Shinji Murakami

Japan · 29 matches · 2015–2020

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Matches: 292015–2020
Cards/game: 3.0081 in 27 matches
Yellows/reds: 80/181 in 27 matches
Penalties: 55 in 19 matches
Seasons: 52015–2020

Cards are known in 27 of 29 matches (93%), fouls in 27 and penalties in 19. Each average uses only known data — gaps are never filled with zero.

The source lists him as Shinji Murakami, Japan (21) and S. Murakami (8).

Card rate

How does he referee?

The referee in numbers

Card rate very high

3.00 cards per game — 28% above the average in the same leagues and seasons. More likely to issue cards than 99 % of the 1,548 referees we can compare with.

29matchescompleted

2.96yellows per game80 in 27 matches

0.04reds per game1 in 27 matches

24.4fouls per game659 in 27 matches

0.26penalties per game5 in 19 matches

2.69goals per game78 in 29 matches

38 %hemmavinster24 % oavgjorda

Match outcomes

Home 38 %Draw 24 %Away 38 %

Referee DNA

5 of 6 axes have enough coverage for a comparison

Card tendency

3.00on 27 matches

very high

Red cards

0.04on 27 matches

low

Fouls

24.4on 27 matches

normal

Tidiga ingripanden

0.44on 27 matches

normal

Sena ingripanden

1.56on 27 matches

very high

Scale 0–100 · league-adjusted percentile. Each metric shows the referee's average per game.

Shows 42% fewer red cards than the average in the same leagues.
Shows 28% more cards after the hour mark than the average in the same leagues.
Shows 28% more yellows and red cards than the average in the same leagues.

When cards are shown

81 cards in 27 matches

1–15

1 yellows

16–30

11 yellows

31–45

8 yellows

46–60

19 yellows

61–75

17 yellows

76–90+

24 yellows + 1 reds

The first yellow card is shown, on average, in minute 45 (median 46), based on the 26 matches where a yellow card was shown.

yellows reds· cards per 15-minute period · scale 0–25

Assignments

His assignments

Top clashes

He has refereed 3 top clashes. The share is not tested — this requires at least 50 matches in seasons with complete tables. Below that, the share says more about chance than the referee.

Top clashes
Match	Date	Cards
Cerezo Osaka0–2Nagoya GrampusJ1 League	12 juli 2020	3	Open
Cerezo Osaka0–1KashimaJ1 League	6 okt. 2019	2	Open
Kashima1–0Yokohama F. MarinosJ1 League	10 mars 2017	5	Open

Development

Has he changed?

Progress

—

2015

2.40

2016

—

2017

2.82

2019

2.50

2020

Yellow cards per game · scale 0–2.82 · dash = too little data

Season by season, with sample sizes

Season by season
Season	Competition	Matches	With data	Yellow cards	Per game
2015	J1 League	3	3	12	4.00
2016	J1 League	5	5	12	2.40
2017	J1 League	2	2	10	5.00
2019	J1 League	11	11	31	2.82
2020	J1 League	6	6	15	2.50
2020/21	J-League Cup	2	0	—	—

Records and milestones

Most yellows in a match

6yellows

Yokohama F. Marinos3–0Sanfrecce Hiroshima

14 sep. 2019 · highest of 27 matches with data · Open match

Most reds in a match

1reds

Shimizu S-pulse1–2Nagoya Grampus

4 juli 2020 · highest of 27 matches with data · Open match

Most penalties in a match

1penalties

Sagan Tosu3–3Urawa

28 sep. 2019 · highest of 19 matches with data · equalled in 4 more · Open match

Most fouls in a match

35frisparkar

Kashima1–0Yokohama F. Marinos

10 mars 2017 · highest of 27 matches with data · Open match

Longest run with a yellow card

24matches

11 juli 2015 → 22 juli 2020
searched in 27 matches with data · 1 streak was broken by a gap

Longest run without a red card

21matches

11 juli 2015 → 6 okt. 2019
searched in 27 matches with data · 1 streak was broken by a gap

2015First matchMatsumoto Yamaga–Urawa
2015First yellow cardMatsumoto Yamaga–Urawa
2017First penalty (first known)Albirex Niigata–FC Tokyo
2020First red cardShimizu S-pulse–Nagoya Grampus
2020Senaste matchenSanfrecce Hiroshima–Shimizu S-pulse

Most extreme matches

The referee has too few matches with all three metrics for an index. The lists below each sort by one measured value.

Most extreme matches
Match	Date	Yellows	Reds	Penalties	Fouls
Yokohama F. Marinos3–0Sanfrecce HiroshimaJ1 League	14 sep. 2019	6	0	1	34	Open
Shimizu S-pulse1–2Nagoya GrampusJ1 League	4 juli 2020	5	1	0	22	Open
Albirex Niigata0–3FC TokyoJ1 League	22 apr. 2017	5	0	1	33	Open
Kashima1–0Yokohama F. MarinosJ1 League	10 mars 2017	5	0	0	35	Open
Matsumoto Yamaga1–2UrawaJ1 League	11 juli 2015	5	0	—	19	Open
Kashima2–1FC TokyoJ1 League	25 juli 2015	5	0	—	25	Open
Yokohama F. Marinos0–0Sagan TosuJ1 League	29 mars 2019	4	0	0	29	Open
FC Tokyo1–0Vegalta SendaiJ1 League	10 aug. 2019	4	0	1	21	Open
Nagoya Grampus2–3KashimaJ1 League	21 maj 2016	4	0	—	26	Open
Consadole Sapporo0–0Gamba OsakaJ1 League	25 maj 2019	3	0	0	19	Open

Relationships

Who he meets

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Most-booked club

Kashima has received 1.57 yellow cards per game by him — 11 on 7 matches.

Most sendings-off

Nagoya Grampus has received 1 red cards from him over 6 matches.

Signature player

Y. Nogami has received 3 yellow cards from him over 3 matches.

Home versus away

Away teams receive 1.29 times as many yellow cards by him — 1.30 at home against 1.67 away, over 27 matches.

Two reds in the same match

Has refereed 27 matches with card data without ever showing two red cards in one match.

Matches without a yellow card

1 of 27 matches with card data ended without a yellow card — 4 %.

Cards come late

52 % of his cards are issued after the hour mark — 42 of 81. An even distribution would be 33%.

The clubs

18 clubs have encountered this referee, de 12 vanligaste visas

Referee's clubs
Club	Matches	W–D–L	With card data	Yellows against/game	Reds against	Fouls committed/game	Penalties for	Penalties against
Nagoya Grampus	7	5–0–2	6	1.17	1	9.76	0	0	Open
Kashima	7	6–1–0	7	1.57	0	14.37	0	1	Open
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4	1–1–2	4	1.75	0	13.04	0	1	Open
Shimizu S-pulse	4	0–1–3	3	1.67	0	11.73	0	0	Open
Shonan Bellmare	4	2–0–2	4	1.25	0	12.84	0	0	Open
FC Tokyo	4	3–0–1	4	1.25	0	13.04	2	0	Open
Sagan Tosu	4	0–3–1	4	1.50	0	12.54	0	1	Open
Urawa	3	1–1–1	3	2.00	0	11.73	1	0	Open
Cerezo Osaka	3	1–0–2	3	1.33	0	9.33	0	0	Open
Gamba Osaka	3	0–2–1	3	1.00	0	13.73	1	0	Open
Yokohama F. Marinos	3	1–1–1	3	2.33	0	15.33	1	0	Open
Consadole Sapporo	2	0–2–0	1	2.00	0	6.01	0	0	Open

The players

Most yellow cards

by this referee

Y. Nogami3In 3 matches with yellows · known playing time in 3
Y. Soma2In 1 matches with yellows · known playing time in 4
R. Okui2In 2 matches with yellows · known playing time in 3
R. Yamazaki2In 2 matches with yellows · known playing time in 1
M. Kanazaki1In 1 matches with yellows · known playing time in 7

Most red cards