RefWatch – Howard Webb, Liverpool Vs Arsenal (02-09-2012 – 13:30) « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News. 800,000 visits last month
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- Referee: Howard Webb
- Assistant 1: Mike Mullarkey
- Assistant 2: Darren Cann
- 4th Official: Phil Dowd
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Asian Handicap (betting line) market:
| Home | Handicap | Away |
|---|---|---|
| 2.025 | 0 – 1/2 | 1.875 |
The Under/Over market:
| Over | Handicap | Under |
|---|---|---|
| 1.950 | 2 1/2 | 1.950 |
Let’s have a look at the Referee:
- Full name: Howard Melton Webb
- Date of birth: 14-Jul-1971 (Age 41)
- Place of birth: Rotherham
- Resides: South Yorkshire
- EPL Referee Since: 2002/2003
- EPL Games to date: 266
Mike Mullarkey – Howard Webb – Darren Cann
It’s Howard Webb again… you remember him and his assistants from the world cup final – aren’t we lucky to have the A team out for this match as these guys are clearly regarded as the best of the best by the PGMOL – you can check out some of Howard Webb’s chequered history right here in this selection of referee reviews through the ages of Untold:
Let’s check out his stats!
Howard Webb has had 27 games for Liverpool consisting of 12 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses.
Liverpool are currently in 8th in Howard Webb’s personal Points Per Game League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the EPL, with an average of 1.56 PPG.
In Howard Webb’s personal Handicap Swing League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the EPL, Liverpool come 10th with an average positive swing of 0.12.
Liverpool are currently in 5th in Howard Webb’s personal Booking’s Per Match League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the EPL, with an overall average of 1.30 BPM.
In Howard Webb’s personal Fouls Per Booking League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the EPL, Liverpool come 7th with an overall average of 9.17 FPB.
Liverpool appear to have less bookings per foul on average than their opposition for all seasons barring 2006/2007 under Howard Webb however their points tally and performance against the betting line (or handicap) appears to have gone steadily downhill since then.
Above is a seasonal breakdown on how, when and where Liverpool took all their bookings under Howard Webb.
Above is a seasonal breakdown on how, when and where Liverpool’s opposition took all their bookings under Howard Webb.
Howard Webb has had 25 games for Arsenal consisting of 11 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses.
Arsenal are currently in 6th in Howard Webb’s personal Points Per Game League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the EPL, with an average of 1.64 PPG.
In Howard Webb’s personal Handicap Swing League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the EPL, Arsenal come 19th with an average negative swing of -0.30.
Arsenal are currently in 28th in Howard Webb’s personal Booking’s Per Match League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the EPL, with an overall average of 2.44 BPM.
In Howard Webb’s personal Fouls Per Booking League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the EPL, Arsenal come 29th with an overall average of 5.02 FPB.
As we can see, Arsenal have been booked fairly consistently more per foul than their opposition by Howard Webb since 2006/2007. Arsenal have performed pretty much on or below handicap under Howard Webb – there does not seem to be any season since 2006/2007 where Arsenal have over performed against the betting line.
Above is a seasonal breakdown on how, when and where Arsenal took all their bookings under Howard Webb.
Above is a seasonal breakdown on how, when and where Arsenal’s opposition took all their bookings under Howard Webb.
Lets look at the referee review data for Howard Webb’s games against Liverpool and Arsenal:
Well it seems that neither Liverpool or Arsenal have had any ‘luck’ under Howard Webb last season – although it does seem that Arsenal had a good deal more ‘bad luck’ than all the ‘bad luck’ Liverpool had to deal with… still – it all evens out at the end of the day I’m sure.
Let’s move on now to check out how Howard Webb performs against selected teams in the EPL:
The Manchester clubs look to be the consistent performers under Howard Webb, Arsenal do OK in comparison to Chelsea and Liverpool but not that great in the grand scheme of things.
It’s hard to predict how Howard Webb is going to perform tomorrow, even without the complication of a ‘Super Sunday’ market exposure – let’s hope that we have a fair flowing game where we hardly notice his presence and the best team win… if not – well, there’s always the Referee Review to come to highlight every flaw, who knows – maybe some of that luck might just start to even out for one of the teams?