Vasco are averaging 11.1 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 20.9 total fouls on average. That puts them 12th 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 Fluminense, a profile of referee Davi de Oliveira Lacerda, and a full match-by-match log.
Carlos Cuesta leads with 9 fouls across 8 qualifying appearances (1.13/g, 63% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Vasco player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Vasco are averaging 11.1 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 9.8 for a match-total of 20.9. That ranks 12th of 20 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Vasco pick up one yellow card every 0.18 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 Fluminense the page weights each Vasco defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Vasco 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.
Davi de Oliveira Lacerda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramon Rique Santos de Souza Barros | midfielder | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Lucas Freitas | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Riquelme Avellar | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Paulo Henrique | defender | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 80% |
| Cuiabano | defender | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 71% |
| Santiago Sosa | midfielder | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 67% |
| Facundo Colidio | attacker | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Jair | midfielder | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Brenner | attacker | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Thiago Mendes | midfielder | 8 | 8 | 1 | 63% |
| Carlos Cuesta | defender | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 63% |
| Claudio Spinelli | attacker | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Tchê Tchê | midfielder | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 57% |
| Robert Renan | defender | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 50% |
| David | attacker | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Lucas Piton | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Cauan Barros | midfielder | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50% |
| Johan Rojas | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Andrés Gómez | attacker | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 43% |
| Nuno Moreira | attacker | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Adson | attacker | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 38% |
| Alan Saldivia | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Marino Hinestroza | attacker | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| José Luis Rodríguez | defender | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Léo Jardim | goalkeeper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026 | Cruzeiro | Home | 3-1 | 15 | 12 | 27 | Lucas Piton (2) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Palmeiras | Away | 4-1 | 21 | 8 | 29 | Tchê Tchê (3) |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Olimpia | Away | 1-4 | 9 | 12 | 21 | Andrés Gómez (3) |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Santos | Home | 0-3 | 14 | 11 | 25 | Paulo Henrique (4) |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Olimpia | Home | 0-0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | Alan Saldivia (1) |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Bahia | Away | 0-0 | 10 | 13 | 23 | Cuiabano (3) |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Independiente Medellín | Home | 1-0 | 16 | 16 | 32 | Tchê Tchê (3) |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Chapecoense | Away | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 Jul 2026 | Mirassol | Home | 1-1 | 12 | 7 | 19 | Cauan Barros (3) |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Independiente Medellín | Away | 2-2 | 10 | 11 | 21 | Carlos Cuesta (4) |