Benfica are averaging 0.9 yellow cards per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 3.4 cards on average. That puts them 15th of 18 for total cards per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player booking-rate forecasts, the matchup risk read for the upcoming fixture against Marítimo, a profile of referee Sérgio José dos Santos Guelho, and a full match-by-match log.
Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each Benfica player's yellow cards per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), plus their hit-rate over the last six appearances and current bookmaker odds to be carded.
Matchup risk blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the defender's underlying card rate (20%). Scores above 0.7 are flagged high risk, 0.4–0.7 medium and below 0.4 low.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz. Player odds are taken from Bet365 player markets when priced. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their booking rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.
Yellow cards are inherently noisy — we surface signal (form, matchup, referee profile, market price), not certainties. Use the booking-rate table and matchup risk as inputs, not guarantees.
Yes. The referee profile module shows the assigned official's average yellows per match this season alongside their season fouls and red-card rate so you can adjust expectations for the upcoming fixture.
| Player | Position | Apps | Yellow cards | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gianluca Prestianni | attacker | 8 | 2 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Tomás Araújo | defender | 8 | 2 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Alexander Bah | defender | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 22% |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | attacker | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Leandro Barreiro | midfielder | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Georgiy Sudakov | midfielder | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Samuel Dahl | defender | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Rafa Silva | attacker | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Clément Lenglet | defender | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Enzo Barrenechea | midfielder | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Andreas Schjelderup | attacker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Samuel Soares | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Richard Ríos | midfielder | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Anatoliy Trubin | goalkeeper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Manu Silva | midfielder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jhon Durán | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dodi Lukébakio | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Amar Dedić | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| António Silva | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jakub Kamiński | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Fredrik Aursnes | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nicolás Otamendi | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Tiago Gouveia | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Miguel Figueiredo | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| João Palhinha | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team yellow cards | Opposition yellow cards | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2026 | Estoril | Home | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 27 Aug 2026 | AGF | Away | 1-3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 Aug 2026 | AGF | Home | 3-1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Casa Pia | Away | 0-7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Hearts | Away | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Academico Viseu | Home | 2-2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Hearts | Home | 6-1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 30 Jul 2026 | St. Gallen | Home | 5-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 23 Jul 2026 | St. Gallen | Away | 2-1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 16 May 2026 | Estoril | Away | 1-3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |