AZ Fouls Stats 2026/2027

AZ Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

AZ are averaging 10.9 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 21.9 total fouls on average. That puts them 10th 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 Feyenoord, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which AZ players commit the most fouls?

Peer Koopmeiners leads with 15 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (1.5/g, 70% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every AZ player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does AZ's foul profile look this season?

AZ are averaging 10.9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 11 for a match-total of 21.9. That ranks 10th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average AZ pick up one yellow card every 0.083 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 Feyenoord the page weights each AZ 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 AZ 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?

Yes - the referee profile module shows the assigned official's average fouls and yellows per match this season. Some referees blow for materially more fouls than others.

AZ player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Alexandre Penetra	defender	2	2	1	100%
Jizz Hornkamp	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Mateo Chávez	defender	9	12	1.33	78%
C. Stengs	midfielder	7	7	1	71%
Peer Koopmeiners	midfielder	10	15	1.5	70%
Weslley Patati	attacker	9	10	1.11	67%
Mexx Meerdink	attacker	9	15	1.67	67%
Kees Smit	midfielder	6	7	1.17	67%
Wouter Goes	defender	10	9	0.9	60%
Ro-Zangelo Daal	attacker	10	6	0.6	50%
Lewis Schouten	defender	8	7	0.88	50%
Sven Mijnans	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Mees de Wit	defender	2	1	0.5	50%
Ayoub Oufkir	attacker	2	3	1.5	50%
Jordy Clasie	midfielder	7	2	0.29	29%
Dave Kwakman	midfielder	7	2	0.29	29%
Elijah Dijkstra	defender	10	1	0.1	10%
Jari De Busser	goalkeeper	8	0	0	0%
Valdemar Byskov	midfielder	4	0	0	0%
Troy Parrott	attacker	3	0	0	0%
Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro	goalkeeper	2	0	0	0%
Seiya Maikuma	defender	2	0	0	0%
Isak Jensen	attacker	2	0	0	0%
Kasper Boogaard	midfielder	1	0	0	0%
Denso Kasius	defender	1	0	0	0%

AZ fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
20 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Telstar	Home	1-0	15	12	27	Mexx Meerdink (3)
16 Sep 2026	Europa League	Sunderland	Away	1-0	13	14	27	Peer Koopmeiners (3)
11 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Willem II	Home	1-1	7	8	15	Mateo Chávez (2)
6 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	SC Heerenveen	Away	2-3	11	8	19	Mexx Meerdink (4)
29 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	Go Ahead Eagles	Home	5-2	9	6	15	Wouter Goes (2)
22 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	Fortuna Sittard	Away	0-2	11	9	20	Kees Smit (4)
15 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht	Away	1-4	14	23	37	Mateo Chávez (3)
8 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag	Home	2-0	9	14	23	Mexx Meerdink (3)
17 May 2026	Eredivisie	NAC Breda	Home	3-3	11	6	17	Wouter Goes (2)
10 May 2026	Eredivisie	Feyenoord	Away	1-1	9	10	19	Peer Koopmeiners (3)

AZ fouls 2026/2027: last 10 games

Fouls for per game: 10.9
Fouls against per game: 11
Match total fouls per game: 21.9
Games: 10
League rank for match fouls: 6 of 18

AZ 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	10.2	80%	40%	40%	20%	20%
Away	5	11.6	100%	80%	80%	40%	40%
Overall	10	10.9	90%	60%	60%	30%	30%

AZ 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	9.2	40%	40%	40%	40%	20%
Away	5	12.8	80%	60%	40%	40%	40%
Overall	10	11	60%	50%	40%	40%	30%

AZ 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	19.4	40%	40%	40%	20%	20%
Away	5	24.4	100%	40%	40%	40%	40%
Overall	10	21.9	70%	40%	40%	30%	30%

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

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	10.9	10.2	11.6
Yellow cards / match	1	0.5	1.4
Fouls per yellow card	10.9	20.4	8.3
Cards per foul	9%	5%	12%
Fouls over 8.5	90%	80%	100%
Fouls over 9.5	60%	40%	80%
Fouls over 10.5	60%	40%	80%
Fouls over 11.5	30%	20%	40%
Fouls over 12.5	30%	20%	40%

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

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	11	9.2	12.8
Fouls against over 8.5	60%	40%	80%
Fouls against over 9.5	50%	40%	60%
Fouls against over 10.5	40%	40%	40%
Fouls against over 11.5	40%	40%	40%
Fouls against over 12.5	30%	20%	40%

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

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	21.9	19.4	24.4
Match fouls over 18.5	70%	40%	100%
Match fouls over 20.5	40%	40%	40%
Match fouls over 22.5	40%	40%	40%
Match fouls over 24.5	30%	20%	40%
Match fouls over 26.5	30%	20%	40%

AZ 1st-half fouls for 2026/2027 (from 5 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	2	4.5	100%	50%	0%	0%
Away	3	5	67%	67%	33%	33%
Overall	5	4.8	80%	60%	20%	20%

AZ 1st-half fouls against 2026/2027 (from 5 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	2	6	100%	50%	50%	50%
Away	3	7.33	100%	100%	67%	33%
Overall	5	6.8	100%	80%	60%	40%

AZ 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 5 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	2	10.5	50%	50%	50%	50%
Away	3	12.33	100%	67%	33%	33%
Overall	5	11.6	80%	60%	40%	40%

AZ fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
20 Sep	Eredivisie	Telstar (H)	1-0	15	12	27	-
16 Sep	Europa League	Sunderland (A)	1-0	13	14	27	-
11 Sep	Eredivisie	Willem II (H)	1-1	7	8	15	-
6 Sep	Eredivisie	Heerenveen (A)	2-3	11	8	19	-
29 Aug	Eredivisie	GA Eagles (H)	5-2	9	6	15	-
22 Aug	Eredivisie	Fortuna (A)	0-2	11	9	20	10
15 Aug	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht (A)	1-4	14	23	37	18
8 Aug	Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag (H)	2-0	9	14	23	13
17 May	Eredivisie	NAC Breda (H)	3-3	11	6	17	8
10 May	Eredivisie	Feyenoord (A)	1-1	9	10	19	9

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%

AZ 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	10.62	11.92	22.54	54%
Vs top half	18	9.72	11.56	21.28	50%
Vs bottom half	23	10.78	11.35	22.13	48%
Vs bottom six	16	10.81	11.56	22.38	50%

AZ 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	10.86	11.43	22.29	43%
Europa League	2026/2027	1	13	14	27	100%
Eredivisie	2025/2026	34	10.21	11.44	21.65	50%
Europa Conference League	2025/2026	18	12.06	11.72	23.78	67%
Eredivisie	2024/2025	36	10.31	10.56	20.86	39%
Europa League	2024/2025	12	14.67	10.83	25.5	83%

AZ 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 16:45	Feyenoord (away)	20.71	8.86	11.86	19.67	6.33	13.33
Thu 15 Oct 16:45	Be'er Sheva (home)	25.5	13.1	12.4	21.75	9.75	12
Sun 18 Oct 12:30	SC Cambuur (away)	25.71	11.71	14	24.5	10.5	14

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Mateo Chávez	defender	6	8	75%
2	C. Stengs	midfielder	5	8	63%
3	Mexx Meerdink	attacker	5	8	63%
4	Peer Koopmeiners	midfielder	5	8	63%
5	Weslley Patati	attacker	5	8	63%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Mateo Chávez	defender	4	8	50%
2	Mexx Meerdink	attacker	4	8	50%
3	Lewis Schouten	defender	3	8	38%
4	Peer Koopmeiners	midfielder	3	8	38%
5	Weslley Patati	attacker	3	8	38%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Mexx Meerdink	attacker	3	8	38%
2	Peer Koopmeiners	midfielder	2	8	25%
3	Kees Smit	midfielder	1	6	17%
4	Ayoub Oufkir	attacker	1	8	13%
5	Mateo Chávez	defender	1	8	13%

Feyenoord 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	FC Utrecht (H)	5-0	11	23	34	-
13 Sep	Eredivisie	PEC Zwolle (A)	0-7	8	9	17	-
9 Sep	Champions League	Barcelona (A)	5-1	12	10	22	-
5 Sep	Eredivisie	NEC Nijmegen (A)	1-3	14	9	23	-
30 Aug	Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag (H)	2-2	5	9	14	-
23 Aug	Eredivisie	SC Cambuur (A)	2-5	13	14	27	16
16 Aug	Eredivisie	GA Eagles (H)	2-2	3	8	11	4
9 Aug	Eredivisie	Sparta (A)	0-1	8	11	19	8
17 May	Eredivisie	PEC Zwolle (A)	0-2	11	11	22	14
10 May	Eredivisie	AZ (H)	1-1	10	9	19	9