Empoli are averaging 17.2 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 30.4 total fouls on average. That puts them 9th of 20 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 Carrarese, and a full match-by-match log.
Stiven Shpendi leads with 20 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (2/g, 90% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Empoli player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Empoli are averaging 17.2 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 13.2 for a match-total of 30.4. That ranks 9th of 20 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Empoli pick up one yellow card every 0.128 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 Carrarese the page weights each Empoli defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Empoli 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.
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.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Nasti | attacker | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 100% |
| Simone Romagnoli | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| Karim Zedadka | midfielder | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 100% |
| Flavio Bianchi | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Rareș Ilie | midfielder | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Salvatore Monaco | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Gabriele Indragoli | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Lorenzo Tosto | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Luca Belardinelli | midfielder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Edoardo Biondini | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Luca Magnino | midfielder | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 90% |
| Stiven Shpendi | attacker | 10 | 20 | 2 | 90% |
| Gabriele Guarino | defender | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 86% |
| Antonio Candela | defender | 6 | 12 | 2 | 83% |
| Gerard Yepes | midfielder | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 80% |
| Edoardo Saporiti | midfielder | 5 | 5 | 1 | 80% |
| Andrea Ghion | midfielder | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Duccio Degli Innocenti | midfielder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Nicolas Haas | midfielder | 3 | 6 | 2 | 67% |
| Tyronne Ebuehi | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Salvatore Elia | midfielder | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Cristian Căuz | defender | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Joseph Ceesay | midfielder | 5 | 5 | 1 | 60% |
| Matteo Lovato | defender | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 57% |
| Bogdan Popov | attacker | 6 | 6 | 1 | 50% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026 | Mantova | Away | 3-1 | 20 | 13 | 33 | Marco Curto (3) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Cremonese | Home | 1-0 | 17 | 11 | 28 | Stiven Shpendi (3) |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Pisa | Away | 1-1 | 15 | 9 | 24 | Luca Magnino (2) |
| 8 May 2026 | Monza | Away | 2-2 | 17 | 10 | 27 | Marco Nasti (3) |
| 1 May 2026 | Avellino | Home | 1-0 | 21 | 22 | 43 | Nicolas Haas (5) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Venezia | Away | 2-0 | 15 | 10 | 25 | Rareș Ilie (3) |
| 19 Apr 2026 | Virtus Entella | Home | 1-1 | 11 | 13 | 24 | Salvatore Elia (2) |
| 12 Apr 2026 | Calcio Padova | Away | 1-0 | 23 | 17 | 40 | Antonio Candela (5) |
| 6 Apr 2026 | Sampdoria | Away | 1-0 | 17 | 7 | 24 | Brando Moruzzi (4) |
| 22 Mar 2026 | Pescara | Home | 4-2 | 16 | 20 | 36 | Stiven Shpendi (4) |