Benfica Fouls Stats 2026/2027

Benfica Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Benfica are averaging 11.27 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 25.33 total fouls on average. That puts them 17th 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 Omonia, and a full match-by-match log.

Benfica Fouls Questions

Which Benfica players commit the most fouls?

Leandro Barreiro leads with 19 fouls across 13 qualifying appearances (1.46/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Benfica player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Benfica's foul profile look this season?

Benfica are averaging 11.27 fouls per game over 15 games and concede 14.07 for a match-total of 25.33. That ranks 17th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Benfica pick up one yellow card every 0.166 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 Omonia the page weights each Benfica 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 - 15 Benfica 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.

Benfica player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Leandro Barreiro	midfielder	13	19	1.46	100%
Daniel Banjaqui	defender	3	3	1	100%
Souffian El Karouani	defender	2	2	1	100%
José Neto	defender	1	2	2	100%
Alexander Bah	defender	10	11	1.1	80%
João Palhinha	midfielder	8	9	1.13	75%
Dodi Lukébakio	attacker	4	5	1.25	75%
Clément Lenglet	defender	13	14	1.08	69%
Georgiy Sudakov	midfielder	12	12	1	67%
Jhon Durán	attacker	6	7	1.17	67%
Tomás Araújo	defender	14	13	0.93	57%
Enzo Barrenechea	midfielder	9	5	0.56	56%
Vangelis Pavlidis	attacker	13	10	0.77	54%
Fredrik Aursnes	midfielder	6	5	0.83	50%
Alessandro Circati	defender	4	3	0.75	50%
Andreas Schjelderup	attacker	11	8	0.73	45%
Richard Ríos	midfielder	5	3	0.6	40%
Rafa Silva	attacker	12	6	0.5	33%
Jakub Kamiński	attacker	3	1	0.33	33%
Samuel Dahl	defender	13	10	0.77	31%
Gianluca Prestianni	attacker	14	3	0.21	21%
Samuel Soares	goalkeeper	12	0	0	0%
Anatoliy Trubin	goalkeeper	3	0	0	0%
Claudio Echeverri	midfielder	2	0	0	0%
Manu Silva	midfielder	2	0	0	0%

Benfica fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
15 Oct 2026	Europa League	Celtic	Home	4-1	9	7	16	Samuel Dahl (3)
11 Oct 2026	Liga Portugal	Vitória Guimarães	Home	2-0	9	23	32	Leandro Barreiro (3)
20 Sep 2026	Liga Portugal	Porto	Away	3-1	12	17	29	Vangelis Pavlidis (4)
16 Sep 2026	Europa League	AC Milan	Away	0-2	12	14	26	Fredrik Aursnes (3)
13 Sep 2026	Liga Portugal	Gil Vicente	Home	3-1	11	18	29	Clément Lenglet (2)
9 Sep 2026	Liga Portugal	Moreirense	Away	0-4	10	17	27	João Palhinha (3)
5 Sep 2026	Liga Portugal	Marítimo	Away	0-3	16	22	38	Tomás Araújo (3)
31 Aug 2026	Liga Portugal	Estoril	Home	2-1	14	12	26	Leandro Barreiro (4)
27 Aug 2026	Europa League	AGF	Away	1-3	9	11	20	Andreas Schjelderup (2)
20 Aug 2026	Europa League	AGF	Home	3-1	10	17	27	Georgiy Sudakov (3)
17 Aug 2026	Liga Portugal	Casa Pia	Away	0-7	13	11	24	Clément Lenglet (2)
13 Aug 2026	Europa League	Hearts	Away	1-1	13	5	18	Dodi Lukébakio (3)

Benfica fouls 2026/2027: last 15 games

Fouls for per game: 11.27
Fouls against per game: 14.07
Match total fouls per game: 25.33
Games: 15
League rank for match fouls: 1 of 18

Benfica 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	8	10.5	88%	63%	50%	38%	25%
Away	7	12.14	100%	86%	71%	71%	43%
Overall	15	11.27	93%	73%	60%	53%	33%

Benfica 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	8	14.25	88%	88%	88%	88%	50%
Away	7	13.86	86%	86%	86%	57%	57%
Overall	15	14.07	87%	87%	87%	73%	53%

Benfica 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	8	24.75	75%	75%	75%	63%	50%
Away	7	26	86%	71%	71%	57%	43%
Overall	15	25.33	80%	73%	73%	60%	47%

Benfica Team fouls 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	11.27	10.5	12.14
Yellow cards / match	1.87	1.63	2.14
Fouls per yellow card	6	6.4	5.7
Cards per foul	17%	16%	18%
Fouls over 8.5	93%	88%	100%
Fouls over 9.5	73%	63%	86%
Fouls over 10.5	60%	50%	71%
Fouls over 11.5	53%	38%	71%
Fouls over 12.5	33%	25%	43%

Benfica Fouls against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	14.07	14.25	13.86
Fouls against over 8.5	87%	88%	86%
Fouls against over 9.5	87%	88%	86%
Fouls against over 10.5	87%	88%	86%
Fouls against over 11.5	73%	88%	57%
Fouls against over 12.5	53%	50%	57%

Benfica Match fouls 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	25.33	24.75	26
Match fouls over 18.5	80%	75%	86%
Match fouls over 20.5	73%	75%	71%
Match fouls over 22.5	73%	75%	71%
Match fouls over 24.5	60%	63%	57%
Match fouls over 26.5	47%	50%	43%

Benfica 1st-half fouls for 2026/2027 (from 6 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	4.75	75%	50%	25%	25%
Away	2	7	100%	100%	100%	100%
Overall	6	5.5	83%	67%	50%	50%

Benfica 1st-half fouls against 2026/2027 (from 6 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	5.5	75%	75%	50%	50%
Away	2	5.5	100%	100%	50%	0%
Overall	6	5.5	83%	83%	50%	33%

Benfica 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 6 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	4	10.25	75%	50%	50%	50%
Away	2	12.5	100%	100%	100%	100%
Overall	6	11	83%	67%	67%	67%

Benfica fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
15 Oct	Europa League	Celtic (H)	4-1	9	7	16	-
11 Oct	Liga Portugal	Vitória SC (H)	2-0	9	23	32	-
20 Sep	Liga Portugal	Porto (A)	3-1	12	17	29	-
16 Sep	Europa League	AC Milan (A)	0-2	12	14	26	-
13 Sep	Liga Portugal	Gil Vicente (H)	3-1	11	18	29	-
9 Sep	Liga Portugal	Moreirense (A)	0-4	10	17	27	-
5 Sep	Liga Portugal	Marítimo (A)	0-3	16	22	38	-
31 Aug	Liga Portugal	Estoril (H)	2-1	14	12	26	-
27 Aug	Europa League	AGF (A)	1-3	9	11	20	-
20 Aug	Europa League	AGF (H)	3-1	10	17	27	12
17 Aug	Liga Portugal	Casa Pia (A)	0-7	13	11	24	13
13 Aug	Europa League	Hearts (A)	1-1	13	5	18	12
9 Aug	Liga Portugal	Ac. Viseu (H)	2-2	14	13	27	13
6 Aug	Europa League	Hearts (H)	6-1	12	12	24	7
30 Jul	Europa League	St. Gallen (H)	5-0	5	12	17	9

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	8	12.38	16.63	29	100%
2	Marítimo	8	15.38	12.75	28.13	88%
3	Academico Viseu	8	14.38	13.13	27.5	88%
4	Moreirense	8	13.75	13.13	26.88	88%
5	Famalicão	8	11.63	15.25	26.88	75%
6	Santa Clara	8	13.13	13.38	26.5	88%
7	Vitória Guimarães	8	15.63	10	25.63	75%
8	Sporting Braga	8	12.88	12.5	25.38	75%
9	Alverca	8	14.63	10.63	25.25	88%
10	Casa Pia	8	12.13	13	25.13	75%
11	Sporting CP	8	11.63	13.25	24.88	63%
12	Gil Vicente	8	13.13	11.63	24.75	100%
13	Porto	8	13.88	10.5	24.38	88%
14	Estoril	8	11	13.38	24.38	63%
15	Nacional	8	11	12.25	23.25	63%
16	Estrela Amadora	8	10.63	11.88	22.5	50%
17	Rio Ave	8	8.75	12.63	21.38	50%
18	Arouca	8	10.38	10.38	20.75	38%

Benfica 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	12	10.75	16.83	27.58	75%
Vs top half	19	11.47	16.32	27.79	84%
Vs bottom half	23	11.17	15.52	26.7	74%
Vs bottom six	15	10.27	15.67	25.93	73%

Benfica fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Europa League	2026/2027	8	10.38	11.63	22	50%
Liga Portugal	2026/2027	8	12.38	16.63	29	100%
Liga Portugal	2025/2026	34	11.06	15.71	26.76	74%
Champions League	2025/2026	14	10.5	13.71	24.21	79%
FIFA Club World Cup	2025	4	10	12.25	22.25	25%

Benfica 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
Thu 22 Oct 19:00	Omonia (away)	24.67	9.5	15.17	23.67	8.33	15.33
Mon 26 Oct 18:45	Santa Clara (away)	26.5	13.13	13.38	26.5	13.75	12.75
Mon 2 Nov 20:15	Alverca (home)	25.25	14.63	10.63	28.5	17.5	11

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Leandro Barreiro	midfielder	14	14	100%
2	Clément Lenglet	defender	10	14	71%
3	Georgiy Sudakov	midfielder	10	15	67%
4	Vangelis Pavlidis	attacker	9	15	60%
5	Alexander Bah	defender	8	12	67%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Clément Lenglet	defender	5	14	36%
2	Leandro Barreiro	midfielder	4	14	29%
3	Samuel Dahl	defender	4	15	27%
4	Tomás Araújo	defender	3	14	21%
5	Georgiy Sudakov	midfielder	3	15	20%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Leandro Barreiro	midfielder	2	14	14%
2	Tomás Araújo	defender	2	14	14%
3	Samuel Dahl	defender	2	15	13%
4	Miguel Figueiredo	midfielder	1	1	100%
5	Manu Silva	midfielder	1	4	25%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
15 Oct	Europa League	Celje (A)	0-3	9	9	18	-
16 Sep	Europa League	Celta (H)	1-0	4	15	19	-
27 Aug	Europa League	Sint-Truiden (H)	4-2	10	12	22	-
20 Aug	Europa League	Sint-Truiden (A)	1-0	9	13	22	11
13 Aug	Europa League	Red Imps (H)	1-0	11	19	30	14
6 Aug	Europa League	Red Imps (A)	1-1	14	23	37	17
29 Jul	Champions League	Kairat (A)	1-0	16	22	38	13
22 Jul	Champions League	Kairat (H)	1-0	9	7	16	5
26 Feb	Europa Conference League	Rijeka (A)	3-1	12	9	21	11
19 Feb	Europa Conference League	Rijeka (H)	0-1	11	20	31	15