Referee profile

Chris Kavanagh

England
389 matches officiated

Matches officiated: 389
Yellow cards / match: 3.73
Reds / match: 0.13
Yellow / match, recent: 4.91

Last 12 months

41 matches since 2 Nov 2025, compared with the average referee

Last 12 months
Metric	Chris Kavanagh	Average	Difference from average
Yellow cards / match	4.18	3.99	+5%
Red cards / match	0.22	0.22	+2%
Penalty goals / match	0.13	0.23	−43%
Goals / match	2.90	2.79	+4%
Home wins	39%	44%	−11%
Draws	12%	25%	−52%

Ranked 424 of 1125 referees for yellow cards (1 = strictest).

Match results

By league

1 Premier League 2.52 goals · 4.48 yellows / match 27 matches
2 UEFA Champions League 3.75 goals · – yellows / match 4 matches
3 UEFA Europa League 2.00 goals · – yellows / match 3 matches
4 FA Cup 5.00 goals · – yellows / match 2 matches
5 UEFA Nations League 1.00 goals · – yellows / match 1 match
6 UEFA Conference League 5.00 goals · – yellows / match 1 match

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Cards per match

Recent matches (oldest to newest); the dashed line is the career average. Click a bar to open the match.

Yellow cardsRed cardsCareer avg.

League breakdown

Competitions of the last 12 matches

Premier League 7 7 matches · 5.7 yellow/match

UEFA Champions League 2 2 matches · 4.0 yellow/match

UEFA Nations League 1 1 matches · 5.0 yellow/match

UEFA Europa League 1 1 matches · – yellow/match

Emirates Cup 1 1 matches · 1.0 yellow/match

Recent matches

FT 24 Oct

Chelsea

Tottenham Hotspur 0 2

Premier League 6 1

Premier League 4 1

UEFA Champions League 5 0

Premier League 5 1

UEFA Nations League 5 0

Premier League 5 1

Premier League 6 0

Premier League 5 0

UEFA Europa League –

Borussia Dortmund 2(5) 3(4)

Emirates Cup 1 0

FT 5 Aug

Fenerbahçe

SK Sturm Graz 2 0

UEFA Champions League 3 0

FT 24 May

Sunderland

Chelsea 2 1

Premier League 9 1