Independiente Fouls Stats 2026

Independiente Fouls Stats 2026 - season overview

Independiente are averaging 11.33 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 24.73 total fouls on average. That puts them 26th of 30 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 Boca Juniors, and a full match-by-match log.

Independiente Fouls Questions

Which Independiente players commit the most fouls?

Facundo Zabala leads with 16 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (1.6/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Independiente player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Independiente's foul profile look this season?

Independiente are averaging 11.33 fouls per game over 15 games and concede 13.4 for a match-total of 24.73. That ranks 26th of 30 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Independiente pick up one yellow card every 0.194 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 Boca Juniors the page weights each Independiente 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 Independiente fixtures in the active window for 2026. 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.

Independiente player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Facundo Zabala	defender	10	16	1.6	100%
Nahuel Banegas	defender	3	4	1.33	100%
Milton Valenzuela	defender	2	8	4	100%
Facundo Valdez	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Ignacio Malcorra	midfielder	1	2	2	100%
Leonardo Godoy	defender	8	11	1.38	88%
Santiago Montiel	attacker	14	13	0.93	71%
Maximiliano Gutiérrez	attacker	7	7	1	71%
Iván Morales	attacker	3	6	2	67%
Santiago Arias	defender	8	7	0.88	63%
Gabriel Ávalos	attacker	8	12	1.5	63%
Juan Miguel Arrayago	defender	8	6	0.75	63%
Josias Emanuel Palais	midfielder	5	6	1.2	60%
Juan Fedorco	defender	9	8	0.89	56%
Iván Marcone	midfielder	15	9	0.6	53%
Mateo Pérez Curci	midfielder	14	14	1	50%
Sebastián Valdez	defender	6	5	0.83	50%
Felipe Tempone	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
D. Martínez	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Matías Abaldo	attacker	13	9	0.69	46%
Maximiliano Meza	attacker	9	6	0.67	44%
Kevin Lomónaco	defender	8	6	0.75	38%
Lautaro Millán	midfielder	6	2	0.33	33%
Chimy Ávila	attacker	5	2	0.4	20%
Rodrigo Rey	goalkeeper	15	0	0	0%

Independiente fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
18 Oct 2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Racing Club	Away	1-1	9	16	25	Nahuel Banegas (2)
12 Oct 2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Talleres Córdoba	Away	0-0	6	14	20	Mateo Pérez Curci (3)
2 Oct 2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Instituto	Home	1-4	13	9	22	Iván Morales (4)
19 Sep 2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Unión Santa Fe	Away	1-2	12	11	23	Matías Abaldo (3)
13 Sep 2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	San Lorenzo	Home	1-1	12	17	29	Chimy Ávila (2)
6 Sep 2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Central Cordoba SdE	Away	0-1	8	9	17	Facundo Zabala (4)
30 Aug 2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza	Home	0-3	7	15	22	Josias Emanuel Palais (2)
22 Aug 2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Independiente Rivadavia	Home	0-0	8	12	20	Josias Emanuel Palais (2)
17 Aug 2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Lanús	Away	1-3	11	18	29	Facundo Zabala (2)
9 Aug 2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Platense	Home	0-1	12	17	29	Kevin Lomónaco (3)
3 Aug 2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Vélez Sarsfield	Away	1-0	13	17	30	Santiago Arias (3)
31 Jul 2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Newell's Old Boys	Home	1-0	12	7	19	Maximiliano Meza (2)

Independiente fouls 2026: last 15 games

Fouls for per game: 11.33
Fouls against per game: 13.4
Match total fouls per game: 24.73
Games: 15
League rank for match fouls: 21 of 60

Independiente Fouls for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	6	10.67	67%	67%	67%	67%	17%
Away	9	11.78	78%	67%	67%	56%	44%
Overall	15	11.33	73%	67%	67%	60%	33%

Independiente Fouls against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	6	12.83	83%	67%	67%	67%	50%
Away	9	13.78	100%	89%	89%	67%	67%
Overall	15	13.4	93%	80%	80%	67%	60%

Independiente Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	6	23.5	100%	67%	33%	33%	33%
Away	9	25.56	89%	78%	78%	67%	44%
Overall	15	24.73	93%	73%	60%	53%	40%

Independiente Team fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	11.33	10.67	11.78
Yellow cards / match	2.2	2.17	2.22
Fouls per yellow card	5.2	4.9	5.3
Cards per foul	19%	20%	19%
Fouls over 8.5	73%	67%	78%
Fouls over 9.5	67%	67%	67%
Fouls over 10.5	67%	67%	67%
Fouls over 11.5	60%	67%	56%
Fouls over 12.5	33%	17%	44%

Independiente Fouls against 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	13.4	12.83	13.78
Fouls against over 8.5	93%	83%	100%
Fouls against over 9.5	80%	67%	89%
Fouls against over 10.5	80%	67%	89%
Fouls against over 11.5	67%	67%	67%
Fouls against over 12.5	60%	50%	67%

Independiente Match fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	24.73	23.5	25.56
Match fouls over 18.5	93%	100%	89%
Match fouls over 20.5	73%	67%	78%
Match fouls over 22.5	60%	33%	78%
Match fouls over 24.5	53%	33%	67%
Match fouls over 26.5	40%	33%	44%

Independiente 1st-half fouls for 2026 (from 8 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	5.67	67%	67%	67%	67%
Away	5	7.4	100%	80%	80%	80%
Overall	8	6.75	88%	75%	75%	75%

Independiente 1st-half fouls against 2026 (from 8 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	4.67	67%	33%	33%	33%
Away	5	7.2	100%	80%	80%	60%
Overall	8	6.25	88%	63%	63%	50%

Independiente 1st-half match total 2026 (from 8 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	3	10.33	67%	67%	33%	33%
Away	5	14.6	100%	100%	100%	80%
Overall	8	13	88%	88%	75%	63%

Independiente fouls match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Oct	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Racing Club (A)	1-1	9	16	25	-
12 Oct	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Talleres Córdoba (A)	0-0	6	14	20	-
2 Oct	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Instituto (H)	1-4	13	9	22	-
19 Sep	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Unión Santa Fe (A)	1-2	12	11	23	-
13 Sep	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	San Lorenzo (H)	1-1	12	17	29	-
6 Sep	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Central Cordoba SdE (A)	0-1	8	9	17	-
30 Aug	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza (H)	0-3	7	15	22	-
22 Aug	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Independiente Rivadavia (H)	0-0	8	12	20	7
17 Aug	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Lanús (A)	1-3	11	18	29	18
9 Aug	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Platense (H)	0-1	12	17	29	14
3 Aug	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Vélez Sarsfield (A)	1-0	13	17	30	11
31 Jul	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Newell's Old Boys (H)	1-0	12	7	19	10
26 Jul	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Estudiantes (A)	0-2	14	15	29	13
10 May	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Rosario Central (A)	3-1	14	11	25	13
2 May	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	San Lorenzo (A)	1-2	19	13	32	18

Liga Profesional de Fútbol fouls table 2026: every team's fouls per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
1	Deportivo Riestra	28	16.36	10.36	26.71	89%
2	Deportivo Riestra	28	16.36	10.36	26.71	89%
3	San Lorenzo	30	12.33	14.03	26.37	87%
4	San Lorenzo	30	12.33	14.03	26.37	87%
5	Newell's Old Boys	28	12.57	13.32	25.89	86%
6	Newell's Old Boys	28	12.57	13.32	25.89	86%
7	Huracán	31	12.81	12.39	25.19	68%
8	Huracán	31	12.81	12.39	25.19	68%
9	River Plate	33	11.88	13	24.88	79%
10	River Plate	33	11.88	13	24.88	79%
11	Estudiantes	30	11.7	13.17	24.87	73%
12	Estudiantes	30	11.7	13.17	24.87	73%
13	Gimnasia La Plata	31	11.39	13.48	24.87	84%
14	Gimnasia La Plata	31	11.39	13.48	24.87	84%
15	Tigre	29	11.24	13.21	24.45	79%
16	Tigre	29	11.24	13.21	24.45	79%
17	Rosario Central	32	10.53	13.81	24.34	63%
18	Rosario Central	32	10.53	13.81	24.34	63%
19	Argentinos Juniors	32	10.63	13.59	24.22	63%
20	Argentinos Juniors	32	10.63	13.59	24.22	63%
21	Independiente	30	11.07	13.07	24.13	70%
22	Independiente	30	11.07	13.07	24.13	70%
23	Barracas Central	28	12.75	11.36	24.11	64%
24	Barracas Central	28	12.75	11.36	24.11	64%
25	Racing Club	31	13.29	10.71	24	68%
26	Racing Club	31	13.29	10.71	24	68%
27	Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza	29	12.24	11.76	24	72%
28	Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza	29	12.24	11.76	24	72%
29	Sarmiento	28	12.82	10.96	23.79	71%
30	Sarmiento	28	12.82	10.96	23.79	71%
31	Central Cordoba SdE	28	12.04	11.54	23.57	68%
32	Central Cordoba SdE	28	12.04	11.54	23.57	68%
33	Estudiantes de Río Cuarto	29	11.93	11.62	23.55	72%
34	Estudiantes de Río Cuarto	29	11.93	11.62	23.55	72%
35	Platense	29	11.41	12.1	23.52	66%
36	Platense	29	11.41	12.1	23.52	66%
37	Aldosivi	29	13.52	9.97	23.48	59%
38	Aldosivi	29	13.52	9.97	23.48	59%
39	Banfield	29	11.59	11.69	23.28	59%
40	Banfield	29	11.59	11.69	23.28	59%
41	Lanús	30	11.67	11.27	22.93	53%
42	Lanús	30	11.67	11.27	22.93	53%
43	Instituto	29	12.24	10.66	22.9	59%
44	Instituto	29	12.24	10.66	22.9	59%
45	Vélez Sarsfield	30	10.63	11.87	22.5	57%
46	Vélez Sarsfield	30	10.63	11.87	22.5	57%
47	Atlético Tucumán	29	12.41	9.93	22.34	59%
48	Atlético Tucumán	29	12.41	9.93	22.34	59%
49	Independiente Rivadavia	30	11.27	10.87	22.13	47%
50	Independiente Rivadavia	30	11.27	10.87	22.13	47%
51	Talleres Córdoba	30	11.47	10.63	22.1	57%
52	Talleres Córdoba	30	11.47	10.63	22.1	57%
53	Boca Juniors	30	9.63	12.47	22.1	57%
54	Boca Juniors	30	9.63	12.47	22.1	57%
55	Defensa y Justicia	29	10.9	11	21.9	62%
56	Defensa y Justicia	29	10.9	11	21.9	62%
57	Belgrano	33	10.64	11.18	21.82	55%
58	Belgrano	33	10.64	11.18	21.82	55%
59	Unión Santa Fe	30	11.5	10.1	21.6	53%
60	Unión Santa Fe	30	11.5	10.1	21.6	53%

Independiente fouls against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Vs top six	17	11.88	13.88	25.76	76%
Vs top half	65	10.88	14.15	25.03	72%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Independiente 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 Profesional de Fútbol	2026	30	11.07	13.07	24.13	70%
Liga Profesional de Fútbol	2025	35	10.71	15.09	25.8	74%
Copa Sudamericana	2025	7	10.29	12	22.29	57%

Independiente 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 25 Oct 20:00	Boca Juniors (home)	22.1	9.63	12.47	20.93	9.73	11.2
Mon 2 Nov 22:00	Defensa y Justicia (away)	21.9	10.9	11	21.2	10.67	10.53
Sun 8 Nov 00:00	Deportivo Riestra (home)	26.71	16.36	10.36	26.57	16.86	9.71

Independiente players with the most games of 1+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Facundo Zabala	defender	20	26	77%
2	Gabriel Ávalos	attacker	18	23	78%
3	Iván Marcone	midfielder	17	28	61%
4	Matías Abaldo	attacker	14	29	48%
5	Leonardo Godoy	defender	13	20	65%

Independiente players with the most games of 2+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Facundo Zabala	defender	11	26	42%
2	Mateo Pérez Curci	midfielder	9	21	43%
3	Gabriel Ávalos	attacker	9	23	39%
4	Leonardo Godoy	defender	6	20	30%
5	Iván Marcone	midfielder	6	28	21%

Independiente players with the most games of 3+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Facundo Zabala	defender	6	26	23%
2	Gabriel Ávalos	attacker	4	23	17%
3	Ignacio Pussetto	attacker	3	10	30%
4	Iván Marcone	midfielder	3	28	11%
5	Milton Valenzuela	defender	2	7	29%

Boca Juniors fouls match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
17 Oct	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Talleres Córdoba (H)	2-1	7	12	19	-
14 Oct	Copa Sudamericana	Vasco (H)	0-1	8	11	19	-
9 Oct	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Instituto (A)	2-2	7	15	22	-
3 Oct	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Unión Santa Fe (H)	3-0	7	11	18	-
20 Sep	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	San Lorenzo (A)	0-2	13	15	28	-
16 Sep	Copa Sudamericana	São Paulo (A)	1-1	16	8	24	-
12 Sep	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Central Cordoba SdE (H)	3-1	15	10	25	-
9 Sep	Copa Sudamericana	São Paulo (H)	1-0	6	8	14	-
5 Sep	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza (A)	2-2	6	3	9	-
29 Aug	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Lanús (H)	1-0	8	15	23	-