Italy are averaging 1.6 yellow cards per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 3.3 cards on average. Below you'll find player booking-rate forecasts, the matchup risk read for the upcoming fixture against Belgium, and a full match-by-match log.
Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each Italy 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
| Player | Position | Apps | Yellow cards | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alessandro Bastoni | defender | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Luca Lipani | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Nicolò Barella | midfielder | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 43% |
| Davide Frattesi | midfielder | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Andrea Cambiaso | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Sandro Tonali | midfielder | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Pio Esposito | attacker | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | goalkeeper | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Mateo Retegui | attacker | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Federico Dimarco | defender | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Gianluca Mancini | defender | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Matteo Politano | attacker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Riccardo Calafiori | defender | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Giovanni Di Lorenzo | defender | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Manuel Locatelli | midfielder | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Giacomo Raspadori | attacker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Moise Kean | attacker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Riccardo Orsolini | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Bryan Cristante | midfielder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mattia Zaccagni | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Leonardo Spinazzola | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Federico Gatti | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Davide Bartesaghi | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Fabio Chiarodia | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Cher Ndour | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team yellow cards | Opposition yellow cards | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jun 2026 | Greece | Away | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Luxembourg | Away | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Away | 1-1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Northern Ireland | Home | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 Nov 2025 | Norway | Home | 1-4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Moldova | Away | 0-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Israel | Home | 3-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 11 Oct 2025 | Estonia | Away | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 8 Sep 2025 | Israel | Away | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 Sep 2025 | Estonia | Home | 5-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |