River Plate are averaging 14.2 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 26.6 total fouls on average. That puts them 12th 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 Independiente Rivadavia, a profile of referee Nicolás Ramírez, and a full match-by-match log.
Aníbal Moreno leads with 12 fouls across 6 qualifying appearances (2/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every River Plate player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
River Plate are averaging 14.2 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 12.4 for a match-total of 26.6. That ranks 12th of 30 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average River Plate pick up one yellow card every 0.141 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 Independiente Rivadavia the page weights each River Plate defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 River Plate fixtures in the active window for 2026. 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.
Nicolás Ramírez is the referee for this fixture. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aníbal Moreno | midfielder | 6 | 12 | 2 | 100% |
| Sebastián Driussi | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Lautaro Pereyra | midfielder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Mauro Arambarri | midfielder | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Maximiliano Salas | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Fabricio Bustos | defender | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Tobías Andrada | midfielder | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 83% |
| Thiago Almada | attacker | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 80% |
| Ángel Correa | attacker | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 75% |
| Fausto Vera | midfielder | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 75% |
| Marcos Acuña | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 75% |
| Facundo González | defender | 4 | 8 | 2 | 75% |
| Nicolás Otamendi | defender | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 67% |
| Lautaro Rivero | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Juan Cruz Meza | midfielder | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Lucas Silva | midfielder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Lucas Martínez Quarta | defender | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 60% |
| Gonzalo Montiel | defender | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 57% |
| Rafael Borré | attacker | 7 | 9 | 1.29 | 57% |
| Joaquín Freitas | attacker | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 56% |
| Tomás Galván | midfielder | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 50% |
| Facundo Colidio | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Lucas Beltrán | attacker | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 43% |
| Giovanni González | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Francisco Ortega | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026 | Banfield | Away | 2-3 | 13 | 9 | 22 | Tobías Andrada (3) |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Santa Fe | Home | 1-1 | 15 | 10 | 25 | Ángel Correa (3) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Vélez Sarsfield | Home | 2-2 | 13 | 13 | 26 | Lucas Martínez Quarta (3) |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Santa Fe | Away | 0-0 | 16 | 10 | 26 | Facundo González (4) |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Argentinos Juniors | Home | 2-0 | 15 | 15 | 30 | Francisco Ortega (2) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Tigre | Away | 1-0 | 17 | 9 | 26 | Aníbal Moreno (4) |
| 2 Aug 2026 | Rosario Central | Home | 0-1 | 15 | 15 | 30 | Rafael Borré (3) |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Gimnasia La Plata | Away | 1-0 | 11 | 11 | 22 | Mauro Arambarri (2) |
| 25 Jul 2026 | Barracas Central | Home | 0-1 | 8 | 21 | 29 | Mauro Arambarri (2) |
| 28 May 2026 | Blooming | Home | 3-0 | 19 | 11 | 30 | Fabricio Bustos (3) |