José María Sánchez Martínez
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He has refereed 5 league Clásicos and 2 cup or Super Cup Clásicos. He has refereed 215 matches in La Liga from 2015/16 to 2025/26. With him, Madrid took 73 points where the odds expected 69.5; Barça took 68 where they expected 58.5.
His Clásicos
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Real Madrid
0-4 
FC Barcelona Match details Goalscorers
Real Madrid
No goals scored.
FC Barcelona
- Robert Lewandowski54'
- Robert Lewandowski56'
- Lamine Yamal77'
- Raphinha84'
Assists are not recorded in our sources for this match.
Cards
Cards Cards Yellow cards 2 5 Red cards 0 0 Season: 2024/25
Sources: Wikipedia, List of El Clásico matches; Wikipedia, 2024–25 FC Barcelona season; football-data.co.uk, 2024-25; El Colegiado, matchs.csv
Santiago Bernabéu
Underdog won
Before kick-off: Madrid 47%, draw 24%, Barça 29%
Penalties 0–0.
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Real Madrid
3-1 FC Barcelona Match details Goalscorers
Real Madrid
- Karim Benzema12'
- Federico Valverde35'
- RodrygoPenalty90+1'
FC Barcelona
- Ferran Torres83'
Assists are not recorded in our sources for this match.
Cards
Cards Cards Yellow cards 2 2 Red cards 0 0 Season: 2022/23
Sources: Wikipedia, List of El Clásico matches; Wikipedia, 2022–23 FC Barcelona season; football-data.co.uk, 2022-23; El Colegiado, matchs.csv
Santiago Bernabéu
Before kick-off: Madrid 42%, draw 26%, Barça 32%
Penalties 1–0.
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FC Barcelona
1-2 Real Madrid Match details Goalscorers
FC Barcelona
- Sergio Agüero90+7'
Real Madrid
- David Alaba32'
- Lucas Vázquez90+4'
Assists are not recorded in our sources for this match.
Cards
Cards Cards Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0 Season: 2021/22
Sources: Wikipedia, List of El Clásico matches; Wikipedia, 2021–22 FC Barcelona season; football-data.co.uk, 2021-22; El Colegiado, matchs.csv
Camp Nou
Before kick-off: Barça 35%, draw 26%, Madrid 39%
Penalties 0–0.
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Real Madrid
0-3 FC Barcelona Match details Goalscorers
Real Madrid
No goals scored.
FC Barcelona
- Luis Suárez50'
- Raphaël VaraneOwn goal69'
- Luis SuárezPenalty73'
Assists are not recorded in our sources for this match.
Cards
Card totals are not available for this match.
Season: 2018/19
Sources: Wikipedia, 2018–19 Copa del Rey; Wikipedia, List of El Clásico matches
Semi-final, second leg, Santiago Bernabéu
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FC Barcelona
5-1 Real Madrid Match details Goalscorers
FC Barcelona
- Philippe Coutinho11'
- Luis SuárezPenalty30'
- Luis Suárez75'
- Luis Suárez83'
- Arturo Vidal87'
Real Madrid
- Marcelo50'
Assists are not recorded in our sources for this match.
Cards
Cards Cards Yellow cards 2 2 Red cards 0 0 Season: 2018/19
Sources: Wikipedia, List of El Clásico matches; Wikipedia, 2018–19 FC Barcelona season; football-data.co.uk, 2018-19; El Colegiado, matchs.csv
Camp Nou
Before kick-off: Barça 48%, draw 26%, Madrid 26%
Penalties 1–0.
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Real Madrid
0-3 FC Barcelona Match details Goalscorers
Real Madrid
No goals scored.
FC Barcelona
- Luis Suárez54'
- Lionel MessiPenalty64'
- Aleix Vidal90+3'
Assists are not recorded in our sources for this match.
Cards
Cards Cards Yellow cards 2 2 Red cards 1 0 Season: 2017/18
Sources: Wikipedia, List of El Clásico matches; Wikipedia, 2017–18 FC Barcelona season; football-data.co.uk, 2017-18; El Colegiado, matchs.csv
Santiago Bernabéu
Underdog won
Before kick-off: Madrid 46%, draw 24%, Barça 30%
Penalties 0–1.
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Real Madrid
2-0 FC Barcelona Match details Goalscorers
Real Madrid
- Marco Asensio4'
- Karim Benzema39'
FC Barcelona
No goals scored.
Assists are not recorded in our sources for this match.
Cards
Card totals are not available for this match.
Season: 2017/18
Sources: Wikipedia, 2017 Supercopa de España; Wikipedia, List of El Clásico matches
Final, second leg, Santiago Bernabéu
With each club
All his La Liga games with each club, 2015/16 to 2025/26.
| Real Madrid | FC Barcelona | |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | games with him | 29 |
| 22–7–6 | won–drew–lost | 22–2–5 |
| 73 | points won | 68 |
| 69.5 | points the odds expected | 58.5 |
| 5 usual: 8.5 | penalties won | 6 usual: 6.3 |
| 3 usual: 4.1 | penalties conceded | 3 usual: 2.2 |
"Usual" is the club's rate with other referees in the same seasons, scaled to these games.
Cards and penalties in all his league games
- yellow cards per game
- 5.42
- league average 4.91
- red cards per game
- 0.24
- league average 0.24
- penalties per game
- 0.28
- league average 0.31
More cards can reflect the games he was given, not only how he referees.
Penalty data is missing for 3 of his games.
Every game with each club
Real Madrid won 22; the odds expected about 21
Show the games
Real Madrid
- Real Madrid 3–0 Levante won
- Valencia 2–2 Real Madrid drew
- Real Madrid 4–0 Eibar won
- Alavés 1–4 Real Madrid won
- Real Madrid 3–0 Alavés won
- Deportivo La Coruña 2–6 Real Madrid won
- Real Madrid 3–0 Las Palmas won
- Real Madrid 0–3 FC Barcelona lost Clásico
- Espanyol 1–0 Real Madrid lost
- Villarreal 2–2 Real Madrid drew
- FC Barcelona 5–1 Real Madrid lost Clásico
- Real Madrid 0–0 Real Betis drew
- Valencia 1–1 Real Madrid drew
- Real Madrid 3–0 Valencia won
- Sevilla 0–1 Real Madrid won
- Real Madrid 2–0 Valencia won
- Getafe 0–0 Real Madrid drew
- Real Madrid 5–2 Celta Vigo won
- FC Barcelona 1–2 Real Madrid won Clásico
- Real Madrid 2–1 Sevilla won
- Villarreal 0–0 Real Madrid drew
- Mallorca 0–3 Real Madrid won
- Real Madrid 2–1 Real Betis won
- Real Madrid 3–1 FC Barcelona won Clásico
- Athletic Club 0–2 Real Madrid won
- Almería 1–3 Real Madrid won
- Real Madrid 5–1 Valencia won
- Real Madrid 1–1 Atlético Madrid drew
- Mallorca 0–1 Real Madrid won
- Real Madrid 0–4 FC Barcelona lost Clásico
- Athletic Club 2–1 Real Madrid lost
- Getafe 0–1 Real Madrid won
- Real Madrid 2–1 Mallorca won
- Mallorca 2–1 Real Madrid lost
- Sevilla 0–1 Real Madrid won
FC Barcelona
- FC Barcelona 2–2 Deportivo La Coruña drew
- Villarreal 2–2 FC Barcelona drew
- FC Barcelona 4–0 Deportivo La Coruña won
- Eibar 0–4 FC Barcelona won
- FC Barcelona 6–1 Sporting Gijón won
- FC Barcelona 4–1 Villarreal won
- Girona 0–3 FC Barcelona won
- Real Madrid 0–3 FC Barcelona won Clásico
- FC Barcelona 5–1 Villarreal won
- FC Barcelona 3–0 Alavés won
- FC Barcelona 5–1 Real Madrid won Clásico
- Celta Vigo 2–0 FC Barcelona lost
- FC Barcelona 5–2 Valencia won
- Real Betis 2–3 FC Barcelona won
- FC Barcelona 1–2 Osasuna lost
- FC Barcelona 2–1 Real Sociedad won
- Valencia 2–3 FC Barcelona won
- FC Barcelona 1–2 Real Madrid lost Clásico
- FC Barcelona 1–0 Sevilla won
- Real Madrid 3–1 FC Barcelona lost Clásico
- FC Barcelona 3–0 Sevilla won
- FC Barcelona 1–0 Atlético Madrid won
- FC Barcelona 5–0 Real Betis won
- FC Barcelona 1–0 Atlético Madrid won
- Atlético Madrid 0–3 FC Barcelona won
- Valencia 1–2 FC Barcelona won
- Real Madrid 0–4 FC Barcelona won Clásico
- FC Barcelona 4–0 Athletic Club won
- Alavés 1–0 FC Barcelona lost
How to read the numbers
Expected points and expected wins come from the pre-match betting odds with the bookmaker margin removed. Like every figure here they are recorded outcomes: they do not establish decision accuracy or anything about a referee's intent. Small samples produce extreme rates, so treat anything under 15 games cautiously.
Across the 23 current referee and club outcome tests, the smallest adjusted q-value is 0.094. None is below 0.05, so no referee's record here is statistically distinguishable from chance at the usual threshold. That is not the same as proving every effect is zero.
Sources
- El Colegiado, La Liga refereeing data (matches, odds, cards, penalties; CC BY-NC 4.0 and CC BY-SA 4.0, with data from football-data.co.uk)
- El Colegiado, methodology
- RFEF CTA, current referee list
- football-data.co.uk, La Liga results and pre-match odds
- Wikipedia, Clásico match reports and cup results (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Penalties from 2022/23 come from Wikipedia match reports and may miss some.
Fan project. Figures are recorded outcomes computed from El Colegiado's open data. They describe statistical deviations and are not evidence of misconduct by any referee. Club colours are used for identification only.