José Armando Torres Bessa

15 games refereed · from 16/08/2025 to 12/09/2026

Primeira Liga · 15

Cards per game

6.47

+1.93 vs league average: 4.54

Yellow cards per game

6.13

+1.81 vs league average: 4.32

Red cards per game

0.33

+0.10 vs league average: 0.23

Fouls per game

27.7

+0.73 vs league average: 26.98

Penalties per game

0.40

-0.03 vs league average: 0.43

Totals

15 games

92 yellow · 5 red · 6 penalties

📈 Cards in recent games

bars = cards in the game · line = league average

📊 Frequency

share of games refereed

Games with 5 or more cards73%

Games with a red card27%

Games with a penalty33%

⚖️ Splits

average per game

Cards for the home team 3.672.80 for the away team

Yellow cards in the 1st half 1.474.67 in the 2nd half

in 15 games with cards by half

🏆 By competition

Competition	GP	Cards	League average	Fouls	Penalties
Primeira Liga	15	6.47	4.54	27.7	0.40

👥 Teams refereed most

cards received per game

Team	GP	Cards
Alverca	3	2.67
FC Porto	3	1.00
Arouca	2	5.50
Benfica	2	6.00
Braga	2	2.00
Casa Pia	2	4.50
Estrela	2	3.00
FC Famalicao	2	3.50
Gil Vicente	2	2.50
Moreirense	2	4.50

📋 Games refereed

cards and fouls add up both teams

Date	Competition	Game			Fouls	Pen.
12/09/26	Primeira Liga	Casa Pia 1 x 4 FC Porto	5	0	23	2
15/08/26	Primeira Liga	Alverca 2 x 2 Estrela	6	1	22	0
09/08/26	Primeira Liga	Moreirense 2 x 2 Braga	6	0	35	0
14/03/26	Primeira Liga	Arouca 1 x 2 Benfica	11	2	28	1
01/03/26	Primeira Liga	Rio Ave 0 x 0 FC Famalicao	6	0	34	0
15/02/26	Primeira Liga	C.D. Nacional 0 x 1 FC Porto	4	0	24	0
31/01/26	Primeira Liga	Alverca 1 x 1 Estrela	3	0	34	1
28/12/25	Primeira Liga	Arouca 2 x 2 Gil Vicente	7	0	18	0
06/12/25	Primeira Liga	AVS 1 x 2 Rio Ave	10	1	32	1
09/11/25	Primeira Liga	FC Famalicao 0 x 1 FC Porto	7	0	37	0
26/10/25	Primeira Liga	Tondela 0 x 3 Sporting CP	4	0	24	0
27/09/25	Primeira Liga	Moreirense 2 x 1 Casa Pia	10	0	28	0
14/09/25	Primeira Liga	Braga 0 x 1 Gil Vicente	5	0	19	0
31/08/25	Primeira Liga	Alverca 1 x 2 Benfica	8	1	30	0
16/08/25	Primeira Liga	Vitória de Guimaraes 3 x 2 Estoril	0	0	–	1

Games since July 2025 in the competitions covered by QueroStats. "League average" = average of all referees in the same competitions, weighted by the games of this referee.