Rio Ave Fouls Stats 2026/2027

Rio Ave Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Rio Ave are averaging 9.5 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 21.5 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 Nacional, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Rio Ave players commit the most fouls?

Tamás Nikitscher leads with 16 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (1.6/g, 80% 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.

How does Rio Ave's foul profile look this season?

Rio Ave are averaging 9.5 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 12 for a match-total of 21.5. That ranks 12th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Rio Ave pick up one yellow card every 0.168 fouls.

How is the foul matchup read calculated?

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 Nacional the page weights each Rio Ave defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.

Where do these foul stats come from?

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.

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 foul rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.

Does the referee affect foul counts?

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.

Rio Ave player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Dario Spikic	attacker	6	7	1.17	100%
Simón García	defender	2	3	1.5	100%
Omar Richards	defender	1	1	1	100%
Caike Lourenço Valença	defender	1	1	1	100%
Andreas Ntoi	defender	7	12	1.71	86%
Tamás Nikitscher	midfielder	10	16	1.6	80%
Ryan	midfielder	3	5	1.67	67%
Pedro Amaral	defender	3	2	0.67	67%
Diogo Nascimento	midfielder	3	3	1	67%
Tamble Monteiro	attacker	10	7	0.7	60%
Georgios Liavas	midfielder	5	3	0.6	60%
Francisco Petrasso	defender	9	9	1	56%
R. Galčík	attacker	6	5	0.83	50%
Miguel Almeida Patrício	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Diogo Bezerra	attacker	10	6	0.6	40%
Nelson Abbey	defender	6	4	0.67	33%
Marios Vrousai	defender	6	2	0.33	33%
Sebastian Clemmensen	attacker	3	2	0.67	33%
Jalen Blesa	attacker	10	5	0.5	20%
Gustavo Mancha	defender	7	0	0	0%
Ennio Van Der Gouw	goalkeeper	7	0	0	0%
João Tomé	defender	4	0	0	0%
Malik Sellouki	midfielder	4	0	0	0%
Jakub Brabec	defender	3	0	0	0%
Cezary Miszta	goalkeeper	2	0	0	0%

Rio Ave fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
19 Sep 2026	Liga Portugal	Alverca	Away	1-0	8	12	20	Diogo Bezerra (3)
14 Sep 2026	Liga Portugal	Estrela Amadora	Home	3-3	16	12	28	Andreas Ntoi (3)
6 Sep 2026	Liga Portugal	Santa Clara	Away	4-0	8	11	19	Andreas Ntoi (3)
28 Aug 2026	Liga Portugal	Sporting CP	Home	0-4	7	14	21	Andreas Ntoi (2)
22 Aug 2026	Liga Portugal	Estoril	Away	0-2	14	11	25	Tamás Nikitscher (4)
15 Aug 2026	Liga Portugal	Porto	Home	0-2	1	10	11	Dario Spikic (1)
9 Aug 2026	Liga Portugal	Gil Vicente	Away	1-0	9	14	23	Nelson Abbey (3)
16 May 2026	Liga Portugal	Casa Pia	Away	1-1	14	17	31	Jalen Blesa (4)
11 May 2026	Liga Portugal	Sporting CP	Home	1-4	9	7	16	Francisco Petrasso (3)
3 May 2026	Liga Portugal	Gil Vicente	Home	0-0	9	12	21	Ryan (3)

Rio Ave fouls 2026/2027: last 10 games

Fouls for per game: 9.5
Fouls against per game: 12
Match total fouls per game: 21.5
Games: 10
League rank for match fouls: 18 of 18

Rio Ave Fouls for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	5	8.4	60%	20%	20%	20%	20%
Away	5	10.6	60%	40%	40%	40%	40%
Overall	10	9.5	60%	30%	30%	30%	30%

Rio Ave Fouls against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	5	11	80%	80%	60%	60%	20%
Away	5	13	100%	100%	100%	60%	40%
Overall	10	12	90%	90%	80%	60%	30%

Rio Ave Match total 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	5	19.4	60%	60%	20%	20%	20%
Away	5	23.6	100%	60%	60%	40%	20%
Overall	10	21.5	80%	60%	40%	30%	20%

Rio Ave Team fouls 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	9.5	8.4	10.6
Yellow cards / match	1.6	1.8	1.4
Fouls per yellow card	5.9	4.7	7.6
Cards per foul	17%	21%	13%
Fouls over 8.5	60%	60%	60%
Fouls over 9.5	30%	20%	40%
Fouls over 10.5	30%	20%	40%
Fouls over 11.5	30%	20%	40%
Fouls over 12.5	30%	20%	40%

Rio Ave Fouls against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	12	11	13
Fouls against over 8.5	90%	80%	100%
Fouls against over 9.5	90%	80%	100%
Fouls against over 10.5	80%	60%	100%
Fouls against over 11.5	60%	60%	60%
Fouls against over 12.5	30%	20%	40%

Rio Ave Match fouls 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	21.5	19.4	23.6
Match fouls over 18.5	80%	60%	100%
Match fouls over 20.5	60%	60%	60%
Match fouls over 22.5	40%	20%	60%
Match fouls over 24.5	30%	20%	40%
Match fouls over 26.5	20%	20%	20%

Rio Ave 1st-half fouls for 2026/2027 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	2.33	33%	0%	0%	0%
Away	3	5	67%	67%	33%	33%
Overall	6	3.67	50%	33%	17%	17%

Rio Ave 1st-half fouls against 2026/2027 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	6	100%	100%	67%	33%
Away	3	7.67	100%	100%	100%	67%
Overall	6	6.83	100%	100%	83%	50%

Rio Ave 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	3	8.33	33%	33%	0%	0%
Away	3	12.67	100%	67%	67%	67%
Overall	6	10.5	67%	50%	33%	33%

Rio Ave fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
19 Sep	Liga Portugal	Alverca (A)	1-0	8	12	20	-
14 Sep	Liga Portugal	Estrela (H)	3-3	16	12	28	-
6 Sep	Liga Portugal	Santa Clara (A)	4-0	8	11	19	-
28 Aug	Liga Portugal	Sporting (H)	0-4	7	14	21	-
22 Aug	Liga Portugal	Estoril (A)	0-2	14	11	25	14
15 Aug	Liga Portugal	Porto (H)	0-2	1	10	11	7
9 Aug	Liga Portugal	Gil Vicente (A)	1-0	9	14	23	9
16 May	Liga Portugal	Casa Pia (A)	1-1	14	17	31	15
11 May	Liga Portugal	Sporting (H)	1-4	9	7	16	10
3 May	Liga Portugal	Gil Vicente (H)	0-0	9	12	21	8

Liga Portugal fouls table 2026/2027: every team's fouls per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
1	Benfica	7	12.86	15.71	28.57	100%
2	Marítimo	7	15.43	12.43	27.86	86%
3	Moreirense	7	14	13	27	86%
4	Academico Viseu	7	13	13.71	26.71	86%
5	Sporting Braga	6	13.17	13.5	26.67	83%
6	Santa Clara	7	13.14	12.86	26	86%
7	Sporting CP	7	11.86	13.57	25.43	71%
8	Famalicão	7	11.71	13.57	25.29	71%
9	Gil Vicente	6	13.67	11.33	25	100%
10	Vitória Guimarães	7	14.57	10.14	24.71	71%
11	Casa Pia	7	11.43	13	24.43	71%
12	Porto	7	13.71	9.86	23.57	86%
13	Alverca	7	12.86	10.57	23.43	86%
14	Estrela Amadora	7	11.14	12.14	23.29	57%
15	Estoril	7	11.29	11.86	23.14	57%
16	Nacional	7	10.14	13	23.14	57%
17	Arouca	7	10.43	10.86	21.29	43%
18	Rio Ave	7	9	12	21	43%

Rio Ave fouls against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026/2027

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Vs top six	15	11.2	13.2	24.4	53%
Vs top half	23	12.09	13.48	25.57	65%
Vs bottom half	18	12.44	14.72	27.17	83%
Vs bottom six	13	13.23	15.54	28.77	92%

Rio Ave fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Liga Portugal	2026/2027	7	9	12	21	43%
Liga Portugal	2025/2026	34	12.91	14.44	27.35	79%
Liga Portugal	2024/2025	34	13.53	14.09	27.62	94%

Rio Ave next three opponents: fouls per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their fouls for	Their fouls against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sun 11 Oct 14:30	Nacional (home)	23.14	10.14	13	23.67	9.33	14.33
Sun 25 Oct 18:00	Famalicão (home)	25.29	11.71	13.57	24	11.75	12.25
Sun 1 Nov 18:00	Ac. Viseu (away)	26.71	13	13.71	28	12.67	15.33

Rio Ave players with the most games of 1+ fouls 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Andreas Ntoi	defender	5	6	83%
2	Tamás Nikitscher	midfielder	5	7	71%
3	Francisco Petrasso	defender	4	7	57%
4	Dario Spikic	attacker	3	5	60%
5	Georgios Liavas	midfielder	3	5	60%

Rio Ave players with the most games of 2+ fouls 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Tamás Nikitscher	midfielder	4	7	57%
2	Andreas Ntoi	defender	3	6	50%
3	Simón García	defender	1	2	50%
4	Diogo Nascimento	midfielder	1	3	33%
5	Sebastian Clemmensen	attacker	1	3	33%

Rio Ave players with the most games of 3+ fouls 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Andreas Ntoi	defender	2	6	33%
2	Nelson Abbey	defender	1	4	25%
3	Diogo Bezerra	attacker	1	7	14%
4	Francisco Petrasso	defender	1	7	14%
5	R. Galčík	attacker	1	7	14%

Nacional fouls match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
19 Sep	Liga Portugal	Famalicão (H)	0-4	11	10	21	-
12 Sep	Liga Portugal	Alverca (H)	1-3	7	16	23	-
5 Sep	Liga Portugal	Sporting (A)	2-0	6	10	16	-
30 Aug	Liga Portugal	Estrela (H)	2-3	12	9	21	-
23 Aug	Liga Portugal	Vitória SC (A)	1-0	8	18	26	11
16 Aug	Liga Portugal	Estoril (H)	2-0	13	13	26	14
10 Aug	Liga Portugal	Santa Clara (A)	2-2	14	15	29	11
16 May	Liga Portugal	Vitória SC (H)	2-0	17	13	30	14
11 May	Liga Portugal	Santa Clara (A)	2-0	16	10	26	11
2 May	Liga Portugal	AVS (H)	1-2	8	14	22	10