Referees are increasingly under the spotlight, with technology and the advent of VAR meaning every single decision they make over the course of a game is analysed to the nth degree, with more data around than ever before to scrutinise performance.
With that data, we can now look at which referees are most likely to show red or yellow cards, and our team of experts have broken down the games every day to provide a list of card betting tips for you to take advantage of.
Check out our daily Card Betting Tips from Freebets.com’s resident betting experts, focusing on which players are most likely to be carded each day and the statistics of referees involved, as well as the latest free bet offers.
Premier League Card Betting Tips for Saturday 11 May
The Premier League returns with a bumper eight fixtures on Saturday, so here are our card betting tips for the day.
Joao Palhinha to be carded
Fulham vs Manchester City
Fulham over 2.5 cards
Fulham vs Manchester City
Marc Cucurella to be carded
Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea
Over 3.5 cards
Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea
Josh Cullen to be carded
Tottenham Hotspur vs Burnley
Both teams to receive a card
Tottenham Hotspur vs Burnley
At 64/1, a £10 bet would return £648.37!
Premier League card Bet Builder- Saturday 11 May
Fulham vs Manchester City
Anthony Taylor
In 44 appointments so far this season, Anthony Taylor has brandished 190 yellow cards and eight reds, an average of 4.5 cards per game.
His most-recent Manchester City match was their goalless draw with Arsenal on Easter Sunday, booking two players, while Taylor last took charge of Fulham in January, showing six yellows as the Cottagers were beaten 1-0 by Chelsea.
Joao Palhinha to be carded
For a second successive season, João Palhinha leads the way for most yellow cards in a Premier League season, accumulating 14 last season, he’s up to 13 this time round.
No player has ever reached 15 in a single campaign, needing to be booked in both of Fulham’s last two fixtures to become a record-breaker.
Fulham 3+ cards
Across all competitions, Manchester City have won each of their last 15 encounters with Fulham; the Cottagers have collected 3+ cards in five of these fixtures, shown four in defeat at the Etihad in September.
Overall, this season, Marco Silva’s side have picked up 3+ cards on 13 seperate occasions.
Joao Palhinha to be carded
Fulham vs Manchester City
Fulham over 2.5 cards
Fulham vs Manchester City
At 15/4 a £10 bet would return £47.50!
Premier League card Bet Builder- Saturday 11 May
Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea
Tony Harrington
In 20 appointments this season, Tony Harrington has produced 80 yellow cards and three reds, 4.15 cards per game on average.
His last Chelsea fixture came back in August, showing three yellow cards as they beat Wimbledon in the EFL Cup, while it’s over three years since Harrington took charge of a Forest match, cautioning seven players as they beat Coventry in February 2021.
Marc Cucurella to be carded
Marc Cucurella has accumulated nine yellow cards in the Premier League this season, only 11 players have more, booked during four of his last eight appearances.
4+ cards
The reverse fixture, a famous Forest win at Stamford Bridge on 1 September, saw seven yellow cards produced, with a similarly high number expected at the City Ground.
Nuno Espírito Santo’s side have picked up multiple cards in eight of their last 12 Premier League matches, while Mauricio Pochettino’s team have done so in 18 of 21 fixtures played away from Stamford Bridge all season.
Marc Cucurella to be carded
Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea
Over 3.5 cards
Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea
At 16/5 a £10 bet would return £42!
Premier League card Bet Builder- Saturday 11 May
Tottenham Hotspur vs Burnley
Jarred Gillett
Jarred Gillett has taken charge of 28 matches so far this season, producing 116 yellow cards and three reds, an average of 4.25 cards per 90.
His last Tottenham match came on Easter Saturday, booking seven players as Spurs beat Luton, while the Aussie’s most-recent Burnley fixture came in February, cautioning three players as they were smashed by Arsenal.
Josh Cullen to be carded
Josh Cullen has collected nine yellow cards so far this season, picking up a card in three of Burnley’s last seven Premier League fixtures, including their most-recent away game at Old Trafford.
He was also cautioned 12 minutes into the Clarets’ 1-0 defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the FA Cup in January.
Both teams to receive a card
Tottenham have collected at least one card in 92% of matches this season, including each of their last ten, while Burnley have been shown a card in exactly 90% of outings during this campaign so far, picking up six yellows across two meetings with Spurs.
Josh Cullen to be carded
Tottenham Hotspur vs Burnley
Both teams to receive a card
Tottenham Hotspur vs Burnley
At 9/4 a £10 bet would return £32.50!
Premier League card Bet Builder- Saturday 11 May
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What is card betting?
Betting on players or teams to be shown cards can be one of the most rewarding markets in football betting.
Goals can be hard to come by, while not every player can gets shots away during a game, but every player on the pitch is capable of picking up a yellow card for any kind of offence.
Card betting is simply betting on an individual player to be shown a yellow or a red card during the match, but can also be used to back a minimum/maximum number of cards to be shown during the game on either side.
Betting on cards can be a good way to boost the odds in a bet builder, and with the greater focus on VAR, referees and with so much individual data now available, we are able to look at which referees show the most cards, how many cards they show on average per game and which players tend to attract the attention of the officials.
With all this data, card betting is one of the markets available to us that we can most accurately predict.
How to bet on cards?
Card betting is very simple, with several options available to you whether you want to place a single, a double, make it an accumulator or build it into your bet builder.
If you just have a hunch that a certain player will be carded during a game, you can find their odds and place money on it, but there is far more to it than that. With our tips, we will provide some of the data behind a game that will help you build your bet into several picks, which will help you increase the odds.
As well as focusing on one or more players to be carded in a match, you can also back a certain number of cards to be shown in the match itself, or to each side. For example, you can bet on over/under three yellow cards in a game, both teams to receive a card or you can combine them all into one bet and make it into an accumulator, or make an acca across multiple matches/leagues.
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