Referees · Norway
Espen Eskas: referee stats
Espen Eskas has refereed 11 league games in the 2026 Eliteserien, with 3.8 yellow cards, 0.2 red cards and 0.3 penalties a game. That is above the league average this season: 3.5 yellow and 0.2 red a game. The latest game was Sarpsborg 08 FF – Rosenborg 0–3 on 18 October (5 yellow, 0 red). Espen Eskas has refereed 34 league games in our data in three seasons (2024–2026), 11 of them this season. Cards a game: 3.1 yellow and 0.2 red; the average in the same leagues and seasons was 3.3 yellow and 0.1 red.
This season's games
| Date | Match | Score | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct | Sarpsborg 08 FF – Rosenborg | 0–3 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 Oct | Lillestrøm – Molde | 2–2 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 Sep | Sandefjord – Start | 3–0 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 Sep | Viking – Kristiansund BK | 8–1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 Sep | Brann – Lillestrøm | 1–2 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 Aug | Molde – Tromsø | 3–2 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 May | Tromsø – Aalesund | 1–1 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 May | Lillestrøm – Sandefjord | 3–1 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 May | Vålerenga – KFUM Oslo | 2–2 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 Apr | Viking – Bodø/Glimt | 5–0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 Mar | Aalesund – Lillestrøm | 1–3 | 2 | 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 | Penalties a game | Home wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eliteserien | 11 | 3.82 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 45% |
| 2025 | Eliteserien | 10 | 2.30 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 10% |
| 2024 | Eliteserien | 12 | 2.92 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 83% |
| 2024 | 1. Division | 1 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0% |
| 3 seasons | 34 | 3.09 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 47% |
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
- Eliteserien33 games
- 1. Division1 game
See also
Norway: all referees Eliteserien: 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
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