Every Athletic Club game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample Athletic Club are 67-40-49 (42.9%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.
Qualified refs in this table account for 87 of 156 team matches (56%) in this sample. Table lists refs with 8+ games.
#RefWin ratevs baselineClose gamesOpponent whistle volume minus team volume per game. Positive means your team is whistled less (or the opponent more), a favorable minors/flags edge.
How Athletic Club compares in one-goal matches vs the full sample. Based on verified match results.
Close games (≤1 goal margin)
105 of 156 games match this window
Avg combined goals
Close-match avg
2
Season avg
2.4
Pressure impact
-0.4
Avg cards
Close-match avg
24.7
Season avg
24.5
Pressure impact
+0.2
Over rate
Close-match avg
35.2%
Season avg
41.7%
Pressure impact
-6.5 pp
Over benchmark: 2.4 combined goals · Seasons: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 156 total games in sample
What am I looking at?
Individual refs: stats for one official across all Athletic Club games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: Athletic Club went 67-40-49 (42.9%) 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 Athletic Club.
Scores, fouls, cards, and referee assignments from ESPN (1551 games, 183 with sportsbook totals). Referee coverage only where ESPN lists gameInfo.officials (2021-22 onward); games without referee names are excluded entirely. football-data.co.uk SP1 CSVs lack a Referee column and are not used. Matrix: 473/640 ref×team pairs with 3+ games. 349 games skipped (no official listed). Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.