Santa Clara are averaging 12.6 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 26.7 total fouls on average. That puts them 1st 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 Rio Ave, a profile of referee Anzhony Francisco Gonçalves Rodrigues, and a full match-by-match log.
Gabriel Silva leads with 13 fouls across 6 qualifying appearances (2.17/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Santa Clara player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Santa Clara are averaging 12.6 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 14.1 for a match-total of 26.7. That ranks 1st of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Santa Clara pick up one yellow card every 0.159 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 Rio Ave the page weights each Santa Clara defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Santa Clara 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.
Anzhony Francisco Gonçalves Rodrigues is the referee for this fixture. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Silva | attacker | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 100% |
| Pedro Pacheco | defender | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 100% |
| Lucas Soares | defender | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Henrique Silva | defender | 2 | 6 | 3 | 100% |
| Andrey | midfielder | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Vinícius Lopes | attacker | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 86% |
| Welinton Torrão | attacker | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 71% |
| Gonçalo Paciência | attacker | 9 | 9 | 1 | 67% |
| Pedro Ferreira | midfielder | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 67% |
| Emanuel Fernandes | defender | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Dani Borges | midfielder | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Djé | midfielder | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 63% |
| Serginho | midfielder | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 60% |
| Gustavo Klismahn | midfielder | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Sidney Lima | defender | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 57% |
| Guilherme Romão | defender | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Darlan | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Frederico Venâncio | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Tiago Ribeiro | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Diogo Calila | defender | 10 | 4 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Luis Fernando | attacker | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Paulo Victor | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Sorriso | attacker | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Brenner | attacker | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Gabriel Batista | goalkeeper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Alverca | Away | 1-1 | 9 | 14 | 23 | Emanuel Fernandes (3) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Famalicão | Home | 1-0 | 16 | 16 | 32 | Guilherme Romão (3) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Academico Viseu | Away | 0-1 | 16 | 11 | 27 | Tiago Ribeiro (3) |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Nacional | Home | 2-2 | 15 | 14 | 29 | Pedro Ferreira (3) |
| 16 May 2026 | Porto | Away | 1-0 | 9 | 11 | 20 | Pedro Pacheco (2) |
| 11 May 2026 | Nacional | Home | 2-0 | 10 | 16 | 26 | Gabriel Silva (2) |
| 2 May 2026 | Arouca | Away | 2-2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | Serginho (2) |
| 26 Apr 2026 | Sporting Braga | Home | 2-1 | 15 | 11 | 26 | Gabriel Silva (4) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Casa Pia | Away | 0-0 | 12 | 20 | 32 | Henrique Silva (3) |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Rio Ave | Home | 0-2 | 16 | 13 | 29 | Gabriel Silva (3) |