Basel Fouls Stats 2026/2027

Basel Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Basel are averaging 12.2 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 26.1 total fouls on average. That puts them 10th of 12 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 Vaduz, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Basel players commit the most fouls?

Žan Celar leads with 19 fouls across 9 qualifying appearances (2.11/g, 89% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Basel player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Basel's foul profile look this season?

Basel are averaging 12.2 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 13.9 for a match-total of 26.1. That ranks 10th of 12 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Basel pick up one yellow card every 0.197 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 Vaduz the page weights each Basel 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 Basel 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.

Basel player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Kevin Rüegg	defender	2	4	2	100%
Nicolas Vouilloz	defender	2	2	1	100%
Koba Koindredi	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Andrej Bacanin	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Julien Duranville	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Coleen Louis	defender	1	3	3	100%
Žan Celar	attacker	9	19	2.11	89%
Metinho	midfielder	8	12	1.5	75%
Ludwig Malachowski Thorell	midfielder	8	9	1.13	75%
Akpe Victory	defender	9	9	1	67%
Jonas Harder	midfielder	3	2	0.67	67%
Kazeem Olaigbe	attacker	9	9	1	56%
Xherdan Shaqiri	midfielder	10	8	0.8	50%
Flavius Daniliuc	defender	10	5	0.5	50%
Léo Leroy	midfielder	4	3	0.75	50%
Albian Ajeti	attacker	2	2	1	50%
Clément Michelin	defender	2	1	0.5	50%
Asane Sow	attacker	7	5	0.71	43%
Keigo Tsunemoto	defender	10	5	0.5	40%
Becir Omeragic	defender	6	5	0.83	33%
Moussa Cissé	defender	7	5	0.71	29%
Philip Otele	attacker	7	3	0.43	29%
Mirko Salvi	goalkeeper	9	0	0	0%
Aaron Malouda	attacker	2	0	0	0%
Jonas Omlin	goalkeeper	2	0	0	0%

Basel fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
20 Sep 2026	Super League	St. Gallen	Home	1-3	13	21	34	Kazeem Olaigbe (3)
13 Sep 2026	Super League	Luzern	Away	2-4	14	13	27	Žan Celar (3)
6 Sep 2026	Super League	Lugano	Home	1-3	13	9	22	Becir Omeragic (4)
3 Sep 2026	Super League	Sion	Home	1-2	11	12	23	Moussa Cissé (3)
29 Aug 2026	Super League	Young Boys	Away	3-3	7	14	21	Metinho (2)
22 Aug 2026	Super League	Zürich	Away	1-2	15	16	31	Žan Celar (3)
9 Aug 2026	Super League	Thun	Home	4-2	10	15	25	Žan Celar (5)
1 Aug 2026	Super League	Lausanne Sport	Home	0-1	16	15	31	Albian Ajeti (3)
25 Jul 2026	Super League	Servette	Away	0-1	15	12	27	Metinho (3)
17 May 2026	Super League	Lugano	Away	4-0	8	12	20	Kevin Rüegg (3)

Basel fouls 2026/2027: last 10 games

Fouls for per game: 12.2
Fouls against per game: 13.9
Match total fouls per game: 26.1
Games: 10
League rank for match fouls: 5 of 12

Basel 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	12.6	100%	100%	80%	60%	60%
Away	5	11.8	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%
Overall	10	12.2	80%	80%	70%	60%	60%

Basel 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	14.4	100%	80%	80%	80%	60%
Away	5	13.4	100%	100%	100%	100%	60%
Overall	10	13.9	100%	90%	90%	90%	60%

Basel 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	27	100%	100%	80%	60%	40%
Away	5	25.2	100%	80%	60%	60%	60%
Overall	10	26.1	100%	90%	70%	60%	50%

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

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	12.2	12.6	11.8
Yellow cards / match	2.67	2.2	3.25
Fouls per yellow card	4.6	5.7	3.6
Cards per foul	22%	17%	28%
Fouls over 8.5	80%	100%	60%
Fouls over 9.5	80%	100%	60%
Fouls over 10.5	70%	80%	60%
Fouls over 11.5	60%	60%	60%
Fouls over 12.5	60%	60%	60%

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

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	13.9	14.4	13.4
Fouls against over 8.5	100%	100%	100%
Fouls against over 9.5	90%	80%	100%
Fouls against over 10.5	90%	80%	100%
Fouls against over 11.5	90%	80%	100%
Fouls against over 12.5	60%	60%	60%

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

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	26.1	27	25.2
Match fouls over 18.5	100%	100%	100%
Match fouls over 20.5	90%	100%	80%
Match fouls over 22.5	70%	80%	60%
Match fouls over 24.5	60%	60%	60%
Match fouls over 26.5	50%	40%	60%

Basel 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	6	100%	100%	50%	50%
Away	3	6	100%	100%	67%	33%
Overall	5	6	100%	100%	60%	40%

Basel 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	5.5	100%	100%	50%	0%
Away	3	6.67	100%	100%	100%	67%
Overall	5	6.2	100%	100%	80%	40%

Basel 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	11.5	100%	100%	50%	50%
Away	3	12.67	100%	100%	100%	67%
Overall	5	12.2	100%	100%	80%	60%

Basel fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
20 Sep	Super League	St. Gallen (H)	1-3	13	21	34	-
13 Sep	Super League	Luzern (A)	2-4	14	13	27	-
6 Sep	Super League	Lugano (H)	1-3	13	9	22	-
3 Sep	Super League	Sion (H)	1-2	11	12	23	-
29 Aug	Super League	Young Boys (A)	3-3	7	14	21	-
22 Aug	Super League	Zürich (A)	1-2	15	16	31	13
9 Aug	Super League	Thun (H)	4-2	10	15	25	13
1 Aug	Super League	Lausanne (H)	0-1	16	15	31	10
25 Jul	Super League	Servette (A)	0-1	15	12	27	11
17 May	Super League	Lugano (A)	4-0	8	12	20	14

Super League 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	Lausanne Sport	9	15.44	13.56	29	100%
2	St. Gallen	9	14.67	14	28.67	67%
3	Thun	9	15.56	12.33	27.89	100%
4	Servette	9	11.67	16.22	27.89	78%
5	Basel	9	12.67	14.11	26.78	89%
6	Zürich	9	13.56	12.67	26.22	67%
7	Young Boys	9	13.56	10.44	24	67%
8	Luzern	9	13	10.89	23.89	67%
9	Sion	9	9.22	14.44	23.67	67%
10	Vaduz	9	10.67	12.89	23.56	67%
11	Grasshopper	9	12.78	10.56	23.33	56%
12	Lugano	9	11.22	11.89	23.11	67%

Basel 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	25	11	15.8	26.8	88%
Vs top half	25	11	15.8	26.8	88%
Vs bottom half	22	10.59	15.23	25.82	77%
Vs bottom six	22	10.59	15.23	25.82	77%

Basel fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Super League	2026/2027	9	12.67	14.11	26.78	89%
Super League	2025/2026	38	10.37	15.87	26.24	82%
Europa League	2025/2026	8	13.25	12.75	26	88%
Champions League	2025/2026	2	13	18.5	31.5	100%
Super League	2024/2025	38	12.21	13.16	25.37	74%

Basel 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
Sun 11 Oct 14:30	Vaduz (away)	23.56	10.67	12.89	25	9.25	15.75
Sun 25 Oct 15:30	Grasshopper (home)	23.33	12.78	10.56	26	13.4	12.6
Sun 1 Nov 15:30	Lugano (away)	23.11	11.22	11.89	23.4	11.2	12.2

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Žan Celar	attacker	8	9	89%
2	Metinho	midfielder	6	8	75%
3	Akpe Victory	defender	6	9	67%
4	Ludwig Malachowski Thorell	midfielder	6	9	67%
5	Kazeem Olaigbe	attacker	5	9	56%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Metinho	midfielder	5	8	63%
2	Žan Celar	attacker	5	9	56%
3	Akpe Victory	defender	3	9	33%
4	Ludwig Malachowski Thorell	midfielder	3	9	33%
5	Xherdan Shaqiri	midfielder	3	9	33%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Žan Celar	attacker	4	9	44%
2	Kazeem Olaigbe	attacker	2	9	22%
3	Coleen Louis	defender	1	1	100%
4	Albian Ajeti	attacker	1	2	50%
5	Giacomo Koloto	attacker	1	5	20%

Vaduz fouls match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
20 Sep	Super League	Thun (H)	1-2	13	21	34	-
13 Sep	Super League	Zürich (A)	2-1	15	6	21	-
5 Sep	Super League	Lausanne (H)	3-1	8	18	26	-
2 Sep	Super League	Luzern (A)	2-1	13	14	27	-
30 Aug	Super League	Grasshopper (H)	5-2	11	12	23	-
23 Aug	Super League	Young Boys (A)	4-2	11	12	23	9
13 Aug	Europa Conference League	Inter Turku (H)	2-2	22	10	32	14
9 Aug	Super League	Sion (A)	3-2	10	7	17	11
6 Aug	Europa Conference League	Inter Turku (A)	2-1	14	8	22	7
2 Aug	Super League	St. Gallen (H)	2-3	5	12	17	4