Barring any late changes, Mark Haywood of West Yorkshire will be in the middle for Blues’ Championship game against Watford today. Here is a look at his stats.

Season Performance

Mr Haywood has taken charge of 35 games so far this season and in those games he has shown 101 yellow cards and three reds. Of those games fourteen have been in the Championship and in those games he has shown 52 yellows and one red.

Last Blues Game Refereed

The last game involving Blues that Mr Haywood was in the middle for was the 1-0 home defeat to Bolton Wanderers which marked Lee Clark’s last game in charge. In that game two players were cautioned – Paul Robinson of Blues and Matt Mills of Bolton and Darren Randolph was sent off.

Last Championship Game Refereed

The last game at this level Mr Haywood officiated in was the draw between Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield on Easter Saturday. In that game he booked three players – Mark Hudson, Joel Lynch and Conor Coady all of Huddersfield.

Suspension Watch

One Red Card:
Darren Randolph (one match suspension served),
Wes Thomas (three matches of a three match ban served),
Neal Eardley (one match of a one match ban served),
Stephen Gleeson (three matches of a three match ban served),
Paul Robinson (one match of a one match ban served).

8 Yellow Cards: David Cotterill
7 Yellow Cards: David Davis
6 Yellow Cards: Paul Robinson and Jonathan Grounds
5 Yellow Cards: Robert Tesche
4 Yellow Cards: Paul Caddis
3 Yellow Cards: Andrew Shinnie, Jonathan Spector, Wes Thomas and Stephen Gleeson
2 Yellow Cards: Neal Eardley and Demarai Gray
1 Yellow Card: Koby Arthur, Rob Kiernan, Michael Morrison, Clayton Donaldson, Mitch Hancox, Mark Duffy, Nikola Zigic, Lloyd Dyer and Lee Novak

The last date that five yellow cards will attract a suspension is December 31; for ten yellow cards it is April 12.

All ref stats via Soccerbase

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