That's pretty damning from a refereeing perspective.Referees certainly trying to Relegate us...
Fouls committed by Everton per yellow card
17-18 8.67
18-19 7.73 (-11%)
19-20 6.43 (-17%)
20-21 6.15 (-5%)
21-22 4.40 (a staggering 29% less than last season) half as many fouls per YC compared with 4 years previously.
In other words an Everton foul is twice as likely to incur a Yellow Card compared with 4 seasons ago.
Everton are 15th in the Fouls per game table in the current season yet have the lowest number of fouls per YC - a ludicrous 4.40 per Yellow - this directly contradicts the correlation between low fouls and low number of yellow cards (the other 6 least fouling teams have the 6 lowest ratio per YC, indicative that the least fouling teams get the benefit from refs - excepting Everton, to no one's surprise)
The real headline is statistically we are playing cleaner football and copping more yellows.
Also factoring in that they are handing out yellow cards when are a fouled too, attributing half of the leagues yellows for diving to Everton players.
Everton responsible for HALF of all yellow cards for diving
Anthony Gordon was the latest Everton star to be booked for diving this season during their 2-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday, that left them in the relegation zone.
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