Every Real Madrid game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample Real Madrid are 109-26-20 (70.3%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.
Updated Aug 26, 2026, 11:44 p.m.·2021-2026 (2022-04-02 – 2026-05-23)
Real Madrid record: 109-26-20 (70.3%)
Qualified refs in this table account for 109 of 155 team matches (70%) 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 Real Madrid compares in one-goal matches vs the full sample. Based on verified match results.
Close games (≤1 goal margin)
82 of 155 games match this window
Avg combined goals
Close-match avg
2.5
Season avg
3
Pressure impact
-0.5
Avg cards
Close-match avg
23.7
Season avg
23.1
Pressure impact
+0.6
Over rate
Close-match avg
17.1%
Season avg
31.6%
Pressure impact
-14.5 pp
Over benchmark: 3 combined goals · Seasons: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 155 total games in sample
What am I looking at?
Individual refs: stats for one official across all Real Madrid games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: Real Madrid went 109-26-20 (70.3%) 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 Real Madrid.
Scores, fouls, cards, and referee assignments from ESPN (1546 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: 472/634 ref×team pairs with 3+ games. 354 games skipped (no official listed). Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.