Istra 1961 are averaging 11.4 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 23.6 total fouls on average. That puts them 4th of 10 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 Varaždin, a profile of referee Duje Strukan, and a full match-by-match log.
Samuli Miettinen leads with 10 fouls across 7 qualifying appearances (1.43/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Istra 1961 player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Istra 1961 are averaging 11.4 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 12.2 for a match-total of 23.6. That ranks 4th of 10 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Istra 1961 pick up one yellow card every 0.167 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 Varaždin the page weights each Istra 1961 defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Istra 1961 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.
Duje Strukan is the referee for this fixture — they average 21 fouls and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuli Miettinen | defender | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 100% |
| Hamza Jaganjac | attacker | 5 | 10 | 2 | 100% |
| Silvio Gorican | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Leo Stulac | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Allen Obando | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Filip Taraba | defender | 5 | 5 | 1 | 80% |
| Mohamed Nasraoui | defender | 5 | 5 | 1 | 80% |
| Daouda Doumbia | midfielder | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 80% |
| Smail Prevljak | attacker | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Antonio Mauric | midfielder | 6 | 6 | 1 | 67% |
| Marcel Heister | defender | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| R. Hrvatin | defender | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 63% |
| Stjepan Loncar | midfielder | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 60% |
| Gustavo Albarracín | midfielder | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 60% |
| Nik Skafar Zuzic | attacker | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 60% |
| Raul Kumar | defender | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 57% |
| Advan Kadusic | defender | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 57% |
| Niko Šepić | defender | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 57% |
| Dukan Ahmeti | midfielder | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 50% |
| Josip Radosevic | midfielder | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Emil Frederiksen | attacker | 9 | 3 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Vinko Rozic | attacker | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 25% |
| Franko Kolic | goalkeeper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ivan Saranic | attacker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jan Paus-Kunst | goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Dinamo Zagreb | Home | 2-2 | 10 | 14 | 24 | Daouda Doumbia (3) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Rijeka | Away | 3-2 | 11 | 10 | 21 | Gustavo Albarracín (3) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Slaven Koprivnica | Home | 3-0 | 7 | 15 | 22 | R. Hrvatin (2) |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Hajduk Split | Away | 2-2 | 17 | 15 | 32 | Daouda Doumbia (3) |
| 1 Aug 2026 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Home | 2-3 | 10 | 9 | 19 | Hamza Jaganjac (3) |
| 23 May 2026 | Varaždin | Away | 2-0 | 11 | 18 | 29 | Advan Kadusic (2) |
| 17 May 2026 | Rijeka | Home | 0-0 | 16 | 11 | 27 | Samuli Miettinen (4) |
| 10 May 2026 | Osijek | Away | 0-1 | 12 | 10 | 22 | Vinko Rozic (2) |
| 4 May 2026 | Slaven Koprivnica | Home | 3-1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | Stjepan Loncar (3) |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Gorica | Away | 1-0 | 11 | 12 | 23 | Vinko Rozic (3) |