Referees · Scotland
John Beaton: referee stats
John Beaton has refereed 6 league games in the 2026/27 Premiership, with 4.8 yellow and 0.2 red cards a game. That is above the league average this season: 3.6 yellow and 0.2 red a game. The latest game was Aberdeen – St Mirren 3–1 on 17 October (3 yellow, 0 red). John Beaton has refereed 47 league games in our data in three seasons (2024/25–2026/27), 6 of them this season. Cards a game: 3.9 yellow and 0.2 red; the average in the same leagues and seasons was 3.8 yellow and 0.2 red.
Coming matches
The referee as appointed so far; an appointment can still change.
This season's games
| Date | Match | Score | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct | Aberdeen – St Mirren | 3–1 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 Sep | Celtic – Rangers | 0–1 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 Sep | Falkirk – Hearts | 2–1 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 Sep | Aberdeen – Kilmarnock | 0–0 | 8 | 1 |
| 30 Aug | Dundee – Hibernian | 1–2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Aug | St Johnstone – Kilmarnock | 4–3 | 4 | 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 | Premiership | 6 | 4.83 | 0.17 | 50% |
| 2025/26 | Premiership | 20 | 3.95 | 0.15 | 40% |
| 2025/26 | Championship | 1 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0% |
| 2024/25 | Premiership | 19 | 3.47 | 0.16 | 84% |
| 2024/25 | Championship | 1 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 100% |
| 3 seasons | 47 | 3.85 | 0.17 | 60% |
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
- Premiership45 games
- Championship2 games
See also
Scotland: all referees Premiership: 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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