What is the average number of yellow cards per game?
At a football match it can sometimes get very unfriendly. Violations are then mostly punished with a yellow card. But how many yellow cards are given on average per game. The average amount of yellow cards per game is 4.1. We only considered matches on a professional level.
What is the average number of yellow cards per match at the European Cup and the World Cup?
At the European Cup or World Cup it is often a little bit friendlier than for example in the Premier League. The average number of yellow cards per game at the European Cup and the World Cup lies between 3 and 4. However, there are exceptions. At the European Cup in Portugal there were a whopping 5.04 yellow cards given, on average, per match.
Records Premier League
Fastest yellow card
5 seconds - Vinnie Jones (Sheffield Wednesday – Wolverhampton Wanderes, 13th August 2000)
Top 3 most yellow cards Premier League
- Gareth Barry, 113 yellow cards
- Lee Bowyer, 100 yellow cards
- Paul Scholes, 99 yellow cards
See besides average number of yellow cards also:
Average Number of Goals European Championship
Average Goals per Game World Cup
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