Referees · Spain
Miguel Sesma Espinosa: referee stats
Miguel Sesma Espinosa has refereed 6 league games in the 2026/27 La Liga, with 4.3 yellow cards, 0.7 red cards and 1.0 penalties a game. That is below the league average this season: 4.6 yellow and 0.3 red a game. The latest game was Rayo Vallecano – Elche 0–3 on 24 October (6 yellow, 0 red). Miguel Sesma Espinosa has refereed 49 league games in our data in three seasons (2024/25–2026/27), 6 of them this season. Cards a game: 4.2 yellow and 0.2 red; the average in the same leagues and seasons was 4.6 yellow and 0.3 red.
This season's games
| Date | Match | Score | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct | Rayo Vallecano – Elche | 0–3 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 Oct | Real Sociedad – Deportivo La Coruña | 3–2 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 Sep | Alavés – Valencia | 0–1 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 Sep | Espanyol – Sevilla | 1–1 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 Aug | Celta – Osasuna | 1–2 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 Aug | Racing Santander – Villarreal | 2–2 | 6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | La Liga | 6 | 4.33 | 0.67 | 1.00 | 17% |
| 2025/26 | La Liga | 20 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 60% |
| 2024/25 | Segunda División | 23 | 4.70 | 0.17 | 0.57 | 48% |
| 3 seasons | 49 | 4.20 | 0.16 | 0.47 | 49% |
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
- La Liga26 games
- Segunda División23 games
See also
Spain: all referees La Liga: 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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