Rio Ave are averaging 1.9 yellow cards per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 3.7 cards on average. That puts them 10th of 18 for total cards per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player booking-rate forecasts, the matchup risk read for the upcoming fixture against Santa Clara, a profile of referee Anzhony Francisco Gonçalves Rodrigues, and a full match-by-match log.
Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each Rio Ave 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andreas Ntoi | defender | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 43% |
| Ryan | midfielder | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Tamás Nikitscher | midfielder | 9 | 3 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Georgios Liavas | midfielder | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Gustavo Mancha | defender | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 22% |
| Diogo Bezerra | attacker | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Jakub Brabec | defender | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Francisco Petrasso | defender | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Nelson Abbey | defender | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| Tamble Monteiro | attacker | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jalen Blesa | attacker | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dario Spikic | attacker | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Marios Vrousai | defender | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ennio Van Der Gouw | goalkeeper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ole Pohlmann | midfielder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Cezary Miszta | goalkeeper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| João Tomé | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| R. Galčík | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Diogo Nascimento | midfielder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Antonis Papakanellos | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Omar Richards | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Malik Sellouki | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team yellow cards | Opposition yellow cards | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2026 | Sporting CP | Home | 0-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Estoril | Away | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Porto | Home | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Gil Vicente | Away | 1-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 16 May 2026 | Casa Pia | Away | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 May 2026 | Sporting CP | Home | 1-4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 3 May 2026 | Gil Vicente | Home | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Vitória Guimarães | Away | 2-0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 17 Apr 2026 | AVS | Home | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Santa Clara | Away | 0-2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |