Both Germany and Ivory Coast have received a red card in both their matches. The teams are filled with not as experienced players that have and inevitably will make more unprofessional fouls. At the same time, the line in the VAR-room seems to be extremely harsh this tournament. So far, there have been given 8 red cards in 16 games!
Both teams also have a lot to play for. Knowing Brazil are 1.18 favourites against Saudi Arabia and already have 4 points, Ivory Coast and Germany have to do everything to get points to finish 2nd and go through to the knockout stages. The odds suggest a quite tight game, so I expect feisty challenges and players that will do everything to go through.
The referee is Leodan Gonzalez gave 5 cards in his last Olympics game and averages 5.4 in his 248 refereed games. He has given 70 straight red cards. The man in the VAR room could easily come into play when it comes to red cards too. He is Mauro Vigliano and averages 4.56 cards per game and 0.20 reds per game.
