Bookings by team, competition and match type, plus the Laws behind every card — explained with data and plain-English definitions.
Cards depend on three things: what players do, the type of match and the referee. This section looks at bookings through all three, and explains the Laws that decide when a yellow or red card must be shown.
Yellow Cards per Game, Season by Season3 min read · · Yellow cards, red cards, fouls and corners per Premier League match from 2015-16 to 2025-26, and how the 2023-24 crackdown on dissent pushed bookings to a peak.
Red Cards and How They Change Results3 min read · · What happens to results when one team gets a red card: eleven Premier League seasons of data, and why the true effect of a sending-off is hard to measure.
Home and Away Cards: What Empty Stadiums Revealed3 min read · · Away teams get more yellow cards than home teams. Eleven Premier League seasons show the gap disappearing when matches were played behind closed doors.
Glossary: Cards, Corners and Officials4 min read · · Plain-English definitions of the terms behind referee and discipline stats — from cautions, DOGSO and SPA to corner kicks, VAR reviews and on-field reviews.
