Cagliari are averaging 10.3 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 21.3 total fouls on average. That puts them 3rd of 20 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 Lecce, a profile of referee Juan Luca Sacchi, and a full match-by-match log.
Paul Mendy leads with 16 fouls across 8 qualifying appearances (2/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Cagliari player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Cagliari are averaging 10.3 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 11 for a match-total of 21.3. That ranks 3rd of 20 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Cagliari pick up one yellow card every 0.136 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 Lecce the page weights each Cagliari defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Cagliari fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. 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.
Juan Luca Sacchi is the referee for this fixture. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Mendy | attacker | 8 | 16 | 2 | 100% |
| Michael Folorunsho | midfielder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| Kevin Carlos | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Yael Trepy | attacker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Sebastiano Esposito | attacker | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 83% |
| Zé Pedro | defender | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 75% |
| Alessandro Romano | midfielder | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Harry Winks | midfielder | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Jacopo Fazzini | midfielder | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Mattia Felici | attacker | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Alessandro Deiola | midfielder | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 63% |
| Michel Adopo | midfielder | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Gennaro Borrelli | attacker | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 60% |
| Marco Palestra | defender | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Daniel Maldini | midfielder | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50% |
| Alieu Fadera | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Adam Obert | defender | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 40% |
| Yerry Mina | defender | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Gianluca Gaetano | midfielder | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Juan Rodríguez | defender | 8 | 3 | 0.38 | 25% |
| Ibrahim Sulemana | midfielder | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Alberto Dossena | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Elia Caprile | goalkeeper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Gabriele Zappa | defender | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Raphael Kofler | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Sep 2026 | Hellas Verona | Home | 1-2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | Alessandro Romano (2) |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Inter | Home | 0-1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | Alessandro Romano (2) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Parma | Away | 0-1 | 20 | 6 | 26 | Harry Winks (3) |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Arezzo | Home | 1-0 | 17 | 9 | 26 | Gennaro Borrelli (3) |
| 24 May 2026 | AC Milan | Away | 1-2 | 9 | 8 | 17 | Michel Adopo (1) |
| 17 May 2026 | Torino | Home | 2-1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | Paul Mendy (3) |
| 9 May 2026 | Udinese | Home | 0-2 | 10 | 13 | 23 | Paul Mendy (5) |
| 3 May 2026 | Bologna | Away | 0-0 | 12 | 13 | 25 | Marco Palestra (3) |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Atalanta | Home | 3-2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | Paul Mendy (2) |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Inter | Away | 3-0 | 6 | 17 | 23 | Gennaro Borrelli (3) |