Lens/PSG – The referee for Wednesday’s match has been appointed | OneFootball

This Wednesday, in a postponed match from Ligue 1 Matchday 29 of the 2025-2026 season, Paris Saint-Germain (1st) will face Lens (2nd) at Stade Bollaert (kick-off at 9 p.m., broadcast on beIN SPORTS). The referee for the match has been chosen: it will be Benoît Bastien (43 years old). He has significant Ligue 1 experience, with 275 matches to his name.

The man with the whistle will be assisted by Hicham Zakrani and Aurélien Berthomieu. As for the role of fourth official, it will be handled by Thomas Leonard. And video assistance will be provided by Willy Delajod and Stéphane Bré.

Yellow cards -

With Mr. Bastien in charge, we can expect yellow cards to come out almost “calmly” during the match. Indeed, while the national average per match is 3.53 (standard deviation of 0.39), Wednesday’s referee has handed out an average of 3.91 yellow cards per match over his entire Ligue 1 career (figures from Transfermarkt). That is well above the average. Let’s hope there will still be some dialogue, along with player protection.

Straight red cards -

The man with the whistle this Wednesday is less strict when it comes to straight red cards. Indeed, Bastien averages 0.18 send-offs per match in his career, while the national average per match is 0.17 (standard deviation of 0.07). So it is neither a matter of letting bad challenges go unpunished nor of handing out sanctions left and right.

Second yellow cards -

Benoît Bastien does not particularly tend to send off a player after a first yellow card in a Ligue 1 match. The national average stands at 0.09 (standard deviation of 0.03), while he is at 0.08. With a lot of yellow cards at first, the idea is that the warning is there to calm things down and avoid a heavier punishment.

Penalties -

Finally, when it comes to penalties, Wednesday’s referee is right at the average with 0.34 penalties awarded per match, while the Ligue 1 average is also 0.34 (standard deviation of 0.08).

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