Bulgaria Yellow Cards Stats 2026

Bulgaria Yellow Cards Stats 2026 - season overview

Bulgaria are averaging 1.8 yellow cards per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 3.4 cards on average. That puts them 23rd 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 Iceland, and a full match-by-match log.

Bulgaria Yellow Cards Questions

Which Bulgaria players get booked most often?

Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each Bulgaria 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.

Bulgaria player yellow cards rates

Player	Position	Apps	Yellow cards	Per game	1+ hit rate
B. Tsonev	midfielder	2	2	1	100%
Yoan Stoyanov	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Martin Georgiev	defender	4	2	0.5	50%
Atanas Iliev	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Lukas Petkov	attacker	5	2	0.4	40%
Georgi Rusev	attacker	6	2	0.33	33%
Dimitar Velkovski	defender	6	2	0.33	33%
Rosen Bozhinov	defender	3	1	0.33	33%
Kristian Dimitrov	defender	8	2	0.25	25%
Emil Tsenov	defender	8	2	0.25	25%
Radoslav Kirilov	attacker	4	1	0.25	25%
Stefan Velkov	defender	4	1	0.25	25%
Dimitar Mitov	goalkeeper	5	1	0.2	20%
Marin Petkov	attacker	12	2	0.17	17%
Andrian Kraev	midfielder	9	1	0.11	11%
Ilia Gruev	midfielder	10	1	0.1	10%
Zdravko Dimitrov	attacker	10	0	0	0%
Martin Yankov	attacker	7	0	0	0%
Vladimir Nikolov	attacker	7	0	0	0%
Hristiyan Petrov	defender	6	0	0	0%
Ivan Turitsov	defender	6	0	0	0%
Daniel Naumov		6	0	0	0%
Filip Krastev	midfielder	5	0	0	0%
Petko Panayotov	midfielder	5	0	0	0%
Kiril Despodov	attacker	4	0	0	0%

Bulgaria yellow cards match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team yellow cards	Opposition yellow cards	Match total
6 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg	Away	0-2	3	1	4
3 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Iceland	Away	3-0	4	2	6
29 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Estonia	Home	0-0	3	2	5
26 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg	Home	1-2	2	2	4
5 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Moldova	Away	2-2	1	3	4
1 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Montenegro	Home	0-1	2	1	3
30 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Indonesia	Away	0-1	2	1	3
27 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Solomon Islands	Away	2-10	1	1	2
18 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Georgia	Home	2-1	1	2	3
15 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Turkey	Away	2-0	1	3	4
14 Oct 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Spain	Away	4-0	0	0	0
11 Oct 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Turkey	Home	1-6	2	1	3

Bulgaria cards 2026: last 15 games

Cards for per game: 1.93
Cards against per game: 1.71
Match total cards per game: 3.64
Games: 14
League rank for match cards: 22 of 54

Bulgaria Cards for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 0.5 %	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %
Home	6	1.67	83%	67%	17%	0%	0%
Away	8	2.13	100%	50%	38%	25%	0%
Overall	14	1.93	93%	57%	29%	14%	0%

Bulgaria Cards against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 0.5 %	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %
Home	6	1.5	100%	50%	0%	0%	0%
Away	8	1.88	100%	63%	25%	0%	0%
Overall	14	1.71	100%	57%	14%	0%	0%

Bulgaria Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	6	3.17	83%	33%	17%	0%	0%
Away	8	4	88%	63%	25%	25%	0%
Overall	14	3.64	86%	50%	21%	14%	0%

Bulgaria Team cards 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Team cards	Overall	Home	Away
Cards / match	1.93	1.67	2.13
Fouls / match	11.36	8.6	13.67
Fouls per yellow card	5.9	5.1	6.4
Cards over 0.5	93%	83%	100%
Cards over 1.5	57%	67%	50%
Cards over 2.5	29%	17%	38%
Cards over 3.5	14%	0%	25%
Cards over 4.5	0%	0%	0%

Bulgaria Cards against 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Cards against	Overall	Home	Away
Cards against / match	1.71	1.5	1.88
Cards against over 0.5	100%	100%	100%
Cards against over 1.5	57%	50%	63%
Cards against over 2.5	14%	0%	25%
Cards against over 3.5	0%	0%	0%
Cards against over 4.5	0%	0%	0%

Bulgaria Match cards 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Match cards	Overall	Home	Away
Match cards / match	3.64	3.17	4
Match cards over 2.5	86%	83%	88%
Match cards over 3.5	50%	33%	63%
Match cards over 4.5	21%	17%	25%
Match cards over 5.5	14%	0%	25%
Match cards over 6.5	0%	0%	0%

Bulgaria 1st-half cards for 2026 (from 10 of 14 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 0.5 %	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %
Home	3	1.33	67%	67%	0%
Away	7	0.71	43%	29%	0%
Overall	10	0.9	50%	40%	0%

Bulgaria 1st-half cards against 2026 (from 10 of 14 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 0.5 %	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %
Home	3	1	67%	33%	0%
Away	7	1.43	86%	57%	0%
Overall	10	1.3	80%	50%	0%

Bulgaria 1st-half match total 2026 (from 10 of 14 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 0.5 %	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	3	2.33	100%	100%	33%	0%
Away	7	2.14	100%	86%	14%	14%
Overall	10	2.2	100%	90%	20%	10%

Bulgaria cards match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Cards for	Cards against	Match total	1st-half total
6 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg (A)	0-2	3	1	4	2
3 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Iceland (A)	3-0	4	2	6	4
29 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Estonia (H)	0-0	3	2	5	2
26 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg (H)	1-2	2	2	4	3
5 Jun	Friendly International	Moldova (A)	2-2	1	3	4	2
1 Jun	Friendly International	Montenegro (H)	0-1	2	1	3	-
30 Mar	Friendly International	Indonesia (A)	0-1	2	1	3	2
27 Mar	Friendly International	Solomon Islands (A)	2-10	1	1	2	1
18 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Georgia (H)	2-1	1	2	3	2
15 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Turkey (A)	2-0	1	3	4	2
11 Oct	WC Qualification Europe	Turkey (H)	1-6	2	1	3	-
7 Sep	WC Qualification Europe	Georgia (A)	3-0	4	2	6	2
4 Sep	WC Qualification Europe	Spain (H)	0-3	0	1	1	-
10 Jun	Friendly International	Greece (A)	4-0	1	2	3	-

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	7	3.71	2.14	5.86	71%
2	Hungary	8	2.25	3.25	5.5	50%
3	San Marino	7	3.14	2.14	5.29	71%
4	Andorra	8	3.63	1.38	5	63%
5	Poland	8	2.25	2.63	4.88	63%
6	Luxembourg	8	2.25	2.5	4.75	50%
7	Georgia	8	1.75	3	4.75	63%
8	Slovenia	7	2.57	2	4.57	43%
9	Kazakhstan	7	2.86	1.57	4.43	29%
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	Albania	8	1.88	2.13	4	63%
20	Finland	7	1.57	2.43	4	29%
21	Cyprus	8	2.25	1.63	3.88	38%
22	Bulgaria	8	2.25	1.63	3.88	25%
23	Malta	8	1.88	2	3.88	50%
24	Armenia	7	1.71	2.14	3.86	14%
25	Iceland	9	2.11	1.56	3.67	33%
26	Estonia	6	1.5	2.17	3.67	33%
27	Spain	15	0.8	2.87	3.67	33%
28	Israel	5	2	1.6	3.6	20%
29	Scotland	10	1.3	2.3	3.6	20%
30	Belgium	14	1.86	1.71	3.57	21%
31	Slovakia	7	1.43	2.14	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	Switzerland	11	1.09	2.36	3.45	36%
35	Serbia	7	2	1.43	3.43	29%
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	Croatia	10	2.1	1.1	3.2	20%
41	Montenegro	8	1.25	1.88	3.13	13%
42	Portugal	12	1.83	1.25	3.08	8%
43	Faroe Islands	5	1.6	1.4	3	20%
44	Wales	8	1.5	1.38	2.88	13%
45	Liechtenstein	7	1.43	1.43	2.86	29%
46	Denmark	7	1.29	1.57	2.86	14%
47	Moldova	8	1.5	1.25	2.75	0%
48	England	13	1.08	1.62	2.69	8%
49	Norway	12	0.92	1.75	2.67	17%
50	Austria	11	1.36	1.27	2.64	9%
51	Czech Republic	10	1.3	1.3	2.6	10%
52	Netherlands	10	1	1.6	2.6	10%
53	Republic of Ireland	8	1.25	1.25	2.5	0%
54	North Macedonia	8	2.13	0.25	2.38	13%

Bulgaria 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	3.33	2.92	6.25	75%
Vs top half	12	3.33	2.92	6.25	75%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Bulgaria 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	3	1.75	4.75	50%
WC Qualification Europe	2026	5	1.6	1.8	3.4	20%
Friendly International	2026	4	1.5	1.5	3	0%
Friendly International	2025	2	3	2	5	50%

Bulgaria 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
Fri 13 Nov 19:45	Iceland (home)	4.25	2	2.25	4	2.5	1.5
Mon 16 Nov 17:00	Estonia (away)	4.75	2	2.75	5.5	2	3.5

Bulgaria players with the most games of 1+ cards 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	B. Tsonev	midfielder	2	2	100%
2	Georgi Rusev	attacker	2	4	50%
3	Lukas Petkov	attacker	2	4	50%
4	Dimitar Velkovski	defender	2	5	40%
5	Martin Georgiev	defender	1	1	100%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Cards for	Cards against	Match total	1st-half total
6 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Estonia (A)	0-0	1	1	2	1
3 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Bulgaria (H)	3-0	2	4	6	4
29 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg (A)	0-3	4	2	6	1
26 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Estonia (H)	1-1	1	2	3	-
10 Jun	Friendly International	Argentina (A)	3-0	6	2	8	3
31 May	Friendly International	Japan (A)	1-0	2	0	2	1
31 Mar	Friendly International	Haiti (A)	1-1	0	2	2	1
28 Mar	Friendly International	Canada (A)	2-2	2	0	2	1
26 Feb	Friendly International	Mexico (A)	4-0	1	1	2	-
16 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Ukraine (A)	2-0	1	2	3	1