Sporting are averaging 11.7 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 24.2 total fouls on average. That puts them 18th of 18 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 Nacional, a profile of referee João Pedro Silva Pinheiro, and a full match-by-match log.
Georgios Vagiannidis leads with 12 fouls across 6 qualifying appearances (2/g, 83% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Sporting player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Sporting are averaging 11.7 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 12.5 for a match-total of 24.2. That ranks 18th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Sporting pick up one yellow card every 0.128 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 Nacional the page weights each Sporting defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Sporting 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.
João Pedro Silva Pinheiro is the referee for this fixture — they average 20.5 fouls and 3.25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergi Altimira | midfielder | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 100% |
| Issa Doumbia | midfielder | 4 | 8 | 2 | 100% |
| Morten Hjulmand | midfielder | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Iván Fresneda | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Salvador Blopa | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Giorgi Kochorashvili | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Rodrigo Dias | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Maxi Araújo | defender | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 89% |
| Georgios Vagiannidis | defender | 6 | 12 | 2 | 83% |
| Luis Suárez | attacker | 10 | 10 | 1 | 80% |
| Hidemasa Morita | midfielder | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 67% |
| Ousmane Diomande | defender | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Fotis Ioannidis | attacker | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Eduardo Quaresma | defender | 7 | 7 | 1 | 57% |
| Geny Catamo | attacker | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 50% |
| Flávio Gonçalves | midfielder | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Silas Andersen | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Gonçalo Inácio | defender | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 43% |
| Zeno Debast | defender | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Pedro Gonçalves | attacker | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 33% |
| Francisco Trincão | midfielder | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 33% |
| Daniel Bragança | midfielder | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Luís Guilherme | attacker | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Rui Silva | goalkeeper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Geovany Quenda | attacker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2026 | Rio Ave | Away | 0-4 | 14 | 7 | 21 | Gonçalo Inácio (3) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Alverca | Home | 3-1 | 13 | 17 | 30 | Sergi Altimira (4) |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Vitória Guimarães | Home | 3-2 | 12 | 21 | 33 | Fotis Ioannidis (2) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Estrela Amadora | Away | 2-2 | 14 | 13 | 27 | Issa Doumbia (4) |
| 16 May 2026 | Gil Vicente | Home | 3-0 | 13 | 14 | 27 | Morten Hjulmand (3) |
| 11 May 2026 | Rio Ave | Away | 1-4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | Francisco Trincão (2) |
| 4 May 2026 | Vitória Guimarães | Home | 5-1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | Zeno Debast (2) |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Tondela | Home | 2-2 | 16 | 8 | 24 | Georgios Vagiannidis (5) |
| 26 Apr 2026 | AVS | Away | 1-1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | Hidemasa Morita (3) |
| 19 Apr 2026 | Benfica | Home | 1-2 | 13 | 8 | 21 | Hidemasa Morita (5) |