Italy Yellow Cards Stats 2026

Italy Yellow Cards Stats 2026 - season overview

Italy are averaging 1.9 yellow cards per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 4 cards on average. That puts them 17th of 54 for total cards per match among UEFA Nations League teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. Below you'll find player booking-rate forecasts, the matchup risk read for the upcoming fixture against France, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Italy players get booked most often?

Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each Italy player's yellow cards per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), plus their hit-rate over the last six appearances and current bookmaker odds to be carded.

How is the matchup risk score calculated?

Matchup risk blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the defender's underlying card rate (20%). Scores above 0.7 are flagged high risk, 0.4–0.7 medium and below 0.4 low.

Where do these yellow card stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz. Player odds are taken from Bet365 player markets when priced. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.

What counts as a qualifying appearance?

A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their booking rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.

How accurate are these predictions?

Yellow cards are inherently noisy - we surface signal (form, matchup, referee profile, market price), not certainties. Use the booking-rate table and matchup risk as inputs, not guarantees.

Does the referee affect the chance of a yellow card?

Yes. The referee profile module shows the assigned official's average yellows per match this season alongside their season fouls and red-card rate so you can adjust expectations for the upcoming fixture.

Italy player yellow cards rates

Player	Position	Apps	Yellow cards	Per game	1+ hit rate
Alessandro Bastoni	defender	6	3	0.5	50%
Gianluca Scamacca	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Matteo Ruggeri	defender	2	1	0.5	50%
Daniel Maldini	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Antonio Vergara	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Nicolò Fagioli	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Luca Lipani	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Moise Kean	attacker	4	1	0.25	25%
Gianluigi Donnarumma	goalkeeper	9	2	0.22	22%
Davide Frattesi	midfielder	5	1	0.2	20%
Gianluca Mancini	defender	6	1	0.17	17%
Nicolò Barella	midfielder	6	1	0.17	17%
Pio Esposito	attacker	10	1	0.1	10%
Sandro Tonali	midfielder	7	0	0	0%
Riccardo Calafiori	defender	5	0	0	0%
Mateo Retegui	attacker	4	0	0	0%
Bryan Cristante	midfielder	3	0	0	0%
Federico Dimarco	defender	3	0	0	0%
Manuel Locatelli	midfielder	3	0	0	0%
Matteo Politano	attacker	3	0	0	0%
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	defender	3	0	0	0%
Michael Kayode	defender	3	0	0	0%
Giorgio Scalvini	defender	3	0	0	0%
Giacomo Raspadori	attacker	2	0	0	0%
Federico Gatti	defender	2	0	0	0%

Italy yellow cards match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team yellow cards	Opposition yellow cards	Match total
5 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Turkey	Home	3-1	2	2	4
2 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	France	Away	1-1	4	2	6
28 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Turkey	Away	1-4	0	3	3
25 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Belgium	Home	0-2	3	5	8
7 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Greece	Away	0-1	3	0	3
3 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Luxembourg	Away	0-1	1	1	2
31 Mar 2026	WC Qualification Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Away	1-1	2	3	5
26 Mar 2026	WC Qualification Europe	Northern Ireland	Home	2-0	1	0	1
16 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Norway	Home	1-4	3	2	5
13 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Moldova	Away	0-2	0	3	3

Italy cards 2026: last 10 games

Cards for per game: 1.9
Cards against per game: 2.1
Match total cards per game: 4
Games: 10
League rank for match cards: 18 of 54

Italy Cards for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 0.5 %	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %
Home	4	2.25	100%	75%	50%	0%	0%
Away	6	1.67	67%	50%	33%	17%	0%
Overall	10	1.9	80%	60%	40%	10%	0%

Italy Cards against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 0.5 %	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %
Home	4	2.25	75%	75%	25%	25%	25%
Away	6	2	83%	67%	50%	0%	0%
Overall	10	2.1	80%	70%	40%	10%	10%

Italy Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	4.5	75%	75%	50%	25%	25%
Away	6	3.67	83%	33%	33%	17%	0%
Overall	10	4	80%	50%	40%	20%	10%

Italy Team cards 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team cards	Overall	Home	Away
Cards / match	1.9	2.25	1.67
Fouls / match	12	12.25	11.83
Fouls per yellow card	6.3	5.4	7.1
Cards over 0.5	80%	100%	67%
Cards over 1.5	60%	75%	50%
Cards over 2.5	40%	50%	33%
Cards over 3.5	10%	0%	17%
Cards over 4.5	0%	0%	0%

Italy Cards against 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Cards against	Overall	Home	Away
Cards against / match	2.1	2.25	2
Cards against over 0.5	80%	75%	83%
Cards against over 1.5	70%	75%	67%
Cards against over 2.5	40%	25%	50%
Cards against over 3.5	10%	25%	0%
Cards against over 4.5	10%	25%	0%

Italy Match cards 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match cards	Overall	Home	Away
Match cards / match	4	4.5	3.67
Match cards over 2.5	80%	75%	83%
Match cards over 3.5	50%	75%	33%
Match cards over 4.5	40%	50%	33%
Match cards over 5.5	20%	25%	17%
Match cards over 6.5	10%	25%	0%

Italy 1st-half cards for 2026 (from 3 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 0.5 %	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %
Home	1	1	100%	0%	0%
Away	2	1	50%	50%	0%
Overall	3	1	67%	33%	0%

Italy 1st-half cards against 2026 (from 3 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 0.5 %	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %
Home	1	0	0%	0%	0%
Away	2	1	50%	50%	0%
Overall	3	0.67	33%	33%	0%

Italy 1st-half match total 2026 (from 3 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 0.5 %	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	1	1	100%	0%	0%	0%
Away	2	2	100%	100%	0%	0%
Overall	3	1.67	100%	67%	0%	0%

Italy cards match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Cards for	Cards against	Match total	1st-half total
5 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Turkey (H)	3-1	2	2	4	-
2 Oct	UEFA Nations League	France (A)	1-1	4	2	6	-
28 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Turkey (A)	1-4	0	3	3	-
25 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Belgium (H)	0-2	3	5	8	-
7 Jun	Friendly International	Greece (A)	0-1	3	0	3	2
3 Jun	Friendly International	Luxembourg (A)	0-1	1	1	2	-
31 Mar	WC Qualification Europe	Bosnia (A)	1-1	2	3	5	-
26 Mar	WC Qualification Europe	Northern Ireland (H)	2-0	1	0	1	-
16 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Norway (H)	1-4	3	2	5	1
13 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Moldova (A)	0-2	0	3	3	2

UEFA Nations League cards table 2026: every team's cards per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 4.5 %
1	Belarus	6	3.67	2.17	5.83	67%
2	Hungary	8	2.25	3.25	5.5	50%
3	San Marino	6	3	2.33	5.33	67%
4	Andorra	8	3.63	1.38	5	63%
5	Poland	8	2.25	2.63	4.88	63%
6	Luxembourg	7	2.43	2.43	4.86	57%
7	Georgia	8	1.75	3	4.75	63%
8	Kazakhstan	6	3.17	1.33	4.5	33%
9	Slovenia	6	2.33	2	4.33	33%
10	Kosovo	7	1.57	2.71	4.29	43%
11	Lithuania	6	1.83	2.33	4.17	33%
12	Latvia	6	1.67	2.5	4.17	50%
13	Ukraine	7	2.71	1.43	4.14	29%
14	Romania	7	2.57	1.57	4.14	57%
15	Gibraltar	7	1.86	2.29	4.14	29%
16	Germany	8	1.5	2.63	4.13	25%
17	Azerbaijan	7	2	2	4	29%
18	Italy	8	2	2	4	38%
19	Estonia	5	1.6	2.4	4	40%
20	Iceland	8	2.25	1.63	3.88	38%
21	Cyprus	8	2.25	1.63	3.88	38%
22	Malta	8	1.88	2	3.88	50%
23	Bulgaria	7	2.14	1.71	3.86	29%
24	Albania	7	2	1.86	3.86	57%
25	Armenia	7	1.71	2.14	3.86	14%
26	Slovakia	6	1.67	2.17	3.83	33%
27	Switzerland	10	1.2	2.5	3.7	40%
28	Finland	6	1.5	2.17	3.67	17%
29	Israel	5	2	1.6	3.6	20%
30	Belgium	14	1.86	1.71	3.57	21%
31	Spain	14	0.71	2.86	3.57	29%
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11	2.18	1.36	3.55	45%
33	Turkey	11	2	1.55	3.55	27%
34	Serbia	7	2	1.43	3.43	29%
35	Scotland	9	1.22	2.11	3.33	11%
36	Sweden	10	1.2	2.1	3.3	30%
37	Northern Ireland	7	1.43	1.86	3.29	14%
38	Greece	8	1.88	1.38	3.25	25%
39	France	12	1.5	1.75	3.25	25%
40	Montenegro	8	1.25	1.88	3.13	13%
41	Portugal	12	1.83	1.25	3.08	8%
42	Croatia	9	2	1	3	11%
43	Wales	8	1.5	1.38	2.88	13%
44	Moldova	7	1.43	1.43	2.86	0%
45	Liechtenstein	7	1.43	1.43	2.86	29%
46	Denmark	7	1.29	1.57	2.86	14%
47	Faroe Islands	4	1.25	1.5	2.75	25%
48	England	12	1.08	1.58	2.67	8%
49	Norway	12	0.92	1.75	2.67	17%
50	Austria	11	1.36	1.27	2.64	9%
51	Netherlands	10	1	1.6	2.6	10%
52	North Macedonia	7	2.29	0.29	2.57	14%
53	Czech Republic	9	1.22	1.33	2.56	11%
54	Republic of Ireland	8	1.25	1.25	2.5	0%

Italy cards against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 4.5 %
Vs top six	12	1.92	2.17	4.08	33%
Vs top half	12	1.92	2.17	4.08	33%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Italy cards per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 4.5 %
UEFA Nations League	2026/2027	4	2.25	3	5.25	50%
WC Qualification Europe	2026	9	1.44	2.11	3.56	33%
Friendly International	2026	2	2	0.5	2.5	0%
UEFA Nations League	2024/2025	8	1.75	1.75	3.5	25%

Italy next three opponents: cards per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their cards for	Their cards against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Thu 12 Nov 19:45	France (home)	4.25	1.5	2.75	4	1.5	2.5
Sun 15 Nov 19:45	Belgium (away)	5.5	3.5	2	5.5	3.5	2

Italy players with the most games of 1+ cards 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Alessandro Bastoni	defender	2	5	40%
2	Gianluigi Donnarumma	goalkeeper	2	8	25%
3	Antonio Vergara	midfielder	1	2	50%
4	Luca Lipani	midfielder	1	2	50%
5	Matteo Ruggeri	defender	1	2	50%

France yellow cards match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Cards for	Cards against	Match total	1st-half total
5 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Belgium (H)	4-1	1	2	3	-
2 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Italy (H)	1-1	2	4	6	-
28 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Belgium (A)	0-1	0	3	3	-
25 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Turkey (A)	0-1	3	2	5	-
14 Jul	World Cup	Spain (H)	0-2	2	1	3	2
9 Jul	World Cup	Morocco (H)	2-0	0	1	1	-
4 Jul	World Cup	Paraguay (A)	0-1	3	0	3	1
26 Jun	World Cup	Norway (A)	1-4	1	1	2	1