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Undiano Mallenco × Xavi

31 matches of Xavi (FC Barcelona) refereed by Alberto Undiano Mallenco, from 2001-02 to 2014-15.

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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 31 Liga matches in which Xavi took part, from 2001-02 to 2014-15: 2,384 minutes played, 3 yellow cards and 0 red cards. With the other referees, over the same seasons (408 matches, 32,337 minutes), Xavi receives 0.09 yellow cards per 90 minutes, against 0.11 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

31

27 starts · 2,384 minutes · 14 seasons

Yellow cards

3for 2.5 expected

0.11 per 90 minutes with this referee · 0.09 with the others

no clear difference

Red cards

0for 0.1 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 cards32.49+0.0190.661.00no clear difference
Red cards00.14−0.0050.921.00no clear difference

The 31 matches

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

DateMatchTeamMinutesYellowsReds
14 Oct 2001FC Barcelona 2-2 Valencia CFFC Barcelona0′ → 90′10
11 May 2002Real Zaragoza 1-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
5 Jan 2003FC Barcelona 3-0 Recreativo de HuelvaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
30 Aug 2003Athletic Bilbao 0-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
30 Nov 2003FC Barcelona 0-0 Real ValladolidFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
8 May 2004RC Celta de Vigo 1-0 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 80′00
29 Aug 2004Racing de Santander 0-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
20 Nov 2004FC Barcelona 3-0 Real Madrid CFFC Barcelona0′ → 87′00
14 May 2005Levante UD 1-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
15 Oct 2005Deportivo de A Coruña 3-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
24 Jan 2007Real Betis 1-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona↑ 69′ → 90′00
10 Mar 2007FC Barcelona 3-3 Real Madrid CFFC Barcelona0′ → 90′10
17 Jun 2007Gimnàstic de Tarragona 1-5 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
22 Sept 2007FC Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla FCFC Barcelona0′ → 61′00
27 Jan 2008Athletic Bilbao 1-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 63′00
4 May 2008FC Barcelona 6-0 Valencia CFFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
29 Nov 2008Sevilla FC 0-3 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 87′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′ → 87′10
18 Dec 2010RCD Espanyol 1-5 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
19 Nov 2011FC Barcelona 4-0 Real ZaragozaFC Barcelona0′ → 56′00
21 Apr 2012FC Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid CFFC Barcelona0′ → 69′00
19 Jan 2013Real Sociedad 3-2 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona0′ → 90′00
20 Apr 2013FC Barcelona 1-0 Levante UDFC Barcelona↑ 59′ → 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 Barcelona↑ 66′ → 90′00
17 May 2015Atlético Madrid 0-1 FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona↑ 82′ → 90′00

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

Xavi with other referees

  • David Fernández Borbalán22 matches
  • Fernando Teixeira Vitienes22 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