Referee Watch – Scott Duncan

Barring any late changes, Scott Duncan of Northumberland will be in the middle for Blues’ Championship game against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park today. Here is a look at his stats.

Season Performance

Mr Duncan has been in the middle for eighteen games so far this season, showing thirty-seven yellow cards. Of those games, five have been in the Championship and in those games he has handed out fifteen cautions. Today’s game will only be his seventh at this level.

Last Blues Match Refereed

Mr Duncan has not taken charge of a match involving Birmingham City before.

Last Championship Game Refereed

The last game at this level Mr Duncan officiated in was the match between Millwall and Wigan at the start of December, in which he showed two yellow cards.

Suspension Watch

1 red card – Wade Elliott (three match suspension served), Kyle Bartley (one match suspension served), Jesse Lingard (Three match suspension to serve)

9 yellow cards – Paul Robinson (one match suspension served)
4 yellow cards – Kyle Bartley
3 yellow cards – Neal Eardley, Tom Adeyemi, Dan Burn and Jonathan Spector
2 yellow cards – Lee Novak, Paul Caddis, Olly Lee, Mitch Hancox, and Shane Ferguson
1 yellow card – Darren Ambrose, Koby Arthur, Wade Elliott, Jesse Lingard, Matt Green, Nikola Zigic, Colin Doyle, David Murphy, Darren Randolph, Callum Reilly, Chris Burke, Dariusz Dudka and Andrew Shinnie

The “cut-off” point where a fifth yellow card will no longer attract a suspension is after December 31 2013 and the point where a tenth yellow card will no longer attract a suspension is after April 13 2014.

All referee stats via Soccerbase