Trends · Referee
Marco Piccinini
Serie A · 23 matches
Fouls per game
24.7
-2% vs Serie A
Cards per game
3.6
Cards per foul
0.144
stricter than 52% of Serie A officials
Home / away fouls
10.7 / 14.0
7% toward away side
How the model prices his matches
The cards model currently serving multiplies its card expectation by ×0.98 when Marco Piccinini is appointed — his cards-per-foul ratio sits below his league's, surviving shrinkage toward the league mean. The ratio is shrunk toward the league by roughly thirteen matches’ worth of fouls, so a handful of card-happy games cannot manufacture a strict official (decision D-084).
Last 10 matches
| Date | Fixture | Fouls | Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 26 | Napoli v Bologna | 22 | 5 |
| 22 Feb 26 | AC Milan v Parma | 23 | 3 |
| 09 Feb 26 | Atalanta v Cremonese | 22 | 2 |
| 29 Nov 25 | Parma v Udinese | 25 | 4 |
| 04 Oct 25 | Lazio v Torino | 35 | 6 |
| 27 Sept 25 | Cagliari v Inter | 27 | 2 |
| 15 Sept 25 | Como v Genoa | 30 | 5 |
| 18 May 25 | Roma v AC Milan | 26 | 6 |
| 11 May 25 | Napoli v Genoa | 27 | 3 |
| 20 Apr 25 | AC Milan v Atalanta | 15 | 1 |
Figures cover completed matches in this dataset only, and are compared against Serie A'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. Cards count yellows and straight reds alike, because that is what the card markets settle on.