Interesting world cup refereeing stats.

[one]

2018 is from the 14 games played so far. The two interesting ones for 2018 are

• No red cards. Best was 1 every 6 games in 2014. (VAR?)
• 8 penalties so far. about 2.5 time the per game average form the past. (VAR?)

The numbers are average per game. Can’t find the fouls from 2002, 2006


Source: fifa.com, wikipedia.org

 

[Deleted member 3014]

Wait until after the final and see the 2018 yellow card average..

It will slowly increase as the Tournement goes on & more is riding on the games.

 

[Sheffields Finest]

I’ve not seen every game but the only tackle where I’ve thought mmmm what’s coming next was the Kevin De Bruyne studs up challenge. Certainly fell into the orange area!

 

[alexgr]

One consideration RE red cards may be the downgrading of DOGSO challenging for the ball in the penalty area from red to yellow - don't think we've had any yet, but that may well affect stats later on in the competition.

 

[one]

One consideration RE red cards may be the downgrading of DOGSO challenging for the ball in the penalty area from red to yellow - don't think we've had any yet, but that may well affect stats later on in the competition.

I'd say VAR could have some impact as well. All players have had pre-tournament briefs on VAR that even if the referee misses it, VAR is not going to. That would/should be in the back of their minds when going into a challenge.

 

[JH]

2018 is from the 14 games played so far. The two interesting ones for 2018 are

• No red cards. Best was 1 every 6 games in 2014. (VAR?)
• 8 penalties so far. about 2.5 time the per game average form the past. (VAR?)

The numbers are average per game. Can’t find the fouls from 2002, 2006

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Source: fifa.com, wikipedia.org

More penalties, as expected with VAR. I find it amazing how consistent fouls per game are, averaging 30 FPG between 3 different tournaments over 8 years!