Skip to content
EPL slate

EPL insights

Tendency index, league-wide trends, and ranked dataset findings in one place.

Showing Last 10 seasons (2016-08-13 – 2026-05-24)

Historical scoring and whistle tendencies across qualified officials. Descriptive associations with league baselines, not predictions. Sample: 48 officials (2016-08-13 – 2026-05-24).

Who moves the goals?

The 31 referees with 30+ games, ranked by historical associations in their games.

  • Biggest scoring bump

    Michael Salisbury
    +0.5 G

    He averages 0.5 more combined goals than the league baseline in his games.

  • Highest historical over-rate vs baseline

    Sam Barrott
    66.1%

    Line benchmark is 2.5 combined goals; he clears it more often than peers in this sample.

  • Heaviest fouls ref

    Michael Jones
    +2.5

    He runs 2.5 fouls called above average per game.

1 of 31 referees associate with higher scoring. 2 associate with lower totals. Numbers describe past games, not predictions for tonight.

Click column headers to sort. Historical tendencies vs league baseline, descriptive only, not picks.

Over rate uses 2.5 combined goals benchmark.

#OfficialSignals
161+0.5+1.365.6%1 notable
285+0.3-1.560.0%1 notable
362+0.3-1.366.1%1 notable
4164+0.2-2.956.7%2 notable
5295+0.2-0.358.6%1 notable
699+0.2+0.454.5%
7287+0.2+0.358.9%1 notable
8133+0.1+1.657.9%1 notable
9160+0.1-0.254.4%
1084+0.1+0.356.0%1 notable
1144+0.1-1.461.4%1 notable
12139+0.1+0.253.2%
13100+0.0-1.458.0%1 notable
1430+0.0+2.556.7%2 notable
15190+0.0+0.655.8%
16195+0.0-1.055.9%
17229-0.1+1.252.8%
18112-0.1+2.053.6%
19136-0.1-1.050.0%
20110-0.1+1.155.5%
2139-0.1+0.653.8%
2249-0.1+1.846.9%
2348-0.1+0.247.9%
24193-0.2-0.349.2%
2574-0.2+0.350.0%
26168-0.2-1.353.6%
27162-0.2-0.345.7%
28115-0.2+0.252.2%
2952-0.2+0.950.0%
3036-0.4-1.444.4%
3150-0.5+1.736.0%1 notable

Ref Watch Pro (coming soon), automated slate alerts, deeper crew reunion stats, and expanded officiating intelligence feeds.

EPL insights | Ref Watch