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Undiano Mallenco × Lionel Messi

33 matches of Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) refereed by Alberto Undiano Mallenco, from 2006-07 to 2018-19.

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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

Undiano Mallenco refereed 33 Liga matches in which Lionel Messi took part, from 2006-07 to 2018-19: 2,962 minutes played, 3 yellow cards and 0 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (389 matches, 31,740 minutes), Lionel Messi receives 0.11 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.09 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

33

33 starts · 2,962 minutes · 13 seasons

Yellow cards

3for 3.6 expected

0.09 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.11 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 cards33.63−0.0190.651.00no clear difference
Red cards00.000.0001.001.00no clear difference

The 33 matches

Minutes played and cards received by Lionel Messi in each match refereed by Undiano Mallenco.

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
10 Mar 2007FC Barcelona 3-3 Real Madrid CFFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
17 Jun 2007Gimnàstic de Tarragona 1-5 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 82′00
22 Sept 2007FC Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla FCFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
27 Jan 2008Athletic Bilbao 1-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
4 May 2008FC Barcelona 6-0 Valencia CFFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
29 Nov 2008Sevilla FC 0-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
7 Mar 2009FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic BilbaoFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
2 May 2009Real Madrid CF 2-6 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
29 Nov 2009FC Barcelona 1-0 Real Madrid CFFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
17 Apr 2010RCD Espanyol 0-0 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
8 May 2010Sevilla FC 2-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
3 Oct 2010FC Barcelona 1-1 RCD MallorcaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
18 Dec 2010RCD Espanyol 1-5 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
19 Nov 2011FC Barcelona 4-0 Real ZaragozaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
22 Jan 2012Málaga CF 1-4 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
21 Apr 2012FC Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid CFFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
19 Jan 2013Real Sociedad 3-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
26 Oct 2013FC Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid CFFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
23 Mar 2014Real Madrid CF 3-4 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
8 Nov 2014UD Almería 1-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
11 Jan 2015FC Barcelona 3-1 Atlético MadridFC Barcelona0′ → 90′10
17 May 2015Atlético Madrid 0-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′10
23 Sept 2015RC Celta de Vigo 4-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
30 Jan 2016FC Barcelona 2-1 Atlético MadridFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
6 Mar 2016SD Eibar 0-4 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
20 Aug 2016FC Barcelona 6-2 Real BetisFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
22 Oct 2016Valencia CF 2-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′10
14 Jan 2017FC Barcelona 5-0 UD Las PalmasFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
29 Apr 2017RCD Espanyol 0-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
18 Nov 2017CD Leganés 0-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
26 Sept 2018CD Leganés 2-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
2 Feb 2019FC Barcelona 2-2 Valencia CFFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
2 Mar 2019Real Madrid CF 0-1 FC BarcelonaFC 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

  • Mateu Lahoz32 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