Boca Juniors are averaging 9.9 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 22.6 total fouls on average. That puts them 29th of 30 for team fouls per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player foul-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza, a profile of referee Darío Herrera, and a full match-by-match log.
Santiago Ascacíbar leads with 14 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (1.4/g, 80% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Boca Juniors player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Boca Juniors are averaging 9.9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 12.7 for a match-total of 22.6. That ranks 29th of 30 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Boca Juniors pick up one yellow card every 0.172 fouls.
Foul matchup blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the team's underlying foul propensity (20%). For the upcoming fixture against Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza the page weights each Boca Juniors defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Boca Juniors fixtures in the active window for 2026. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their foul rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.
Darío Herrera is the referee for this fixture — they average 23.2 fouls and 5.2 yellow cards per match this season. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leandro Lozano | defender | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Tomás Belmonte | midfielder | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Milton Giménez | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Ayrton Costa | defender | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 86% |
| Santiago Ascacíbar | midfielder | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 80% |
| Leonel Benjamín Flores | attacker | 9 | 9 | 1 | 78% |
| Milton Delgado | midfielder | 9 | 12 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Tomás Aranda | midfielder | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 67% |
| Nicolás Figal | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Lautaro Di Lollo | defender | 7 | 7 | 1 | 57% |
| Leandro Paredes | midfielder | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 43% |
| Dylan Gorosito | defender | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Sebastián Villa | attacker | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 33% |
| Camilo Rey Domenech | midfielder | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Alan Velasco | attacker | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Marco Pellegrino | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Miguel Merentiel | attacker | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 20% |
| Lautaro Blanco | defender | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Álvaro Montero | goalkeeper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Enner Valencia | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Facundo Ezequiel Herrera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Kevin Zenón | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ángel Romero | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Williams Alarcón | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Malcom Braida | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Lanús | Home | 1-0 | 8 | 15 | 23 | Dylan Gorosito (2) |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Racing Club | Away | 1-1 | 9 | 11 | 20 | Tomás Belmonte (2) |
| 18 Aug 2026 | Deportivo Recoleta | Away | 0-4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | Tomás Belmonte (2) |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Platense | Away | 1-1 | 14 | 11 | 25 | Lautaro Di Lollo (3) |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Deportivo Recoleta | Home | 3-1 | 9 | 9 | 18 | Milton Delgado (3) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Vélez Sarsfield | Home | 1-1 | 12 | 10 | 22 | Miguel Merentiel (2) |
| 5 Aug 2026 | Estudiantes | Home | 1-0 | 16 | 11 | 27 | Leonel Benjamín Flores (3) |
| 2 Aug 2026 | Newell's Old Boys | Away | 2-2 | 11 | 12 | 23 | Santiago Ascacíbar (3) |
| 31 Jul 2026 | O'Higgins | Away | 1-0 | 9 | 14 | 23 | Tomás Aranda (3) |
| 26 Jul 2026 | Deportivo Riestra | Away | 3-0 | 8 | 20 | 28 | Santiago Ascacíbar (4) |