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Nabil Bensalah

Referee · MLS · 8 games on file, 27 Sep 25 to 17 Oct 26

3.9 Cards / game
3.8 Yellow / game
0.12 Red / game
9.6 Corners / game
2.00 Goals / game

Home / away card split

Cards aren’t entirely a referee’s own doing, since different teams sit either side every match, but a persistent lean here is a genuine pattern in how this official is appointed and how they officiate.

Home cards/game 1.62
Away cards/game 2.25

Leans 0.6 more cards/game on the away side.

Every game by season

All 8 games on file, newest season first, with cards per game next to the league average for that season.

2026 · MLS6 games
Games 6
Cards / game 3.3 League avg: 4.20
Goals / game 2.33 League avg: 3.25
DateFixtureScoreHome Y/RAway Y/R
17 Oct 26 New England Revolution vs Chicago Fire 1–0 1/0 1/0
27 Sep 26 Seattle Sounders vs Minnesota United 3–1 2/0 2/0
26 Jul 26 St. Louis City vs Colorado Rapids 1–0 1/0 3/1
24 May 26 Sporting Kansas City vs New York Red Bulls 1–2 1/0 2/0
19 Apr 26 Minnesota United vs Portland Timbers 2–0 2/0 0/0
21 Mar 26 Philadelphia Union vs Chicago Fire 1–2 1/0 3/0
2025 · MLS2 games
Games 2
Cards / game 5.5 League avg: 4.36
Goals / game 1.00 League avg: 3.00
DateFixtureScoreHome Y/RAway Y/R
19 Oct 25 Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo 0–0 2/0 4/0
27 Sep 25 New England Revolution vs Atlanta United 2–0 3/0 2/0

Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.

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