Untold Ref Review: Fulham 1 – 1 Chelsea.

This article is part of a series in which a team of referees analyse the work of refs in Premier League matches. Our figures show that when we analyse the errors made by refs, there are consistent trends which do not “even out” through the season, as some commentators would have it.

Today’s referee is Mark Clattenburg -

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Mark Clattenburg (2012-04-09)
Period 1
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
6	OTHER	Diarra	Lampard	C	Trip	1
12	OTHER	Mereiles	Frei	C	Trip	1
12	YELLOW	Mereiles		C	Only second foul of the game, could have been a yellow, ref gives Mereiles a warning. Can be defended	2
15	OTHER	Mikel	Dempsey	C	Trip	1
19	OTHER	Mereiles	Diarra	C	Trip	1
19	YELLOW	Mereiles		NC	Was already warned and kicked the ball away, should have been a yellow	2
20	OTHER	Torres	Murphy	C	came in the back	1
22	OTHER	Lampard	Duff	NC	Not given trip	1
23	OTHER	Mereiles	Hangeland	C	push	1
24	OTHER	Mereiles	Riise	NC	A clear dive from Riisse, diffictult to see from the ref his angle	1
24	YELLOW	Mereiles		NC	He should have gotten it earlier, but not for this as it wasn’t a foul	2
29	OTHER	Duff	Kalou	C	Trip	1
33	PENALTY	Kelly		C	Touched his hand, but he tried to get his hand out of the way, correct non decision	3
37	OFFSIDE	Chelsea		C	assumed correct	1
39	OTHER	Lampard	Dembele	C	Trip	1
41	OTHER	Cahill	Diarra	C	Frontal tackle	1
41	YELLOW	Cahill		C	Two footed tackle, correct card, feet on the ground	2
44	PENALTY	Murphy	Kalou	C	Frontal tackle in the penalty area	3
45	GOAL	Chelsea		C	correct goal	3
Period 2
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
49	OTHER	Dempsey		C	Handball	1
50	PENALTY	Hangeland	Lampard	C	There is no conclusive evidence from the replays that it was a clear push. Decision on the field stands	3
54	OTHER	Lampard	Murphy	C	pulled his shirt	1
55	OTHER	Hangeland	Kalou	NC	not given trip with the second leg	1
58	OTHER	Mikel	Frei	C	Trip	1
58	YELLOW	Mikel		C	cynical foul, promising attack	2
59	OTHER	Ivanovic	Frei	C	push	1
61	OTHER	Torres	Hangeland	C	assumed correct	1
61	OTHER	Bertrand	Duff	C	Trip	1
62	OFFSIDE	Fulham		C	correct	1
63	OTHER	Murphy	Lampard	C	Trip	1
63	YELLOW	Murphy		C	tackle from behind, came late	2
71	OTHER	Lampard	Dempsey	C	kick	1
71	OFFSIDE	Fulham		C	assumed correct	1
74	OTHER	Bertrand	Duff	C	Trip	1
75	OTHER	Mikel	Etuhu	C	came in from behind	1
77	OFFSIDE	Fulham		C	assumed correct	1
77	OFFSIDE	Chelsea		C	assumed correct	1
82	GOAL	Fulham		C	correct goal	3
84	OTHER	Mikel	Dempsey	NC	Pull not given	1
87	OFFSIDE	Fulham		C	assumed correct	1
93	OTHER	Sa	Cahill	C	assumed correct	1

What can you say about that. A good first half performance from the ref. Fulham were not happy with the penalty he gave at the end of the first half. But I thought the ref was just being consistent. Minutes before the penalty, he called a foul from Cahill who jumped in with two feet towards an opponent. He gave that foul and even a yellow because he came in launching himself onto the opposition player.

Murphy did almost the same (a two footed tackle on Kalou) and he hit him on the shin. As this was a foul in the penalty area the ref, could only give a penalty. No card, as it wasn’t a real launch. But it was a foul. Later on, another replay showed that Kelly also made contact with the left leg of Kalou. So either way a great spot from the ref.

In the second half, the ref became even better and got a very high score.

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Mark Clattenburg (2012-04-09)
Period 1	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	1	1	100.00
OFFSIDE	1	1	100.00
OTHER	9	11	81.82
PENALTY	2	2	100.00
YELLOW	2	4	50.00
TOTAL	15	19	78.95
WEIGHTED	21	27	77.78
Period 2	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	1	1	100.00
OFFSIDE	5	5	100.00
OTHER	11	13	84.62
PENALTY	1	1	100.00
YELLOW	2	2	100.00
TOTAL	20	22	90.91
WEIGHTED	26	28	92.86
Totals	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	2	2	100.00
OFFSIDE	6	6	100.00
OTHER	20	24	83.33
PENALTY	3	3	100.00
YELLOW	4	6	66.67
TOTAL	35	41	85.37
WEIGHTED	47	55	85.45

So his final score was well above 80%, doesn’t matter from which angle you look at it.

BIAS SUMMARY – Mark Clattenburg (2012-04-09)
Period 1	Fulham	%	Chelsea	%	Total
Correct For	10	66.67	5	33.33	15
Correct For Weighted	13	56.52	10	43.48	23
Incorrect Against	2	50.00	2	50.00	4
Incorrect Against Weighted	3	50.00	3	50.00	6
Fouls Commited	4	30.77	9	69.23	13
Fouls Penalised	3	75.00	8	88.89	11
Period 2	Fulham	%	Chelsea	%	Total
Correct For	12	60.00	8	40.00	20
Correct For Weighted	17	65.38	9	34.62	26
Incorrect Against	1	50.00	1	50.00	2
Incorrect Against Weighted	1	50.00	1	50.00	2
Fouls Commited	8	44.44	10	55.56	18
Fouls Penalised	7	87.50	9	90.00	16
Totals	Fulham	%	Chelsea	%	Total
Correct For	22	62.86	13	37.14	35
Correct For Weighted	30	61.22	19	38.78	49
Incorrect Against	3	50.00	3	50.00	6
Incorrect Against Weighted	4	50.00	4	50.00	8
Fouls Commited	12	38.71	19	61.29	31
Fouls Penalised	10	83.33	17	89.47	27

And maybe the best part of this ref is that despite the fact that he will make mistakes and wrong calls, he is a ref that usually manages to split them rather even over both teams. And once again he comes up with a what one could call a perfect bias score of 3 wrong calls against each team.