Untold Ref Review: Aston Villa 0 – 1 Manchester City « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News, supporting the club, the players and the manager
Today’s referee is Michael Oliver – A narrow win for City in goals but how did the ref score
| MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Michael Oliver (2012-02-12) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | ||||||
| Min | Type | Foul from | On | C/NC | Comment | Weight |
| 10 | OFFSIDE | Aston Villa | C | assumed correct | 1 | |
| 12 | OTHER | Zabaleta | Albrighton | C | Trip | 1 |
| 14 | OTHER | Heskey | Kolarov | C | Push | 1 |
| 17 | OTHER | De Jongh | Bent | C | Tackle | 1 |
| 17 | YELLOW | De Jongh | NC | Came in from a distance, studs showing and foot above the ball, should have been booked | 2 | |
| 18 | OTHER | Bent | Kompany | C | Push | 1 |
| 24 | OTHER | Barry | Petrov | C | High foot | 1 |
| 35 | OTHER | Kolarov | Heskey | NC | Didn’t see Kolarov doing anything wrong to be honest | 1 |
| 37 | OTHER | De Jongh | Albrighton | NC | Again a dangerous tackle from De Jong with studs showing, ref gives a throw in | 2 |
| 39 | OTHER | Heskey | Barry | C | came in late and pushed him in the back | 1 |
| 45 | OFFSIDE | ManC | C | assumed correct | 1 | |
| 46 | OTHER | Barry | ? | C | trip but advantage given as it was in stoppage time and no City player near | 1 |
| Period 2 | ||||||
| Min | Type | Foul from | On | C/NC | Comment | Weight |
| 47 | OTHER | ? | Barry | NC | late tackle not given | 1 |
| 48 | OTHER | Kompany | Keane | C | Trip | 1 |
| 52 | OTHER | Petrov | Silva | C | Trip | 1 |
| 53 | OTHER | Bent | Zabaleta | C | Trip | 1 |
| 56 | OTHER | Petrov | Silva | C | Trip and ref has a word with Petrov | 1 |
| 62 | OTHER | Petrov | Silva | C | Trip just outside the penalty area | 1 |
| 62 | YELLOW | Petrov | C | A promising attack and Petrov was already warned | 2 | |
| 63 | GOAL | ManC | C | Correct goal | 3 | |
| 67 | OTHER | Dunne | Milner | C | Kick from behind | 1 |
| 67 | YELLOW | Dunne | C | Just kicked the opponent from behind | 2 | |
| 67 | PENALTY | Hutton | C | Handball but he tried to take one arm out of the way but as the cross came behind him it hit his other arm | 3 | |
| 70 | OTHER | Nzogbia | De Jongh | C | Trip | 1 |
| 74 | OTHER | Johnson | Dunne | C | Held him | 1 |
| 78 | OTHER | Bent | De Jongh | C | High foot | 1 |
| 81 | OFFSIDE | ManC | C | assumed correc | 1 | |
| 82 | OTHER | Nzogbia | De Jongh | C | trip | 1 |
| 86 | OTHER | Hutton | Silva | NC | frontal tackle, Silva jumped up not given | 1 |
| 86 | OTHER | Nzogbia | Silva | NC | After escaping the first tackle he gets a push in the back and therefore misses his cross | 1 |
| 88 | OTHER | Nzogbia | De Jongh | C | two footed tackle | 1 |
| 88 | YELLOW | Nzogbia | C | Twenty minutes on the field and 3 fouls and this one a bit dangerous | 2 | |
| 91 | OTHER | Dunne | Silva | NC | trip not given | 1 |
| 92 | OTHER | Dunne | Hart | C | Went in to the keeper after Hart pushed the ball away | 1 |
| 96 | OTHER | Keane | Kolarov | C | Push given by the assistant | 1 |
A game dominated from start to finish by City and the ref was well in control of this game.
The only problem on the field was De Jongh. He did what he is good at making dangerous tackles and the ref didn’t notice it. Or he did notice it and gave a foul but didn’t give the well deserved card. It cost him some points.
| COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Michael Oliver (2012-02-12) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | Called | Total | Correct % |
| OFFSIDE | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
| OTHER | 7 | 9 | 77.78 |
| YELLOW | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| TOTAL | 9 | 12 | 75.00 |
| WEIGHTED | 9 | 13 | 69.23 |
| Period 2 | Called | Total | Correct % |
| GOAL | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| OFFSIDE | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| OTHER | 13 | 17 | 76.47 |
| PENALTY | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| YELLOW | 3 | 3 | 100.00 |
| TOTAL | 19 | 23 | 82.61 |
| WEIGHTED | 24 | 28 | 85.71 |
| Totals | Called | Total | Correct % |
| GOAL | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| OFFSIDE | 3 | 3 | 100.00 |
| OTHER | 20 | 26 | 76.92 |
| PENALTY | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| YELLOW | 3 | 4 | 75.00 |
| TOTAL | 28 | 35 | 80.00 |
| WEIGHTED | 33 | 41 | 80.49 |
But with a score of around 80% in total the ref had a fair game if you look at the calls made. In total only 7 wrong calls in this game and that is not bad.
| BIAS SUMMARY – Michael Oliver (2012-02-12) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | Aston Villa | % | Manchester City | % | Total |
| Correct For | 5 | 55.56 | 4 | 44.44 | 9 |
| Correct For Weighted | 5 | 55.56 | 4 | 44.44 | 9 |
| Incorrect Against | 2 | 66.67 | 1 | 33.33 | 3 |
| Incorrect Against Weighted | 4 | 80.00 | 1 | 20.00 | 5 |
| Fouls Commited | 4 | 40.00 | 6 | 60.00 | 10 |
| Fouls Penalised | 4 | 100.00 | 5 | 83.33 | 9 |
| Period 2 | Aston Villa | % | Manchester City | % | Total |
| Correct For | 4 | 21.05 | 15 | 78.95 | 19 |
| Correct For Weighted | 6 | 23.08 | 20 | 76.92 | 26 |
| Incorrect Against | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 100.00 | 4 |
| Incorrect Against Weighted | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 100.00 | 4 |
| Fouls Commited | 15 | 83.33 | 3 | 16.67 | 18 |
| Fouls Penalised | 11 | 73.33 | 3 | 100.00 | 14 |
| Totals | Aston Villa | % | Manchester City | % | Total |
| Correct For | 9 | 32.14 | 19 | 67.86 | 28 |
| Correct For Weighted | 11 | 31.43 | 24 | 68.57 | 35 |
| Incorrect Against | 2 | 28.57 | 5 | 71.43 | 7 |
| Incorrect Against Weighted | 4 | 44.44 | 5 | 55.56 | 9 |
| Fouls Commited | 19 | 67.86 | 9 | 32.14 | 28 |
| Fouls Penalised | 15 | 78.95 | 8 | 88.89 | 23 |
If take a look at the bias we can see that most of the wrong calls were in favour of Aston Villa. But if we give the weight on the decisions we see that the bias is 55/45 in favour of the home team and this is a rather balanced outcome.
So all in all a good performance from the ref and with not much bias in it.
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