Trends · Referee
Anthony Backhouse
Championship · 41 matches
Fouls per game
21.1
-5% vs Championship
Cards per game
4.1
Cards per foul
0.195
strictness
Home / away fouls
10.6 / 10.5
no meaningful split
Last 10 matches
| Date | Fixture | Fouls | Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 May 26 | Millwall v Oxford United | 14 | 1 |
| 21 Apr 26 | West Bromwich Albion v Watford | 26 | 7 |
| 11 Apr 26 | Norwich City v Ipswich Town | 33 | 10 |
| 03 Apr 26 | Middlesbrough v Millwall | 19 | 2 |
| 16 Mar 26 | Portsmouth v Derby County | 27 | 8 |
| 11 Mar 26 | Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 4 |
| 28 Feb 26 | Ipswich Town v Swansea City | 30 | 1 |
| 20 Feb 26 | Blackburn Rovers v Preston North End | 18 | 4 |
| 11 Feb 26 | Charlton Athletic v Stoke City | 11 | 6 |
| 03 Feb 26 | Sheffield United v Oxford United | 21 | 7 |
Figures cover completed matches in this dataset only, and are compared against Championship's own mean rather than a pooled average — leagues differ enough that a cross-league baseline would misrepresent every official in a high-foul competition.