Defensa y Justicia are averaging 2.3 yellow cards per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 4.9 cards on average. That puts them 30th of 30 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 Lanús, a profile of referee Andrés Merlos, and a full match-by-match log.
Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each Defensa y Justicia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Román | defender | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Rubén Botta | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Ayrton Portillo | defender | 8 | 3 | 0.38 | 38% |
| César Pérez | midfielder | 9 | 3 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Emiliano Amor | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Santiago Sosa | midfielder | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| David Martínez | defender | 7 | 2 | 0.29 | 29% |
| Damián Fernández | defender | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Agustín Hausch | midfielder | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Leandro Fernández | attacker | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| David Barbona | attacker | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Juan Gutiérrez | attacker | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Matías Borgogno | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Lucas Souto | defender | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Valentín Pucheta Loza | centre-back | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Domingo Blanco | attacker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aarón Molinas | midfielder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Cristopher Fiermarín | goalkeeper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Facundo Altamira | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Darío Cáceres | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Tiziano Perrota | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jeremías Lucco | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Tomás Agustín Pérez | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Samuel Lucero | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Luciano González | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team yellow cards | Opposition yellow cards | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2026 | Platense | Home | 1-0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Belgrano | Away | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Vélez Sarsfield | Away | 1-1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Newell's Old Boys | Home | 2-1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1 Aug 2026 | Estudiantes | Away | 3-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Deportivo Riestra | Home | 2-1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 24 Jul 2026 | Aldosivi | Home | 1-1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 4 May 2026 | Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza | Away | 2-1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Boca Juniors | Home | 0-4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Independiente | Away | 3-1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |