Untold Ref Review: Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 0 West Bromwich Albion

Today’s referee is Mark Halsey – A review that has take a while because of all sorts of reasons but still an interesting one and more data that somehow confirms things we have published in the last days.

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Mark Halsey (2012-01-03)
Period 1
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
1	OFFSIDE	Cox		C	Assumed correct	1
5	OTHER			NC	Ball last off WBA player but goal kick given to WBA	1
6	OTHER	Assou-Ekotto	Cox	NC	Grabbed other player’s shirt to hold him off ? not given	1
10	OTHER	Scharner	Modric	C	Foul	1
12	OTHER	Sandro	Odemwingie	C	“Lunged in, caught Odemwingie studs to boot”	1
12	YELLOW	Sandro		NC	Should have been booked	2
15	OFFSIDE	Odemwingie		C	Assumed correct	1
18	OTHER	Defoe	Scharner	C	Trip	1
20	OFFSIDE	Assou-Ekotto		C	Assumed correct	1
22	OTHER	Sandro	Odemwingie	NC	Knocked him over at top of area ? should have been dangerous free kick	1
23	OTHER	Thomas	Bale	C	Sliding trip from behind	1
23	YELLOW	Thomas		C	Looked intentional ? deserved	2
25	OFFSIDE	Defoe		C		1
26	OTHER	Scharner	Sandro	C	Slid in a bit rashly ? advantage played	1
32	OTHER	Assou-Ekotto	Dorrans	NC	Kicked his boot disputing ball ? not given	1
33	OTHER	Cox	Livermore	C	Push	1
34	OFFSIDE	Gallas		C		1
39	OTHER	Kaboul		C	Handball	1
39	OTHER	Cox	Walker	C	Trip	1
41	OFFSIDE	Adebayor		C		1
48	OTHER	Cox		C	Handball ? from close range but arm extended from body ? good call	1
49	OTHER	Defoe	Scharner	NC	Used leg to shove defender trying to head ball out of own area ? not given though WBA cleared	1
Period 2
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
47	OTHER	Jones	Bale	C	Trip	1
47	YELLOW	Jones		C	Seemed harsh but will give ref his discretion	1
49	OTHER	Odemwingie	Kaboul	C	Shove	1
52	OTHER	Dorrans	Bale	NC	Trip ? Dorrans won ball then Bale tripped over him	1
52	YELLOW	Dorrans		NC	Wrongly booked	2
55	OFFSIDE	Adebayor		C		1
57	OTHER	Scharner	Assou-Ekotto	C	May have touched the ball slightly but tripped player first	1
59	OTHER	Cox	Van der Vaart	C	Trip	1
63	GOAL			C	Defoe ? goal okay	3
65	OTHER	Modric	Cox	C	Trip ? advantage played	1
70	OTHER	Scharner	Defoe	C	Trip ? advantage played	1
71	OTHER	Dawson	Walker	NC	Dawson won the ball cleanly then Walker dived to ground ? poor call	1
74	OTHER			NC	“Ref stopped play for over a minute for Livermore, should have been treated off pitch”	1
76	OTHER	Odemwingie	Van der Vaart	C	Trip ? appeared to be little contact but I’ll give benefit to ref	1
79	OTHER	Kranjcar	Morrison	C	Foul	1
82	OTHER	Assou-Ekotto	Jara	NC	Extended arm to hold off Jara ? not given	1
82	OTHER	Jara	Assou-Ekotto	NC	Called for trip but Assoue-Ekotto fouled him first	1
84	OTHER	Assou-Ekotto	Jara	NC	Held/Impeded ? not given	1
85	PENALTY	Assou-Ekotto	Tchoyi	NC	Grabbed his arm and pulled him down in the area ? not given	3
85	YELLOW	Assou-Ekotto		NC	Should have been booked for unsporting behaviour	2
87	OFFSIDE	Defoe		C	Assumed correct	1
88	OFFSIDE	Odemwingie		C	Assumed correct	1
89	OTHER	Scharner	Modric	C	Trip	1
89	YELLOW	Scharner		C	Killed counter attack ? deserved	2
92	OTHER	Cox	Bale	C	“Intentional trip from behind, zero chance of winning ball”	1
92	YELLOW	Cox		C	“Got yellow, but could have been red”	2

Tottenham definitely had the rub of the green in this match.  In the first half Sandro got away with a poor challenge, a frontal lunge just nicking the ball but following through on Peter Odemwingie, studs to boot.  The ref gave the free kick but not a yellow card.

Now Contrast that with Dorrans 2nd half tackle against Bale which was well timed, relatively innocuous, won the ball after which Bale tripped over his leg, and for which Dorrans was unfairly booked.  It was going to be one of those days for West Brom.

In the 85th minute, Assou-Ekotto got away with grabbing West Brom player Tchoyi’s arm in the penalty area and dragging him to ground.  The penalty kick was not given which could have leveled the score for West Brom.  Instead Tottenham walked away with a 1-0 victory and all three points.

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Mark Halsey (2012-01-03)
Period 1	Called	Total	Correct %
OFFSIDE	6	6	100.00
OTHER	9	14	64.29
YELLOW	1	2	50.00
TOTAL	16	22	72.73
WEIGHTED	17	24	70.83
Period 2	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	1	1	100.00
OFFSIDE	3	3	100.00
OTHER	10	16	62.50
PENALTY	0	1	0.00
YELLOW	3	5	60.00
TOTAL	17	26	65.38
WEIGHTED	22	35	62.86
Totals	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	1	1	100.00
OFFSIDE	9	9	100.00
OTHER	19	30	63.33
PENALTY	0	1	0.00
YELLOW	4	7	57.14
TOTAL	33	48	68.75
WEIGHTED	39	59	66.10

Mark Halsey put in a subpar performance where all of the wrong calls except for one went against West Brom.

 

BIAS SUMMARY – Mark Halsey (2012-01-03)
Period 1	Tottenham Hotspur	%	West Bromwich Albion	%	Total
Correct For	9	56.25	7	43.75	16
Correct For Weighted	10	58.82	7	41.18	17
Incorrect Against	1	16.67	5	83.33	6
Incorrect Against Weighted	1	14.29	6	85.71	7
Fouls Commited	7	53.85	6	46.15	13
Fouls Penalised	3	42.86	6	100.00	9
Period 2	Tottenham Hotspur	%	West Bromwich Albion	%	Total
Correct For	13	76.47	4	23.53	17
Correct For Weighted	17	80.95	4	19.05	21
Incorrect Against	0	0.00	9	100.00	9
Incorrect Against Weighted	0	0.00	13	100.00	13
Fouls Commited	5	38.46	8	61.54	13
Fouls Penalised	2	40.00	8	100.00	10
Totals	Tottenham Hotspur	%	West Bromwich Albion	%	Total
Correct For	22	66.67	11	33.33	33
Correct For Weighted	27	71.05	11	28.95	38
Incorrect Against	1	6.67	14	93.33	15
Incorrect Against Weighted	1	5.00	19	95.00	20
Fouls Commited	12	46.15	14	53.85	26
Fouls Penalised	5	41.67	14	100.00	19

So I could conclude: a penalty not given to WBA, the yellows going against them and all the wrong calls going against them but one. Hard to win points for WBA.

And this is again in line with the findings of our own tables we have composed so far. WBA must have  done something wrong…