Referees · Norway
Ola Hobber Nilsen: referee stats
Ola Hobber Nilsen has refereed 14 league games in the 2026 Eliteserien, with 3.5 yellow cards, 0.1 red cards and 0.4 penalties a game. That is level with the league average this season: 3.5 yellow and 0.2 red a game. The latest game was Molde – Fredrikstad 5–1 on 25 October (3 yellow, 0 red). Ola Hobber Nilsen has refereed 48 league games in our data in three seasons (2024–2026), 14 of them this season. Cards a game: 3.2 yellow and 0.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct | Molde – Fredrikstad | 5–1 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 Oct | Fredrikstad – Tromsø | 1–1 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 Sep | Start – Brann | 2–0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 Aug | Bodø/Glimt – Rosenborg | 4–2 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 Aug | Ham-Kam – Aalesund | 1–1 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 Jul | Rosenborg – Fredrikstad | 4–0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 Jul | Viking – Sandefjord | 2–1 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 May | Sarpsborg 08 FF – Molde | 2–1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 May | Rosenborg – Lillestrøm | 2–0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 Apr | Bodø/Glimt – Start | 5–0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 Apr | Aalesund – Kristiansund BK | 1–1 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 Apr | Viking – Brann | 3–2 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 Apr | Sarpsborg 08 FF – Bodø/Glimt | 1–1 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 Apr | Tromsø – Rosenborg | 2–0 | 3 | 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 | 14 | 3.50 | 0.07 | 0.43 | 71% |
| 2025 | Eliteserien | 16 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 56% |
| 2024 | Eliteserien | 18 | 3.22 | 0.06 | 0.44 | 44% |
| 3 seasons | 48 | 3.23 | 0.04 | 0.40 | 56% |
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
- Eliteserien48 games
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
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.
