Referees · England
Chris Kavanagh: referee stats
Chris Kavanagh has refereed 6 league games in the 2026/27 Premier League, with 5.3 yellow and 0.7 red cards a game. That is above the league average this season: 4.0 yellow and 0.2 red a game. The latest game was Chelsea – Tottenham 0–2 on 24 October (7 yellow, 1 red). Chris Kavanagh has refereed 60 league games in our data in three seasons (2024/25–2026/27), 6 of them this season. Cards a game: 4.1 yellow and 0.2 red; the average in the same leagues and seasons was 3.9 yellow and 0.1 red.
This season's games
| Date | Match | Score | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct | Chelsea – Tottenham | 0–2 | 7 | 1 |
| 17 Oct | Fulham – Hull | 1–0 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 Oct | Liverpool – Manchester City | 0–3 | 6 | 1 |
| 12 Sep | Crystal Palace – Ipswich | 2–3 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 Sep | Arsenal – Chelsea | 2–1 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 Aug | Bournemouth – Everton | 1–1 | 5 | 0 |
Yellow and red cards of both teams. A match with a page of its own is a link.
By season
| Season | League | Games | Yellow a game | Red a game | Home wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Premier League | 6 | 5.33 | 0.67 | 33% |
| 2025/26 | Premier League | 30 | 3.97 | 0.10 | 50% |
| 2024/25 | Premier League | 24 | 4.00 | 0.21 | 33% |
| 3 seasons | 60 | 4.12 | 0.20 | 42% |
Cards of both teams as the source records them, a red counted once (twice when a card tip is settled). Penalties awarded in play, scored or missed, where our data has every game's events (else –).
Leagues
- Premier League60 games
See also
England: all referees Premier League: table and matches All referees
League games of the last three seasons in our data. A name that appears in two games on one day belongs to two people and gets no page. History only, never a prediction.
The day's tips on Telegram
Every morning (about 10:00 Tallinn time) the day's card tips go to the free Telegram channel; on some days there are none, and we say so.
