Trends · Referee
John Busby
Championship · 48 matches
Fouls per game
21.4
-4% vs Championship
Cards per game
3.0
Cards per foul
0.142
strictness
Home / away fouls
10.8 / 10.6
no meaningful split
Last 10 matches
| Date | Fixture | Fouls | Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 26 | Queens Park Rangers v Derby County | 20 | 4 |
| 18 Apr 26 | Watford v Sheffield United | 21 | 6 |
| 11 Apr 26 | Charlton Athletic v Preston North End | 14 | 5 |
| 03 Apr 26 | Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 1 |
| 21 Mar 26 | Queens Park Rangers v Portsmouth | 26 | 6 |
| 07 Mar 26 | Ipswich Town v Leicester City | 30 | 6 |
| 25 Feb 26 | Sheffield United v Coventry City | 26 | 5 |
| 21 Feb 26 | Southampton v Charlton Athletic | 17 | 3 |
| 07 Feb 26 | Birmingham City v Leicester City | 21 | 2 |
| 31 Jan 26 | Ipswich Town v Preston North End | 21 | 3 |
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.