Every Lorient game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample Lorient are 34-46 (42.5%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.
#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 Lorient compares in one-goal matches vs the full sample. Based on verified match results.
Close games (≤1 goal margin)
65 of 112 games match this window
Avg combined goals
Close-match avg
2.4
Season avg
3
Pressure impact
-0.6
Avg cards
Close-match avg
24
Season avg
23.8
Pressure impact
+0.2
Over rate
Close-match avg
46.2%
Season avg
56.3%
Pressure impact
-10.1 pp
Over benchmark: 2.7 combined goals · Seasons: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 112 total games in sample
What am I looking at?
Individual refs: stats for one official across all Lorient games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: Lorient went 34-46 (42.5%) 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 Lorient.
Scores, fouls, cards, and referee assignments from ESPN (1363 games, 132 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 I1 CSVs lack a Referee column and are not used. Matrix: 372/518 ref×team pairs with 3+ games. 315 games skipped (no official listed).
