Ajax Fouls Stats 2026/2027

Ajax Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Ajax are averaging 8.8 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 17.5 total fouls on average. That puts them 15th 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 NEC Nijmegen, a profile of referee Serdar Gözübüyük, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Ajax players commit the most fouls?

Anton Gaaei leads with 12 fouls across 6 qualifying appearances (2/g, 83% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Ajax player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Ajax's foul profile look this season?

Ajax are averaging 8.8 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 8.7 for a match-total of 17.5. That ranks 15th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Ajax pick up one yellow card every 0.239 fouls.

How is the foul matchup read calculated?

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 NEC Nijmegen the page weights each Ajax defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.

Where do these foul stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Ajax fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

What counts as a qualifying appearance?

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.

Does the referee affect foul counts?

Serdar Gözübüyük is the referee for this fixture - they average 31.33 fouls and 5 yellow cards per match this season. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.

Ajax player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Daley Blind	defender	1	1	1	100%
Anton Gaaei	defender	6	12	2	83%
Jorthy Mokio	midfielder	9	12	1.33	78%
Sofyan Amrabat	midfielder	3	2	0.67	67%
Youri Regeer	midfielder	5	6	1.2	60%
Abdellah Ouazane	midfielder	7	4	0.57	57%
Caio Henrique	defender	10	6	0.6	50%
Steven Berghuis	attacker	8	5	0.63	50%
Tolu Arokodare	attacker	6	4	0.67	50%
Oliver Edvardsen	attacker	4	2	0.5	50%
Lucas Rosa	defender	4	4	1	50%
A. Bouwman	defender	7	4	0.57	43%
Julian Brandt	midfielder	10	4	0.4	40%
Youri Baas	defender	10	5	0.5	40%
Kasper Dolberg	attacker	5	4	0.8	40%
Owen Wijndal	defender	3	1	0.33	33%
Thilo Kehrer	defender	3	1	0.33	33%
D. Janse	defender	3	1	0.33	33%
Viktor Tsygankov	attacker	4	2	0.5	25%
Marcos Leonardo	attacker	6	1	0.17	17%
Oscar Gloukh	midfielder	8	1	0.13	13%
Davy Klaassen	midfielder	9	2	0.22	11%
Marc-André ter Stegen	goalkeeper	8	0	0	0%
Maarten Paes	goalkeeper	2	0	0	0%
Mika Godts	attacker	1	0	0	0%

Ajax fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
19 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Excelsior	Home	2-2	6	12	18	Viktor Tsygankov (2)
15 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Willem II	Home	5-1	6	3	9	Kasper Dolberg (3)
12 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Fortuna Sittard	Away	1-5	12	5	17	Jorthy Mokio (3)
5 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	PSV	Home	1-3	6	10	16	Anton Gaaei (2)
30 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	Telstar	Away	0-4	13	11	24	Anton Gaaei (5)
27 Aug 2026	Europa Conference League	Sion	Home	5-3	5	7	12	Jorthy Mokio (3)
20 Aug 2026	Europa Conference League	Sion	Away	2-4	10	7	17	Anton Gaaei (3)
16 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	SC Heerenveen	Home	2-2	8	10	18	Lucas Rosa (2)
13 Aug 2026	Europa Conference League	Shelbourne	Away	2-2	12	10	22	Youri Baas (2)
9 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	PEC Zwolle	Away	0-2	10	12	22	Youri Regeer (3)

Ajax fouls 2026/2027: last 10 games

Fouls for per game: 8.8
Fouls against per game: 8.7
Match total fouls per game: 17.5
Games: 10
League rank for match fouls: 17 of 18

Ajax Fouls for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	5	6.2	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	5	11.4	100%	100%	60%	60%	20%
Overall	10	8.8	50%	50%	30%	30%	10%

Ajax Fouls against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	5	8.4	60%	60%	20%	20%	0%
Away	5	9	60%	60%	40%	20%	0%
Overall	10	8.7	60%	60%	30%	20%	0%

Ajax Match total 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	5	14.6	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	5	20.4	60%	60%	20%	0%	0%
Overall	10	17.5	30%	30%	10%	0%	0%

Ajax Team fouls 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	8.8	6.2	11.4
Yellow cards / match	2.63	2	3.25
Fouls per yellow card	3.3	3.1	3.5
Cards per foul	30%	32%	29%
Fouls over 8.5	50%	0%	100%
Fouls over 9.5	50%	0%	100%
Fouls over 10.5	30%	0%	60%
Fouls over 11.5	30%	0%	60%
Fouls over 12.5	10%	0%	20%

Ajax Fouls against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	8.7	8.4	9
Fouls against over 8.5	60%	60%	60%
Fouls against over 9.5	60%	60%	60%
Fouls against over 10.5	30%	20%	40%
Fouls against over 11.5	20%	20%	20%
Fouls against over 12.5	0%	0%	0%

Ajax Match fouls 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	17.5	14.6	20.4
Match fouls over 18.5	30%	0%	60%
Match fouls over 20.5	30%	0%	60%
Match fouls over 22.5	10%	0%	20%
Match fouls over 24.5	0%	0%	0%
Match fouls over 26.5	0%	0%	0%

Ajax 1st-half fouls for 2026/2027 (from 4 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	1	3	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	3	5.33	100%	100%	33%	0%
Overall	4	4.75	75%	75%	25%	0%

Ajax 1st-half fouls against 2026/2027 (from 4 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	1	4	100%	0%	0%	0%
Away	3	4.33	67%	33%	33%	0%
Overall	4	4.25	75%	25%	25%	0%

Ajax 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 4 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	1	7	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	3	9.67	67%	33%	33%	33%
Overall	4	9	50%	25%	25%	25%

Ajax fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
19 Sep	Eredivisie	Excelsior (H)	2-2	6	12	18	-
15 Sep	Eredivisie	Willem II (H)	5-1	6	3	9	-
12 Sep	Eredivisie	Fortuna (A)	1-5	12	5	17	-
5 Sep	Eredivisie	PSV (H)	1-3	6	10	16	-
30 Aug	Eredivisie	Telstar (A)	0-4	13	11	24	-
27 Aug	Europa Conference League	Sion (H)	5-3	5	7	12	-
20 Aug	Europa Conference League	Sion (A)	2-4	10	7	17	8
16 Aug	Eredivisie	Heerenveen (H)	2-2	8	10	18	7
13 Aug	Europa Conference League	Shelbourne (A)	2-2	12	10	22	9
9 Aug	Eredivisie	PEC Zwolle (A)	0-2	10	12	22	12

Eredivisie fouls table 2026/2027: every team's fouls per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
1	FC Utrecht	7	17.29	10.29	27.57	86%
2	SC Cambuur	7	11.71	14	25.71	57%
3	Telstar	7	11.29	13.86	25.14	71%
4	NEC Nijmegen	7	11.14	13.29	24.43	71%
5	ADO Den Haag	7	13.71	10.57	24.29	71%
6	AZ	7	10.86	11.43	22.29	43%
7	Feyenoord	7	8.86	11.86	20.71	43%
8	PEC Zwolle	7	11.29	9	20.29	29%
9	Sparta Rotterdam	7	9.71	10.43	20.14	29%
10	Fortuna Sittard	7	9	10.57	19.57	14%
11	FC Groningen	7	8.43	10.29	18.71	29%
12	FC Twente	7	9.86	8.57	18.43	14%
13	Excelsior	7	11.86	6.43	18.29	14%
14	SC Heerenveen	7	8.29	9.57	17.86	0%
15	Go Ahead Eagles	7	7.43	10.43	17.86	29%
16	Willem II	7	9	8.71	17.71	29%
17	Ajax	7	8.71	9	17.71	29%
18	PSV	7	8.29	8.43	16.71	29%

Ajax fouls against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026/2027

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Vs top six	13	11	12.23	23.23	62%
Vs top half	21	10.57	12.29	22.86	62%
Vs bottom half	22	9.45	11.05	20.5	45%
Vs bottom six	15	9.33	10.67	20	47%

Ajax fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Eredivisie	2026/2027	7	8.71	9	17.71	29%
Europa Conference League	2026/2027	6	9	10.5	19.5	50%
Eredivisie	2025/2026	36	10.25	12.17	22.42	58%
Champions League	2025/2026	8	11.88	11.88	23.75	50%
Eredivisie	2024/2025	34	10.24	12.06	22.29	47%
Europa League	2024/2025	18	13.89	12.89	26.78	67%

Ajax next three opponents: fouls per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their fouls for	Their fouls against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sat 10 Oct 19:00	NEC Nijmegen (home)	24.43	11.14	13.29	29	14.67	14.33
Thu 15 Oct 16:45	Hajduk Split (away)	30.25	18.5	11.75	26	16	10
Sun 18 Oct 14:45	FC Groningen (away)	18.71	8.43	10.29	19.25	8.5	10.75

Ajax players with the most games of 1+ fouls 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Jorthy Mokio	midfielder	9	13	69%
2	Steven Berghuis	attacker	6	11	55%
3	Caio Henrique	defender	6	12	50%
4	Anton Gaaei	defender	5	7	71%
5	Owen Wijndal	defender	5	7	71%

Ajax players with the most games of 2+ fouls 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Jorthy Mokio	midfielder	4	13	31%
2	Anton Gaaei	defender	3	7	43%
3	Youri Regeer	midfielder	3	8	38%
4	Lucas Rosa	defender	2	7	29%
5	Owen Wijndal	defender	2	7	29%

Ajax players with the most games of 3+ fouls 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Anton Gaaei	defender	2	7	29%
2	Owen Wijndal	defender	2	7	29%
3	Jorthy Mokio	midfielder	2	13	15%
4	Youri Regeer	midfielder	1	8	13%
5	Kasper Dolberg	attacker	1	9	11%

NEC Nijmegen fouls match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
20 Sep	Eredivisie	GA Eagles (H)	1-1	8	6	14	-
17 Sep	Europa League	Juventus (A)	5-0	19	9	28	-
12 Sep	Eredivisie	SC Cambuur (A)	3-0	18	16	34	-
8 Sep	Eredivisie	Excelsior (H)	2-2	5	16	21	-
5 Sep	Eredivisie	Feyenoord (H)	1-3	9	14	23	-
29 Aug	Eredivisie	PEC Zwolle (A)	1-3	12	17	29	-
25 Aug	Champions League	Bodø / Glimt (A)	3-0	8	10	18	12
19 Aug	Champions League	Bodø / Glimt (H)	1-3	9	12	21	11
15 Aug	Eredivisie	Willem II (A)	1-4	14	10	24	14
11 Aug	Champions League	Olympiacos F.C. (H)	2-1	17	19	36	16