refereed 23 Liga matches in which Javi Fuego took part, from 2007-08 to 2017-18: 1,943 minutes played, 9 yellow cards and 0 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (245 matches, 19,549 minutes), Javi Fuego receives 0.31 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.42 with Undiano Mallenco.

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

23

23 starts · 1,943 minutes · 9 seasons

Yellow cards

9for 6.8 expected

0.42 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.31 with the others

no clear difference

Red cards

0for 0.3 expected

0.00 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.01 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 cards96.81+0.1010.310.99no clear difference
Red cards00.31−0.0140.381.00no clear difference

The 23 matches

Minutes played and cards received by Javi Fuego in each match refereed by Undiano Mallenco.

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
15 Dec 2007RCD Espanyol 1-0 Levante UDLevante UD0′ → 90′10
5 Oct 2008Recreativo de Huelva 0-4 Málaga CFRecreativo de Huelva0′ → 75′00
10 May 2009Recreativo de Huelva 1-2 Deportivo de A CoruñaRecreativo de Huelva0′ → 90′00
23 Oct 2011Real Betis 0-2 Rayo VallecanoRayo Vallecano0′ → 90′00
17 Mar 2012Rayo Vallecano 3-0 Real BetisRayo Vallecano0′ → 90′10
13 May 2012Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Granada CFRayo Vallecano0′ → 90′00
10 Dec 2012Rayo Vallecano 0-2 Real ZaragozaRayo Vallecano0′ → 90′10
19 May 2013Levante UD 2-3 Rayo VallecanoRayo Vallecano0′ → 83′10
22 Sept 2013Valencia CF 3-1 Sevilla FCValencia CF0′ → 90′00
24 Nov 2013Elche CF 2-1 Valencia CFValencia CF0′ → 85′00
27 Apr 2014Valencia CF 0-1 Atlético MadridValencia CF0′ → 90′10
22 Sept 2014Getafe CF 0-3 Valencia CFValencia CF0′ → 90′00
25 Oct 2014Valencia CF 3-1 Elche CFValencia CF0′ → 90′00
21 Feb 2015Córdoba CF 1-2 Valencia CFValencia CF0′ → 90′00
27 Apr 2015Valencia CF 4-0 Granada CFValencia CF0′ → 90′00
22 Aug 2015Rayo Vallecano 0-0 Valencia CFValencia CF0′ → 90′00
20 Mar 2016Valencia CF 0-2 RC Celta de VigoValencia CF0′ → 90′00
25 Sept 2016RCD Espanyol 0-2 RC Celta de VigoRCD Espanyol0′ → 90′00
18 Feb 2017Real Madrid CF 2-0 RCD EspanyolRCD Espanyol0′ → 90′10
29 Apr 2017RCD Espanyol 0-3 FC BarcelonaRCD Espanyol0′ → 79′10
13 Oct 2017RCD Espanyol 0-0 Levante UDRCD Espanyol0′ → 80′10
3 Dec 2017SD Eibar 3-1 RCD EspanyolRCD Espanyol0′ → 55′00
20 Jan 2018RCD Espanyol 0-3 Sevilla FCRCD Espanyol0′ → 46′10

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

Javi Fuego with other referees

  • Carlos Clos Gómez14 matches
  • Estrada Fernández14 matches
  • González González13 matches
  • Alfonso Álvarez11 matches
  • Iglesias Villanueva11 matches
  • Pérez Montero11 matches
  • David Fernández Borbalán10 matches
  • Hernández Hernández10 matches
  • Carlos Velasco Carballo10 matches