Napoli are averaging 8.1 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 17.5 total fouls on average. That puts them 18th 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 Inter, a profile of referee Simone Sozza, and a full match-by-match log.
Alessandro Buongiorno leads with 13 fouls across 7 qualifying appearances (1.86/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Napoli player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Napoli are averaging 8.1 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 9.4 for a match-total of 17.5. That ranks 18th of 20 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Napoli pick up one yellow card every 0.111 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 Inter the page weights each Napoli defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Napoli 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.
Simone Sozza is the referee for this fixture — they average 21.5 fouls and 0.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alessandro Buongiorno | defender | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 100% |
| Rafa Marín | defender | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Miguel Gutiérrez | defender | 6 | 6 | 1 | 67% |
| Frank Anguissa | midfielder | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 67% |
| Scott McTominay | midfielder | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 60% |
| Sam Beukema | defender | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 60% |
| Giovanni Di Lorenzo | defender | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 60% |
| Amir Rrahmani | defender | 7 | 7 | 1 | 57% |
| Matteo Politano | attacker | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Billy Gilmour | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Mathías Olivera | defender | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 43% |
| Alisson Santos | attacker | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 33% |
| Rasmus Højlund | attacker | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 33% |
| Eljif Elmas | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Stanislav Lobotka | midfielder | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Kevin De Bruyne | midfielder | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 22% |
| Leonardo Spinazzola | defender | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Vanja Milinković-Savić | goalkeeper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Giovane | attacker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Alex Meret | goalkeeper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Juan Jesus | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Noa Lang | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Pasquale Mazzocchi | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Antonio Vergara | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026 | Como | Home | 1-2 | 9 | 5 | 14 | Amir Rrahmani (4) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Genoa | Away | 0-2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | Rafa Marín (3) |
| 24 May 2026 | Udinese | Home | 1-0 | 3 | 13 | 16 | Billy Gilmour (1) |
| 17 May 2026 | Pisa | Away | 0-3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | Alisson Santos (2) |
| 11 May 2026 | Bologna | Home | 2-3 | 10 | 12 | 22 | Miguel Gutiérrez (2) |
| 2 May 2026 | Como | Away | 0-0 | 10 | 11 | 21 | Miguel Gutiérrez (2) |
| 24 Apr 2026 | Cremonese | Home | 4-0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | Alessandro Buongiorno (2) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Lazio | Home | 0-2 | 11 | 9 | 20 | Alessandro Buongiorno (3) |
| 12 Apr 2026 | Parma | Away | 1-1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | Alessandro Buongiorno (2) |
| 6 Apr 2026 | AC Milan | Home | 1-0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | Alessandro Buongiorno (2) |