Rayo are averaging 15.9 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 27.5 total fouls on average. That puts them 6th 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 Barcelona, a profile of referee Francisco José Hernández Maeso, and a full match-by-match log.
Unai López leads with 16 fouls across 9 qualifying appearances (1.78/g, 89% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Rayo player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Rayo are averaging 15.9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 11.6 for a match-total of 27.5. That ranks 6th of 20 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Rayo pick up one yellow card every 0.189 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 Barcelona the page weights each Rayo defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Rayo 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.
Francisco José Hernández Maeso is the referee for this fixture — they average 29 fouls and 4 yellow cards per match this season. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Espino | defender | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 100% |
| Gerard Gumbau | midfielder | 4 | 8 | 2 | 100% |
| Nobel Mendy | defender | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 100% |
| Álvaro García | attacker | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 100% |
| Isi Palazón | attacker | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 100% |
| Oscar Trejo | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Abdul Mumin | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Ilias Akhomach | attacker | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Pelayo Fernández | defender | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Alexandre Zurawski | attacker | 9 | 14 | 1.56 | 89% |
| Unai López | midfielder | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 89% |
| Randy Nteka | midfielder | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 80% |
| Iván Balliu | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Fran Pérez | attacker | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 75% |
| Florian Lejeune | defender | 9 | 6 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Óscar Valentín | midfielder | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 67% |
| Pathé Ciss | midfielder | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Jorge de Frutos | attacker | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 60% |
| Sergio Camello | attacker | 8 | 8 | 1 | 50% |
| Pedro Díaz | midfielder | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Jozhua Vertrouwd | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Carlos Martín | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Andrei Rațiu | defender | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 38% |
| Pep Chavarría | defender | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 29% |
| Augusto Batalla | goalkeeper | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2026 | Deportivo Alavés | Home | 1-1 | 14 | 13 | 27 | Pelayo Fernández (4) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Sevilla | Away | 2-1 | 18 | 18 | 36 | Unai López (3) |
| 27 May 2026 | Crystal Palace | Away | 1-0 | 15 | 16 | 31 | Andrei Rațiu (2) |
| 23 May 2026 | Deportivo Alavés | Away | 1-2 | 14 | 13 | 27 | Gerard Gumbau (3) |
| 17 May 2026 | Villarreal | Home | 2-0 | 12 | 10 | 22 | Unai López (3) |
| 14 May 2026 | Valencia | Away | 1-1 | 20 | 9 | 29 | Fran Pérez (4) |
| 11 May 2026 | Girona | Home | 1-1 | 10 | 9 | 19 | Pedro Díaz (3) |
| 7 May 2026 | Strasbourg | Away | 0-1 | 19 | 7 | 26 | Isi Palazón (4) |
| 3 May 2026 | Getafe | Away | 0-2 | 22 | 7 | 29 | Sergio Camello (4) |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Strasbourg | Home | 1-0 | 15 | 14 | 29 | Jorge de Frutos (4) |