Rio Ave are averaging 9.8 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 21.7 total fouls on average. That puts them 12th of 18 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 Santa Clara, and a full match-by-match log.
Tamás Nikitscher leads with 17 fouls across 9 qualifying appearances (1.89/g, 89% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Rio Ave player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Rio Ave are averaging 9.8 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 11.9 for a match-total of 21.7. That ranks 12th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Rio Ave pick up one yellow card every 0.194 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 Santa Clara the page weights each Rio Ave defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Rio Ave 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.
Yes — the referee profile module shows the assigned official's average fouls and yellows per match this season. Some referees blow for materially more fouls than others.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andreas Ntoi | defender | 7 | 11 | 1.57 | 100% |
| Omar Richards | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Tamás Nikitscher | midfielder | 9 | 17 | 1.89 | 89% |
| Dario Spikic | attacker | 8 | 8 | 1 | 88% |
| Diogo Nascimento | midfielder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Ryan | midfielder | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 60% |
| Nelson Abbey | defender | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 50% |
| Marios Vrousai | defender | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| Francisco Petrasso | defender | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Ole Pohlmann | midfielder | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Georgios Liavas | midfielder | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Tamble Monteiro | attacker | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 44% |
| Diogo Bezerra | attacker | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 40% |
| Jalen Blesa | attacker | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 33% |
| R. Galčík | attacker | 3 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| Gustavo Mancha | defender | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Jakub Brabec | defender | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ennio Van Der Gouw | goalkeeper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Cezary Miszta | goalkeeper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| João Tomé | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Antonis Papakanellos | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Malik Sellouki | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2026 | Sporting CP | Home | 0-4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | Andreas Ntoi (2) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Estoril | Away | 0-2 | 14 | 11 | 25 | Tamás Nikitscher (4) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Porto | Home | 0-2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | Dario Spikic (1) |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Gil Vicente | Away | 1-0 | 9 | 14 | 23 | Nelson Abbey (3) |
| 16 May 2026 | Casa Pia | Away | 1-1 | 14 | 17 | 31 | Jalen Blesa (4) |
| 11 May 2026 | Sporting CP | Home | 1-4 | 9 | 7 | 16 | Francisco Petrasso (3) |
| 3 May 2026 | Gil Vicente | Home | 0-0 | 9 | 12 | 21 | Ryan (3) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Vitória Guimarães | Away | 2-0 | 13 | 7 | 20 | Tamás Nikitscher (4) |
| 17 Apr 2026 | AVS | Home | 2-2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | Andreas Ntoi (3) |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Santa Clara | Away | 0-2 | 13 | 16 | 29 | Nelson Abbey (2) |