EPL08/21
Ref×team split · N=14
Southampton
How the Southampton play under each referee
Every Southampton game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Southampton are 72-77-155 (23.7%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.
Standout team-official split
The strongest verified team-official win-rate pattern for the Southampton in the current sample.
Qualified refs in this table account for 235 of 304 team matches (77%) in this sample. Table lists refs with 8+ games.
Close-match proxy
How Southampton compares in one-goal matches vs the full sample. Based on verified match results.
Close games (≤1 goal margin)
191 of 304 games match this window
Avg combined goals
- Close-match avg
- 2.3
- Season avg
- 2.8
- Pressure impact
- -0.5
Avg cards
- Close-match avg
- 22.5
- Season avg
- 21.9
- Pressure impact
- +0.6
Over rate
- Close-match avg
- 42.9%
- Season avg
- 53.9%
- Pressure impact
- -11.0 pp
Over benchmark: 2.8 combined goals · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 304 total games in sample
What am I looking at?
- Individual refs: stats for one official across all Southampton games they worked, even with different partners.
- Team baseline: the Southampton went 72-77-155 (23.7%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
- Whistle differential: who gets called more. A positive number means opponents are whistled more often than the Southampton.
Goals, fouls, and cards from football-data.co.uk match archives (3800 games, 10 seasons). Over/under vs the 2.5-goal line. 0 rows skipped. Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.