Palermo are averaging 15 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 25.5 total fouls on average. That puts them 10th 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 Sampdoria, a profile of referee Matteo Marchetti, and a full match-by-match log.
Filippo Ranocchia leads with 17 fouls across 8 qualifying appearances (2.13/g, 88% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Palermo player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Palermo are averaging 15 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 10.5 for a match-total of 25.5. That ranks 10th of 20 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Palermo pick up one yellow card every 0.127 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 Sampdoria the page weights each Palermo defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Palermo 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.
Matteo Marchetti is the referee for this fixture — they average 23.69 fouls and 3.77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Strefezza | attacker | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Nahuel Estévez | midfielder | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 100% |
| Tommaso Cassandro | defender | 3 | 6 | 2 | 100% |
| Bartosz Bereszyński | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Samuel Giovane | midfielder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Alessandro Gabrielloni | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Filippo Ranocchia | midfielder | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 88% |
| Jacopo Segre | midfielder | 8 | 13 | 1.63 | 75% |
| Mattia Bani | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Antonio Palumbo | midfielder | 7 | 12 | 1.71 | 71% |
| Joel Pohjanpalo | attacker | 10 | 10 | 1 | 70% |
| Jérémy Le Douaron | attacker | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 67% |
| Patryk Peda | defender | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Emmanuel Gyasi | midfielder | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Rui Modesto | defender | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Tommaso Augello | defender | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 56% |
| Niccolò Pierozzi | defender | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Giangiacomo Magnani | defender | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 50% |
| Dominic Vavassori | attacker | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Alexis Blin | midfielder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Dennis Johnsen | attacker | 9 | 6 | 0.67 | 44% |
| Aljosa Vasic | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Pietro Ceccaroni | defender | 8 | 2 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Hernani | midfielder | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 25% |
| Jesse Joronen | goalkeeper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Sep 2026 | Mantova | Home | 5-2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | Nahuel Estévez (4) |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Arezzo | Away | 2-3 | 13 | 13 | 26 | Gabriel Strefezza (2) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Juve Stabia | Home | 1-0 | 21 | 11 | 32 | Tommaso Cassandro (4) |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Lecce | Home | 2-0 | 12 | 9 | 21 | Antonio Palumbo (3) |
| 20 May 2026 | Catanzaro | Home | 2-0 | 28 | 11 | 39 | Jérémy Le Douaron (4) |
| 17 May 2026 | Catanzaro | Away | 3-0 | 16 | 8 | 24 | Patryk Peda (5) |
| 8 May 2026 | Venezia | Away | 2-0 | 13 | 15 | 28 | Jacopo Segre (3) |
| 1 May 2026 | Catanzaro | Home | 3-2 | 17 | 10 | 27 | Emmanuel Gyasi (3) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Reggiana | Away | 1-1 | 9 | 11 | 20 | Antonio Palumbo (3) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Cesena | Home | 2-0 | 14 | 5 | 19 | Jacopo Segre (3) |