Nigeria are averaging 1.9 yellow cards per game in 2025, with matches involving them seeing 3.4 cards on average. That puts them 17th of 54 for total cards per match in their primary competition.
Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each Nigeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Igboke | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Calvin Bassey | defender | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Paul Onuachu | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Zaidu Sanusi | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Tochukwu Nnadi | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Wilfred Ndidi | midfielder | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Moses Simon | attacker | 7 | 2 | 0.29 | 29% |
| Igoh Ogbu | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Stanley Nwabali | goalkeeper | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Raphael Onyedika | midfielder | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Frank Onyeka | midfielder | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Ademola Lookman | attacker | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Bruno Onyemaechi | defender | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Alex Iwobi | attacker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Akor Adams | attacker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Bright Osayi-Samuel | defender | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Semi Ajayi | defender | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Fisayo Dele-Bashiru | midfielder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Victor Osimhen | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Samuel Chukwueze | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Chidera Ejuke | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Emmanuel Fernandez | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Chibuike Nwaiwu | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Maduka Okoye | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Terem Moffi | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team yellow cards | Opposition yellow cards | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jun 2026 | Portugal | Away | 2-1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Poland | Away | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 30 May 2026 | Jamaica | Away | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 May 2026 | Zimbabwe | Home | 2-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Jordan | Away | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 27 Mar 2026 | Iran | Away | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 Jan 2026 | Egypt | Away | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Morocco | Home | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 Jan 2026 | Algeria | Away | 0-2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 5 Jan 2026 | Mozambique | Home | 4-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |