South Korea Fouls Stats 2026

South Korea Fouls Stats 2026 - season overview

South Korea are averaging 10.9 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 23 total fouls on average. That puts them 12th 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 Yemen, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which South Korea players commit the most fouls?

Han-beom Lee leads with 12 fouls across 9 qualifying appearances (1.33/g, 78% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every South Korea player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does South Korea's foul profile look this season?

South Korea are averaging 10.9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 12.1 for a match-total of 23. That ranks 12th of 20 for team fouls among AFC Asian Cup teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. On average South Korea pick up one yellow card every 0.128 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 Yemen the page weights each South Korea 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 South Korea 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.

South Korea player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Jin-gyu Kim	midfielder	5	5	1	100%
Jens Castrop	midfielder	4	8	2	100%
Yu-Min Cho	defender	3	4	1.33	100%
Bong-soo Kim	midfielder	2	3	1.5	100%
Wi-je Cho	defender	1	1	1	100%
Min-kyu Song	attacker	1	3	3	100%
Seung-Won Jeong	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Gi-hyuk Lee	defender	5	6	1.2	80%
Han-beom Lee	defender	9	12	1.33	78%
Tae-seok Lee	defender	7	9	1.29	71%
Jae-sung Lee	midfielder	7	6	0.86	71%
Hyun-jun Yang	attacker	3	2	0.67	67%
Min-jae Kim	defender	10	7	0.7	50%
Young-woo Seol	defender	10	8	0.8	50%
Gue-sung Cho	attacker	4	3	0.75	50%
Kim Tae-Hyeon	defender	4	3	0.75	50%
Ji-sung Eom	attacker	2	2	1	50%
Jin-seob Park	midfielder	7	7	1	43%
Seung-ho Paik	midfielder	7	4	0.57	43%
In-beom Hwang	midfielder	5	2	0.4	40%
Hyeon-gyu Oh	attacker	8	3	0.38	25%
Kang-in Lee	midfielder	8	2	0.25	25%
Hee-chan Hwang	attacker	10	2	0.2	20%
Heung-min Son	attacker	10	1	0.1	10%
Seung-gyu Kim	goalkeeper	7	0	0	0%

South Korea fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
28 Sep 2026	Friendly International	Uruguay	Home	1-4	7	9	16	Jin-seob Park (3)
24 Sep 2026	Friendly International	Ecuador	Home	3-0	16	21	37	Jin-seob Park (3)
25 Jun 2026	World Cup	South Africa	Away	1-0	9	7	16	Jens Castrop (3)
19 Jun 2026	World Cup	Mexico	Away	1-0	7	9	16	Han-beom Lee (3)
12 Jun 2026	World Cup	Czech Republic	Home	2-1	9	16	25	Han-beom Lee (3)
4 Jun 2026	Friendly International	El Salvador	Home	1-0	18	21	39	Hyeon-gyu Oh (2)
31 May 2026	Friendly International	Trinidad and Tobago	Home	5-0	13	8	21	Gi-hyuk Lee (3)
31 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Austria	Away	1-0	9	11	20	Tae-seok Lee (2)
28 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Côte d'Ivoire	Home	0-4	9	7	16	Han-beom Lee (2)
18 Nov 2025	Friendly International	Ghana	Home	1-0	12	12	24	Tae-seok Lee (3)

South Korea fouls 2026: last 10 games

Fouls for per game: 10.9
Fouls against per game: 12.1
Match total fouls per game: 23
Games: 10
League rank for match fouls: 6 of 13

South Korea Fouls for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	7	12	86%	57%	57%	57%	43%
Away	3	8.33	67%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Overall	10	10.9	80%	40%	40%	40%	30%

South Korea Fouls against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	7	13.43	71%	57%	57%	57%	43%
Away	3	9	67%	33%	33%	0%	0%
Overall	10	12.1	70%	50%	50%	40%	30%

South Korea Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	7	25.43	71%	71%	57%	43%	29%
Away	3	17.33	33%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Overall	10	23	60%	50%	40%	30%	20%

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

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	10.9	12	8.33
Yellow cards / match	1.56	1.83	1
Fouls per yellow card	7	6.6	8.3
Cards per foul	14%	15%	12%
Fouls over 8.5	80%	86%	67%
Fouls over 9.5	40%	57%	0%
Fouls over 10.5	40%	57%	0%
Fouls over 11.5	40%	57%	0%
Fouls over 12.5	30%	43%	0%

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

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	12.1	13.43	9
Fouls against over 8.5	70%	71%	67%
Fouls against over 9.5	50%	57%	33%
Fouls against over 10.5	50%	57%	33%
Fouls against over 11.5	40%	57%	0%
Fouls against over 12.5	30%	43%	0%

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

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	23	25.43	17.33
Match fouls over 18.5	60%	71%	33%
Match fouls over 20.5	50%	71%	0%
Match fouls over 22.5	40%	57%	0%
Match fouls over 24.5	30%	43%	0%
Match fouls over 26.5	20%	29%	0%

South Korea 1st-half fouls for 2026 (from 8 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	5.8	100%	60%	60%	40%
Away	3	4.67	100%	33%	33%	0%
Overall	8	5.38	100%	50%	50%	25%

South Korea 1st-half fouls against 2026 (from 8 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	6	80%	60%	40%	40%
Away	3	4.33	67%	33%	33%	33%
Overall	8	5.38	75%	50%	38%	38%

South Korea 1st-half match total 2026 (from 8 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	5	11.8	80%	80%	80%	60%
Away	3	9	33%	33%	33%	33%
Overall	8	10.75	63%	63%	63%	50%

South Korea fouls match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
28 Sep	Friendly International	Uruguay (H)	1-4	7	9	16	-
24 Sep	Friendly International	Ecuador (H)	3-0	16	21	37	-
25 Jun	World Cup	South Africa (A)	1-0	9	7	16	6
19 Jun	World Cup	Mexico (A)	1-0	7	9	16	8
12 Jun	World Cup	Czech Republic (H)	2-1	9	16	25	11
4 Jun	Friendly International	El Salvador (H)	1-0	18	21	39	17
31 May	Friendly International	Trinidad and Tobago (H)	5-0	13	8	21	12
31 Mar	Friendly International	Austria (A)	1-0	9	11	20	13
28 Mar	Friendly International	Ivory Coast (H)	0-4	9	7	16	7
18 Nov	Friendly International	Ghana (H)	1-0	12	12	24	12

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%

South Korea 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	10.33	11.67	22	67%
Vs top half	3	10.33	11.67	22	67%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

South Korea 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	6	13.5	11	24.5	83%
WC Qualification Asia	2026	14	10.5	11	21.5	36%
Friendly International	2026	6	12	12.83	24.83	33%
World Cup	2026	3	8.33	10.67	19	33%

South Korea 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 10 Jan 10:00	Yemen (home)	13.6	6	7.6	15.5	5.5	10
Fri 15 Jan 10:00	Vietnam (away)	16.83	8.67	8.17	14.5	7.25	7.25
Wed 20 Jan 10:00	United Arab Emirates (home)	21.67	10.83	10.83	20.33	10.67	9.67

South Korea players with the most games of 1+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Han-beom Lee	defender	7	9	78%
2	Jae-sung Lee	midfielder	5	7	71%
3	Min-jae Kim	defender	5	9	56%
4	Gi-hyuk Lee	defender	4	5	80%
5	Jin-gyu Kim	midfielder	4	5	80%

South Korea players with the most games of 2+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Han-beom Lee	defender	3	9	33%
2	Jens Castrop	midfielder	2	3	67%
3	Tae-seok Lee	defender	2	6	33%
4	Jin-seob Park	midfielder	2	7	29%
5	Min-jae Kim	defender	2	9	22%

South Korea players with the most games of 3+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Jin-seob Park	midfielder	2	7	29%
2	Han-beom Lee	defender	2	9	22%
3	Min-kyu Song	attacker	1	1	100%
4	Jens Castrop	midfielder	1	3	33%
5	Gi-hyuk Lee	defender	1	5	20%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Nov	Asian Cup Qualification	Bhutan (H)	7-1	2	2	4	-
14 Oct	Asian Cup Qualification	Brunei Darussalam (H)	9-0	7	6	13	-
9 Oct	Asian Cup Qualification	Brunei Darussalam (A)	0-2	4	10	14	-
10 Jun	Asian Cup Qualification	Lebanon (H)	0-0	10	10	20	-
25 Mar	Asian Cup Qualification	Bhutan (A)	0-0	7	10	17	-