Arouca are averaging 11.4 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 21.7 total fouls on average. That puts them 11th 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 Estoril, a profile of referee Fábio José Costa Veríssimo, and a full match-by-match log.
Iván Barbero leads with 21 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (2.1/g, 90% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Arouca player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Arouca are averaging 11.4 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 10.3 for a match-total of 21.7. That ranks 11th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Arouca pick up one yellow card every 0.254 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 Estoril the page weights each Arouca defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Arouca 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.
Fábio José Costa Veríssimo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matías Rocha | defender | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Omar Fayed | defender | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Iván Barbero | attacker | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 90% |
| José Fontán | defender | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 89% |
| Hyun-ju Lee | midfielder | 8 | 8 | 1 | 75% |
| Orest Lebedenko | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 75% |
| Espen van Ee | midfielder | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 70% |
| Tiago Esgaio | defender | 10 | 10 | 1 | 60% |
| Dylan Nandín | attacker | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 60% |
| Alfonso Trezza | attacker | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 50% |
| Pablo Gozálbez | midfielder | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 50% |
| Mateo Flores | midfielder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Pedro Santos | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Javi Sánchez | defender | 9 | 3 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Bas Kuipers | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Taichi Fukui | midfielder | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 20% |
| Naïs Djouahra | attacker | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Ignacio de Arruabarrena | goalkeeper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Amadou Dante | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jakub Vinarcik | goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Diogo Monteiro | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Brian Mansilla | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Marítimo | Home | 2-1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | Iván Barbero (2) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Porto | Away | 2-0 | 8 | 16 | 24 | Alfonso Trezza (2) |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Moreirense | Home | 4-0 | 10 | 9 | 19 | Espen van Ee (3) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Vitória Guimarães | Away | 0-1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | Diogo Monteiro (3) |
| 16 May 2026 | Tondela | Home | 3-1 | 12 | 12 | 24 | Omar Fayed (3) |
| 11 May 2026 | Gil Vicente | Away | 1-3 | 17 | 13 | 30 | Iván Barbero (5) |
| 2 May 2026 | Santa Clara | Home | 2-2 | 15 | 8 | 23 | Alfonso Trezza (5) |
| 24 Apr 2026 | Alverca | Away | 2-1 | 12 | 8 | 20 | Matías Rocha (2) |
| 19 Apr 2026 | Estrela Amadora | Home | 1-0 | 15 | 11 | 26 | Iván Barbero (4) |
| 12 Apr 2026 | Sporting Braga | Away | 1-0 | 10 | 8 | 18 | Iván Barbero (3) |