PSG / Toulouse – Hakim Ben El Hadj referee of the match, yellows and few reds
This Wednesday, as part of of the 5th day of Ligue 1 2022-2023Paris Saint-Germain (1st) will face Toulouse (5th) at the Stadium (kick-off at 8:45 p.m., broadcast on Canal+Foot). The referee of the meeting has been chosen, it will be Hakim Ben El Hadj (44 years old). Which has a rather limited experience in Ligue 1, with only 95 games.
The man with the whistle will be assisted by Gwenaël Pasqualotti and Huseyin Ocak. As for the role of 4th referee, it will be occupied by Samir Zolota. And video assistance will be provided by Johan Hamel and William Lavis.
With Mr. Ben El Hadj at the whistle, we can expect the yellow cards to be distributed rather quickly but without exaggeration during the match. Indeed, while the national average per match is 3.68 (standard deviation of 0.16), Saturday’s referee gave 3.84 yellow per game on average throughout his career in Ligue 1 (figures Transfermarkt). He is therefore relatively calm on this aspect.
The man with the whistle this Saturday is on the other hand very calm on the side of exclusions, since he has a very limited tendency in terms of distributing direct red cards. Indeed, Ben El Hadj is at 0.12 exclusion per match in his career while the national average per match is also 0.17 (standard deviation of 0.05). He’s a bit above average in avoiding, but pretty calm about everything else.
Moreover, H.Ben El Hadj is also very calm on the second yellow cards, since he gave a second warning to the same player 0.09 times per game on average. Which is much higher than the national average, which is at 0.08 (standard deviation of 0.01). He’s a fairly measured referee, not too harsh, but he can distribute yellow cards to enforce the laws of the game. Finally, in terms of penalties, the man with the whistle on Saturday is still much lower than average with 0.27 penalty whistled per match, whereas in Ligue 1 the average is 0.33 (standard deviation of 0.06).