Referees · Netherlands
Richard Martens: referee stats
Richard Martens has refereed 6 league games in the 2026/27 season, with 3.5 yellow cards, 0.2 red cards and 0.8 penalties a game. That is above the same leagues' average this season: 3.1 yellow and 0.1 red a game. The latest game was Excelsior – Groningen 1–5 on 11 October (2 yellow, 0 red). Richard Martens has refereed 37 league games in our data in three seasons (2024/25–2026/27), 6 of them this season. Cards a game: 3.6 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 | League | Match | Score | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct | Eredivisie | Excelsior – Groningen | 1–5 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 Sep | Eerste Divisie | Waalwijk – MVV | 6–1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 Sep | Eredivisie | Twente – Telstar | 1–0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 Aug | Eredivisie | Heerenveen – Zwolle | 0–2 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 Aug | Eerste Divisie | Waalwijk – Dordrecht | 2–2 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 Aug | Eerste Divisie | Vitesse – Waalwijk | 1–1 | 5 | 1 |
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 | Eredivisie | 3 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 33% |
| 2026/27 | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 4.00 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 33% |
| 2025/26 | Eredivisie | 8 | 3.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 75% |
| 2025/26 | Eerste Divisie | 13 | 3.38 | 0.08 | 0.31 | 38% |
| 2024/25 | Eredivisie | 4 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 25% |
| 2024/25 | Eerste Divisie | 6 | 4.83 | 0.33 | 0.83 | 83% |
| 3 seasons | 37 | 3.57 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 51% |
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
- Eerste Divisie22 games
- Eredivisie15 games
See also
Netherlands: all referees Eredivisie: 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.
