Iran Fouls Stats 2026

Iran Fouls Stats 2026 - season overview

Iran are averaging 6.9 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 13 total fouls on average. That puts them 8th of 20 for team fouls per match among AFC Asian Cup teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. Below you'll find player foul-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against China PR, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Iran players commit the most fouls?

Saeed Ezatolahi leads with 9 fouls across 6 qualifying appearances (1.5/g, 67% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Iran player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Iran's foul profile look this season?

Iran are averaging 6.9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 6.1 for a match-total of 13. That ranks 8th of 20 for team fouls among AFC Asian Cup teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. On average Iran pick up one yellow card every 0.217 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 China PR the page weights each Iran 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 Iran fixtures in the active window for 2026. 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.

Iran player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Mehdi Ghayedi	attacker	1	2	2	100%
Aref Haji Eydi	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Saeed Ezatolahi	midfielder	6	9	1.5	67%
Shoja Khalilzadeh	defender	8	7	0.88	50%
Ali Alipour	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Alireza Jahanbakhsh	attacker	2	2	1	50%
Shahriar Moghanlou	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Dennis Eckert Ayensa	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Ehsan Hajsafi	defender	7	4	0.57	43%
Mohammad Ghorbani	midfielder	5	5	1	40%
Ali Nemati	defender	8	5	0.63	38%
Mehdi Taremi	attacker	9	4	0.44	33%
Saman Ghoddos	midfielder	6	3	0.5	33%
Ramin Rezaeian	defender	7	3	0.43	29%
Hossein Kanaani	defender	5	1	0.2	20%
Saleh Hardani	defender	6	1	0.17	17%
Milad Mohammadi	defender	6	1	0.17	17%
Mohammad Mohebi	attacker	7	1	0.14	14%
Alireza Beiranvand	goalkeeper	7	0	0	0%
Arya Yousefi	defender	6	0	0	0%
Omid Noorafkan	midfielder	4	0	0	0%
Mohammadmehdi Mohebi	attacker	2	0	0	0%
Ali Gholizadeh	attacker	2	0	0	0%
Payam Niazmand	goalkeeper	2	0	0	0%
Seyed Hossein Hosseini	goalkeeper	2	0	0	0%

Iran fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
29 Sep 2026	Friendly International	Russia	Away	2-0	17	11	28	Shoja Khalilzadeh (3)
24 Sep 2026	Friendly International	Uzbekistan	Away	3-1	6	15	21
27 Jun 2026	World Cup	Egypt	Away	1-1	16	11	27	Saeed Ezatolahi (3)
21 Jun 2026	World Cup	Belgium	Away	0-0	9	7	16	Saeed Ezatolahi (2)
16 Jun 2026	World Cup	New Zealand	Home	2-2	10	8	18	Shoja Khalilzadeh (2)
4 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Mali	Home	2-0	0	0	0
29 May 2026	Friendly International	Gambia	Home	3-1	0	0	0
31 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Costa Rica	Home	5-0	0	0	0
27 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Nigeria	Home	1-2	0	0	0
18 Nov 2025	Friendly International	Uzbekistan	Away	0-0	11	9	20

Iran fouls 2026: last 10 games

Fouls for per game: 11.5
Fouls against per game: 10.17
Match total fouls per game: 21.67
Games: 6
League rank for match fouls: 7 of 13

Iran Fouls for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	1	10	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%
Away	5	11.8	80%	60%	60%	40%	40%
Overall	6	11.5	83%	67%	50%	33%	33%

Iran Fouls against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	1	8	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	5	10.6	80%	60%	60%	20%	20%
Overall	6	10.17	67%	50%	50%	17%	17%

Iran Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	1	18	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	5	22.4	80%	60%	40%	40%	40%
Overall	6	21.67	67%	50%	33%	33%	33%

Iran Team fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	11.5	10	11.8
Yellow cards / match	1.83	1	2
Fouls per yellow card	6.3	10	5.9
Cards per foul	16%	10%	17%
Fouls over 8.5	83%	100%	80%
Fouls over 9.5	67%	100%	60%
Fouls over 10.5	50%	0%	60%
Fouls over 11.5	33%	0%	40%
Fouls over 12.5	33%	0%	40%

Iran Fouls against 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	10.17	8	10.6
Fouls against over 8.5	67%	0%	80%
Fouls against over 9.5	50%	0%	60%
Fouls against over 10.5	50%	0%	60%
Fouls against over 11.5	17%	0%	20%
Fouls against over 12.5	17%	0%	20%

Iran Match fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	21.67	18	22.4
Match fouls over 18.5	67%	0%	80%
Match fouls over 20.5	50%	0%	60%
Match fouls over 22.5	33%	0%	40%
Match fouls over 24.5	33%	0%	40%
Match fouls over 26.5	33%	0%	40%

Iran 1st-half fouls for 2026 (from 3 of 6 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	1	2	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	2	6.5	100%	100%	50%	50%
Overall	3	5	67%	67%	33%	33%

Iran 1st-half fouls against 2026 (from 3 of 6 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	1	4	100%	0%	0%	0%
Away	2	5.5	100%	100%	50%	0%
Overall	3	5	100%	67%	33%	0%

Iran 1st-half match total 2026 (from 3 of 6 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	1	6	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	2	12	100%	100%	50%	50%
Overall	3	10	67%	67%	33%	33%

Iran fouls match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
29 Sep	Friendly International	Russia (A)	2-0	17	11	28	-
24 Sep	Friendly International	Uzbekistan (A)	3-1	6	15	21	-
27 Jun	World Cup	Egypt (A)	1-1	16	11	27	14
21 Jun	World Cup	Belgium (A)	0-0	9	7	16	10
16 Jun	World Cup	New Zealand (H)	2-2	10	8	18	6
18 Nov	Friendly International	Uzbekistan (A)	0-0	11	9	20	-

AFC Asian Cup fouls table 2026: every team's fouls per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
1	Tajikistan	3	14.33	12.33	26.67	67%
2	Uzbekistan	6	14.83	10	24.83	83%
3	Thailand	3	13	11.33	24.33	67%
4	Qatar	5	12.4	11.4	23.8	80%
5	Australia	10	13	10.3	23.3	60%
6	Korea Republic	9	10.78	12.11	22.89	33%
7	Iran	5	11.6	10.4	22	40%
8	Iraq	5	11.4	10.2	21.6	40%
9	Saudi Arabia	7	10.57	10.71	21.29	57%
10	China PR	6	11.17	9.83	21	67%
11	Japan	9	12.89	7.89	20.78	44%
12	Singapore	3	8.67	11	19.67	33%
13	Jordan	6	9.5	7.33	16.83	17%

Iran fouls against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Vs top six	3	12.33	15.33	27.67	100%
Vs top half	3	12.33	15.33	27.67	100%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Iran fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Friendly International	2025	2	13.5	10	23.5	50%
WC Qualification Asia	2026	8	11.25	11.13	22.38	50%
World Cup	2026	3	11.67	8.67	20.33	33%
Friendly International	2026	2	11.5	13	24.5	50%

Iran 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 9 Jan 10:00	China PR (home)	19.2	10.8	8.4	23.25	13.5	9.75
Wed 13 Jan 10:00	Kyrgyz Republic (away)	20.8	10.2	10.6	20	11.67	8.33
Mon 18 Jan 10:00	Syria (home)	20.8	7.6	13.2	22.25	7.5	14.75

Iran players with the most games of 1+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Saeed Ezatolahi	midfielder	4	6	67%
2	Shoja Khalilzadeh	defender	4	7	57%
3	Ehsan Hajsafi	defender	3	7	43%
4	Ali Nemati	defender	3	8	38%
5	Mehdi Taremi	attacker	3	8	38%

Iran players with the most games of 2+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Saeed Ezatolahi	midfielder	4	6	67%
2	Mohammad Ghorbani	midfielder	2	4	50%
3	Shoja Khalilzadeh	defender	2	7	29%
4	Ali Nemati	defender	2	8	25%
5	Mehdi Ghayedi	attacker	1	1	100%

Iran players with the most games of 3+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Mohammad Ghorbani	midfielder	1	4	25%
2	Saeed Ezatolahi	midfielder	1	6	17%
3	Shoja Khalilzadeh	defender	1	7	14%

China PR fouls match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
27 Sep	Friendly International	New Zealand (H)	0-3	13	9	22	-
24 Sep	Friendly International	Maldives (H)	3-0	5	3	8	-
9 Jun	Friendly International	Thailand (H)	0-0	4	12	16	8
5 Jun	Friendly International	Singapore (A)	1-2	16	9	25	12
31 Mar	Friendly International	Cameroon (A)	2-0	13	14	27	13
27 Mar	Friendly International	Curacao (H)	2-0	16	12	28	14
10 Jun	WC Qualification Asia	Bahrain (H)	1-0	6	6	12	-
5 Jun	WC Qualification Asia	Indonesia (A)	1-0	16	12	28	9
25 Mar	WC Qualification Asia	Australia (H)	0-2	10	3	13	8
20 Mar	WC Qualification Asia	Saudi Arabia (A)	1-0	9	4	13	2