Nice Fouls Stats 2026/2027

Nice Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Nice are averaging 8.7 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 18.5 total fouls on average. That puts them 13th 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 Strasbourg, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Nice players commit the most fouls?

Djibril Coulibaly leads with 10 fouls across 5 qualifying appearances (2/g, 80% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Nice player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Nice's foul profile look this season?

Nice are averaging 8.7 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 9.8 for a match-total of 18.5. That ranks 13th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Nice pick up one yellow card every 0.149 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 Strasbourg the page weights each Nice 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 Nice 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.

Nice player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Antoine Mendy	defender	5	5	1	100%
Ali Abdi	defender	2	2	1	100%
Dante	defender	1	2	2	100%
Charles Vanhoutte	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Alidu Seidu	defender	1	1	1	100%
Zoumana Diallo	attacker	1	3	3	100%
Everton Pereira	midfielder	1	2	2	100%
Djibril Coulibaly	midfielder	5	10	2	80%
Morgan Sanson	midfielder	4	4	1	75%
Kojo Peprah Oppong	defender	4	6	1.5	75%
Mohamed Amoura	attacker	3	3	1	67%
Gauthier Hein	attacker	5	3	0.6	60%
Youssouf Ndayishimiye	defender	5	3	0.6	60%
Elye Wahi	attacker	6	7	1.17	50%
Hicham Boudaoui	midfielder	4	2	0.5	50%
Mohamed Abdelmonem	defender	4	2	0.5	50%
Axel Witsel	midfielder	4	2	0.5	50%
Salis Abdul Samed	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Sofiane Diop	attacker	7	3	0.43	43%
Melvin Bard	defender	5	3	0.6	40%
Xavier Mandza Tsiendi	midfielder	5	2	0.4	40%
Jonathan Clauss	defender	8	3	0.38	38%
Kaïl Boudache	attacker	3	2	0.67	33%
Juma Bah	defender	3	1	0.33	33%
Niels Nkounkou	defender	3	2	0.67	33%

Nice fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
20 Sep 2026	Ligue 1	LOSC Lille	Home	2-1	16	9	25	Djibril Coulibaly (4)
12 Sep 2026	Ligue 1	Auxerre	Away	1-0	7	9	16	Djibril Coulibaly (3)
5 Sep 2026	Ligue 1	Le Mans	Home	1-1	4	11	15	Mohamed Abdelmonem (1)
30 Aug 2026	Ligue 1	Paris	Away	3-0	7	7	14	Djibril Coulibaly (2)
22 Aug 2026	Ligue 1	Lorient	Home	0-0	15	8	23	Zoumana Diallo (3)
17 May 2026	Ligue 1	Metz	Home	0-0	11	15	26	Elye Wahi (3)
16 May 2026	Ligue 1	Metz	Home	0-0	0	0	0
10 May 2026	Ligue 1	Auxerre	Away	2-1	9	15	24	Morgan Sanson (2)
2 May 2026	Ligue 1	Lens	Home	1-1	11	10	21	Kojo Peprah Oppong (3)
26 Apr 2026	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	Away	1-1	7	14	21	Elye Wahi (3)

Nice fouls 2026/2027: last 10 games

Fouls for per game: 9.7
Fouls against per game: 10.7
Match total fouls per game: 20.4
Games: 10
League rank for match fouls: 17 of 18

Nice 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	11.4	80%	80%	80%	40%	40%
Away	5	8	40%	20%	0%	0%	0%
Overall	10	9.7	60%	50%	40%	20%	20%

Nice 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	10.6	80%	60%	40%	20%	20%
Away	5	10.8	80%	40%	40%	40%	40%
Overall	10	10.7	80%	50%	40%	30%	30%

Nice 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	22	80%	80%	60%	40%	0%
Away	5	18.8	60%	40%	20%	0%	0%
Overall	10	20.4	70%	60%	40%	20%	0%

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

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	9.7	11.4	8
Yellow cards / match	1.4	2	0.8
Fouls per yellow card	6.9	5.7	10
Cards per foul	14%	18%	10%
Fouls over 8.5	60%	80%	40%
Fouls over 9.5	50%	80%	20%
Fouls over 10.5	40%	80%	0%
Fouls over 11.5	20%	40%	0%
Fouls over 12.5	20%	40%	0%

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

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	10.7	10.6	10.8
Fouls against over 8.5	80%	80%	80%
Fouls against over 9.5	50%	60%	40%
Fouls against over 10.5	40%	40%	40%
Fouls against over 11.5	30%	20%	40%
Fouls against over 12.5	30%	20%	40%

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

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	20.4	22	18.8
Match fouls over 18.5	70%	80%	60%
Match fouls over 20.5	60%	80%	40%
Match fouls over 22.5	40%	60%	20%
Match fouls over 24.5	20%	40%	0%
Match fouls over 26.5	0%	0%	0%

Nice 1st-half fouls for 2026/2027 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	5.33	67%	67%	67%	33%
Away	3	4	67%	33%	0%	0%
Overall	6	4.67	67%	50%	33%	17%

Nice 1st-half fouls against 2026/2027 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	3.33	33%	33%	33%	0%
Away	3	6.67	100%	100%	100%	67%
Overall	6	5	67%	67%	67%	33%

Nice 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	3	8.67	67%	0%	0%	0%
Away	3	10.67	100%	100%	67%	0%
Overall	6	9.67	83%	50%	33%	0%

Nice fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
20 Sep	Ligue 1	Lille (H)	2-1	16	9	25	-
12 Sep	Ligue 1	Auxerre (A)	1-0	7	9	16	-
5 Sep	Ligue 1	Le Mans (H)	1-1	4	11	15	-
30 Aug	Ligue 1	Paris (A)	3-0	7	7	14	-
22 Aug	Ligue 1	Lorient (H)	0-0	15	8	23	9
17 May	Ligue 1	Metz (H)	0-0	11	15	26	9
10 May	Ligue 1	Auxerre (A)	2-1	9	15	24	10
2 May	Ligue 1	Lens (H)	1-1	11	10	21	8
26 Apr	Ligue 1	Marseille (A)	1-1	7	14	21	11
18 Apr	Ligue 1	Lille (A)	0-0	10	9	19	11

Ligue 1 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	Toulouse	5	16.8	13.2	30	100%
2	Brest	5	14.6	14.4	29	80%
3	Le Havre	5	14.6	13	27.6	100%
4	Olympique Lyonnais	5	11.6	14.4	26	80%
5	Le Mans	5	14.4	11.4	25.8	80%
6	Angers SCO	5	10.6	14.8	25.4	100%
7	Troyes	5	12	12.8	24.8	80%
8	Lens	5	11.4	13.2	24.6	80%
9	LOSC Lille	5	10.6	14	24.6	80%
10	Rennes	5	13.2	11.2	24.4	80%
11	Lorient	5	9	15.4	24.4	80%
12	Paris	5	13.8	10	23.8	80%
13	Auxerre	5	14.6	8.4	23	60%
14	Strasbourg	5	11.8	10	21.8	40%
15	Monaco	5	11	10.2	21.2	40%
16	Olympique Marseille	5	9.6	10.2	19.8	40%
17	Nice	5	9.8	8.8	18.6	40%
18	Paris Saint Germain	5	6.2	10.2	16.4	0%

Nice 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	14	11	10.79	21.79	29%
Vs top half	21	10.95	10.14	21.1	29%
Vs bottom half	18	13.28	12.72	26	83%
Vs bottom six	10	14	12.8	26.8	90%

Nice fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Ligue 1	2026/2027	5	9.8	8.8	18.6	40%
Ligue 1	2025/2026	34	12.35	11.71	24.06	56%
Europa League	2025/2026	8	10.5	14.63	25.13	88%
Champions League	2025/2026	2	11	11.5	22.5	100%
Ligue 1	2024/2025	34	11.47	12.82	24.29	65%
Europa League	2024/2025	8	8.13	12.25	20.38	38%

Nice 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 13:00	Strasbourg (home)	21.8	11.8	10	23	13.33	9.67
Sun 18 Oct 18:45	Lyon (away)	26	11.6	14.4	22.67	10	12.67
Fri 23 Oct 18:45	Brest (away)	29	14.6	14.4	28.5	16	12.5

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Djibril Coulibaly	midfielder	4	5	80%
2	Gauthier Hein	attacker	3	5	60%
3	Youssouf Ndayishimiye	defender	3	5	60%
4	Everton Pereira	midfielder	2	2	100%
5	H. Koutoune	defender	2	2	100%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Djibril Coulibaly	midfielder	3	5	60%
2	Mohamed-Ali Cho	attacker	1	1	100%
3	Zoumana Diallo	attacker	1	1	100%
4	Everton Pereira	midfielder	1	2	50%
5	H. Koutoune	defender	1	2	50%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Djibril Coulibaly	midfielder	2	5	40%
2	Zoumana Diallo	attacker	1	1	100%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
19 Sep	Ligue 1	Paris (A)	2-1	12	17	29	-
12 Sep	Ligue 1	Monaco (H)	1-1	9	10	19	-
6 Sep	Ligue 1	Troyes (A)	2-6	16	6	22	-
29 Aug	Ligue 1	Lens (H)	2-1	10	11	21	-
21 Aug	Ligue 1	Marseille (A)	4-0	12	6	18	11
17 May	Ligue 1	Monaco (H)	5-4	7	11	18	9
13 May	Ligue 1	Brest (A)	1-2	11	10	21	10
10 May	Ligue 1	Angers (A)	1-1	13	16	29	12
7 May	Europa Conference League	Rayo (H)	0-1	7	19	26	10