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.
Europa League and Europa Conference League Card Betting Tips for Thursday 9 May
The Europa League and Europa Conference League semi-finals conclude across Europe on Thursday, so here are our card betting tips for the day.
Leandro Paredes to be carded
Bayer Leverkusen vs Roma
Roma over 1.5 cards
Bayer Leverkusen vs Roma
Leonardo Balerdi to be carded
Atalanta vs Olympique de Marseille
Both teams to receive a card
Atalanta vs Olympique de Marseille
Panagiotis Retsos to be carded
Olympiacos vs Aston Villa
Over 3.5 cards
Olympiacos vs Aston Villa
At 23/1, a £10 bet would return £235.60!
Europa League card Bet Builder- Thursday 9 May
Bayer Leverkusen vs Roma
Danny Makkelie
Danny Makkelie from the Netherlands has officiated 33 matches so far this season, brandishing 114 yellow cards and five reds, an average of 3.6 cards per 90.
Leandro Paredes to be carded
Leandro Paredes has already collected a whopping 16 yellow cards this season, booked during three of his last seven Serie A outings, whilst also cautioned against Slavia Prague and Feyenoord in this competition.
Roma 2+ cards
Roma were shown three cards during the first leg, meaning I Giallorossi have accumulated multiple cards during 18 of their last 24 matches, including seven of the last 11 in the Europa League.
Leandro Paredes to be carded
Bayer Leverkusen vs Roma
Roma over 1.5 cards
Bayer Leverkusen vs Roma
At 11/8 a £10 bet would return £23.75!
Europa League card Bet Builder- Thursday 9 May
Atalanta vs Olympique de Marseille
Jesus Gil Manzano
Spanish official Jesús Gil Manzano has taken charge of 31 matches so far this season, producing 135 yellow cards and six reds, two of his sendings off coming on Friday night, an average of 4.55 cards per 90.
Leonardo Balerdi to be carded
Leonardo Balerdi has been booked in both of his last two appearances, these coming against Lens and during the first leg a week ago.
In total, the Argentine centre-back has collected ten yellow cards and one red this season, sent off against Nice in October, while five of his cautions have come in UEFA competition, booked against Panathinaikos, Brighton, AEK Athens, Shakhtar Donetsk and, as mentioned when Atalanta visited Stade Vélodrome.
Both teams to receive a card
The aforementioned Leonardo Balerdi was the only player cautioned during the first leg but, given Jesús Gil Manzano’s tendency to brandish cards, we expect plenty more bookings at Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia.
Atalanta had collected at least one card in 14 successive fixtures prior to the last two, while Marseille he picked up a card in 43 of 48 matches this season (89.6%).
Leonardo Balerdi to be carded
Atalanta vs Olympique de Marseille
Both teams to receive a card
Atalanta vs Olympique de Marseille
At 11/5 a £10 bet would return £32!
Europa League card Bet Builder- Thursday 9 May
Olympiacos vs Aston Villa
Felix Zwayer
Felix Zwayer from Germany has produced 160 yellow cards and four reds in 33 appointments so far this season, 4.99 cards per 90 on average, brandishing 7+ cards in five of his last eight outings.
Panagiotis Retsos to be carded
Panagiotis Retsos has accumulated 14 yellow cards and one red so far this season, sent off against AE Kifisias in January.
Four of his cautions have come in UEFA competition, booked against Čukarički, West Ham United, Freiburg and Fenerbahçe, the latter coming during Olympiacos’ most-recent European home game.
4+ cards
The first leg saw only two yellow cards brandished, Kostas Fortounis and Moussa Diaby booked, but we’re expecting a few more cards in Piraeus.
Olympiacos have collected 42 yellows and two reds across their 15 European matches this season, an average of 2.8 cards per game.
As for Aston Villa, they’ve been shown multiple cards in 70% of matches this season, doing so in nine of their 11 European matches since the start of the group stages.
Panagiotis Retsos to be carded
Olympiacos vs Aston Villa
Over 3.5 cards
Olympiacos vs Aston Villa
At 21/10 a £10 bet would return £31!
Europa Conference League card Bet Builder- Thursday 9 May
Which sites do card betting?
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Football Betting Tips from Our Experts
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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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