Italy are averaging 13.3 fouls drawn per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 23.5 total fouls drawn on average. That puts them 10th of 54 for team fouls drawn per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player foul-drawn-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Belgium, and a full match-by-match log.
Pio Esposito leads with 17 fouls drawn across 8 qualifying appearances (2.13/g, 75% hit rate). The fouls-drawn-rate table below ranks every Italy player by fouls drawn per qualifying appearance and six-game form.
Italy are averaging 13.3 fouls drawn per game over 10 games and concede 10.2 for a match-total of 23.5. That ranks 10th of 54 for team fouls drawn. They commit 10.7 fouls per game themselves (drawn/committed ratio of 1.24).
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Fouls-drawn matchup blends our attackers' draw rate (50%) with the opposition's fouls-committed rate (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Belgium, the page weights Italy's ball-carriers against the opposition's last-season fouls-committed rate.
Italy's ratio is currently 1.24 - that means they draw 1.24 fouls for every one they commit. Above 1.0 is good for forward foul-draw markets; below 1.0 is the reverse.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Italy fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Team-level fouls drawn is aggregated from per-player rows since Sportmonks doesn't always populate it directly.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their fouls-drawn rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls drawn | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matteo Politano | attacker | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Moise Kean | attacker | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 100% |
| Mattia Zaccagni | attacker | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Davide Bartesaghi | defender | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Luca Lipani | midfielder | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Cher Ndour | midfielder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Luca Koleosho | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Raoul Bellanova | midfielder | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Alessandro Buongiorno | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Marco Palestra | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Luigi Cherubini | attacker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Honest Ahanor | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Sandro Tonali | midfielder | 7 | 15 | 2.14 | 86% |
| Mateo Retegui | attacker | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 75% |
| Pio Esposito | attacker | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 75% |
| Nicolò Barella | midfielder | 7 | 7 | 1 | 71% |
| Alessandro Bastoni | defender | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 67% |
| Davide Frattesi | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Riccardo Orsolini | attacker | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Giovanni Di Lorenzo | defender | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Gianluca Mancini | defender | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Giacomo Raspadori | attacker | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50% |
| Federico Gatti | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Fabio Chiarodia | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Niccolò Pisilli | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls drawn | Opposition fouls drawn | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jun 2026 | Friendly International | Greece | Away | 0-1 | 11 | 13 | 24 | Pio Esposito (4) |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Friendly International | Luxembourg | Away | 0-1 | 13 | 9 | 22 | Luca Lipani (2) |
| 31 Mar 2026 | WC Qualification Europe | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Away | 1-1 | 19 | 8 | 27 | Sandro Tonali (3) |
| 26 Mar 2026 | WC Qualification Europe | Northern Ireland | Home | 2-0 | 8 | 10 | 18 | Alessandro Bastoni (2) |
| 16 Nov 2025 | WC Qualification Europe | Norway | Home | 1-4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | Matteo Politano (2) |
| 13 Nov 2025 | WC Qualification Europe | Moldova | Away | 0-2 | 13 | 8 | 21 | Raoul Bellanova (3) |
| 14 Oct 2025 | WC Qualification Europe | Israel | Home | 3-0 | 10 | 11 | 21 | Mateo Retegui (4) |
| 11 Oct 2025 | WC Qualification Europe | Estonia | Away | 1-3 | 22 | 8 | 30 | Pio Esposito (5) |
| 8 Sep 2025 | WC Qualification Europe | Israel | Away | 4-5 | 15 | 11 | 26 | Sandro Tonali (3) |
| 5 Sep 2025 | WC Qualification Europe | Estonia | Home | 5-0 | 14 | 9 | 23 | Sandro Tonali (3) |
| Scope | Games | Average | Over 8.5 % | Over 9.5 % | Over 10.5 % | Over 11.5 % | Over 12.5 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Away | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scope | Games | Average | Over 8.5 % | Over 9.5 % | Over 10.5 % | Over 11.5 % | Over 12.5 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Away | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scope | Games | Average | Over 18.5 % | Over 20.5 % | Over 22.5 % | Over 24.5 % | Over 26.5 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Away | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kick-off | Opponent | Their match total | Their fouls drawn for | Their fouls drawn against | Match total at that venue | For at that venue | Against at that venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 25 Sep 18:45 | Belgium (home) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mon 28 Sep 18:45 | Turkey (away) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fri 2 Oct 18:45 | France (away) | - | - | - | - | - | - |