Reading Fouls Stats 2026/2027

Reading Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Reading are averaging 11.7 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 23.3 total fouls on average. That puts them 10th of 24 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 MK Dons, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Reading players commit the most fouls?

Benn Ward leads with 15 fouls across 9 qualifying appearances (1.67/g, 89% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Reading player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Reading's foul profile look this season?

Reading are averaging 11.7 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 11.6 for a match-total of 23.3. That ranks 10th of 24 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Reading 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 MK Dons the page weights each Reading 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 Reading 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.

Reading player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Jeriel Dorsett	defender	3	5	1.67	100%
Paudie O'Connor	defender	9	12	1.33	89%
Benn Ward	defender	9	15	1.67	89%
Andy Rinomhota	midfielder	7	9	1.29	86%
Haydon Roberts	defender	7	9	1.29	86%
Jack Marriott	attacker	7	8	1.14	86%
Lewis Wing	midfielder	8	9	1.13	75%
Kyreece Lisbie	attacker	8	12	1.5	75%
Paddy Lane	attacker	8	8	1	75%
Liam Fraser	midfielder	4	5	1.25	75%
Charlie Savage	midfielder	3	2	0.67	67%
Jacob Brown	attacker	6	5	0.83	50%
James Tyrrell Reid	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Ashqar Ahmed	defender	2	3	1.5	50%
Josh Stokes	midfielder	5	2	0.4	40%
U. Godwin-Malife	defender	8	4	0.5	38%
George Earthy	midfielder	6	2	0.33	33%
Daniel Kyerewaa	midfielder	3	1	0.33	33%
Randell Williams	midfielder	6	1	0.17	17%
Joel Pereira	goalkeeper	10	0	0	0%
Conor Masterson	defender	2	0	0	0%

Reading fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
3 Oct 2026	League One	Bradford City	Home	1-1	10	21	31	Kyreece Lisbie (2)
26 Sep 2026	League One	Wycombe Wanderers	Away	2-2	17	9	26	Benn Ward (4)
19 Sep 2026	League One	Notts County	Home	2-0	13	12	25	Kyreece Lisbie (3)
15 Sep 2026	Carabao Cup	Brentford	Home	1-2	8	11	19	Paudie O'Connor (3)
12 Sep 2026	League One	Cambridge United	Away	2-1	11	8	19	Haydon Roberts (2)
5 Sep 2026	League One	Blackpool	Home	3-1	11	7	18	Haydon Roberts (3)
2 Sep 2026	League One	Mansfield Town	Home	5-0	9	16	25	Paddy Lane (2)
25 Aug 2026	Carabao Cup	Stevenage	Away	0-3	13	6	19	Ashqar Ahmed (3)
22 Aug 2026	League One	AFC Wimbledon	Away	0-0	13	15	28	Lewis Wing (3)
15 Aug 2026	League One	Luton Town	Home	3-4	12	11	23	Andy Rinomhota (3)

Reading fouls 2026/2027: last 10 games

Fouls for per game: 11.7
Fouls against per game: 11.6
Match total fouls per game: 23.3
Games: 10
League rank for match fouls: 11 of 24

Reading 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	6	10.5	83%	67%	50%	33%	17%
Away	4	13.5	100%	100%	100%	75%	75%
Overall	10	11.7	90%	80%	70%	50%	40%

Reading 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	6	13	83%	83%	83%	50%	33%
Away	4	9.5	50%	25%	25%	25%	25%
Overall	10	11.6	70%	60%	60%	40%	30%

Reading 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	6	23.5	83%	67%	67%	50%	17%
Away	4	23	100%	50%	50%	50%	25%
Overall	10	23.3	90%	60%	60%	50%	20%

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

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	11.7	10.5	13.5
Yellow cards / match	1.67	1.2	2.25
Fouls per yellow card	7	8.8	6
Cards per foul	14%	11%	17%
Fouls over 8.5	90%	83%	100%
Fouls over 9.5	80%	67%	100%
Fouls over 10.5	70%	50%	100%
Fouls over 11.5	50%	33%	75%
Fouls over 12.5	40%	17%	75%

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

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	11.6	13	9.5
Fouls against over 8.5	70%	83%	50%
Fouls against over 9.5	60%	83%	25%
Fouls against over 10.5	60%	83%	25%
Fouls against over 11.5	40%	50%	25%
Fouls against over 12.5	30%	33%	25%

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

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	23.3	23.5	23
Match fouls over 18.5	90%	83%	100%
Match fouls over 20.5	60%	67%	50%
Match fouls over 22.5	60%	67%	50%
Match fouls over 24.5	50%	50%	50%
Match fouls over 26.5	20%	17%	25%

Reading 1st-half fouls for 2026/2027 (from 3 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	1	5	100%	100%	0%	0%
Away	2	7.5	100%	100%	100%	100%
Overall	3	6.67	100%	100%	67%	67%

Reading 1st-half fouls against 2026/2027 (from 3 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	1	5	100%	100%	0%	0%
Away	2	7.5	50%	50%	50%	50%
Overall	3	6.67	67%	67%	33%	33%

Reading 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 3 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	1	10	100%	100%	0%	0%
Away	2	15	100%	100%	50%	50%
Overall	3	13.33	100%	100%	33%	33%

Reading fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
3 Oct	League One	Bradford (H)	1-1	10	21	31	-
26 Sep	League One	Wycombe (A)	2-2	17	9	26	-
19 Sep	League One	Notts County (H)	2-0	13	12	25	-
15 Sep	Carabao Cup	Brentford (H)	1-2	8	11	19	-
12 Sep	League One	Cambridge (A)	2-1	11	8	19	-
5 Sep	League One	Blackpool (H)	3-1	11	7	18	-
2 Sep	League One	Mansfield (H)	5-0	9	16	25	-
25 Aug	Carabao Cup	Stevenage (A)	0-3	13	6	19	10
22 Aug	League One	Wimbledon (A)	0-0	13	15	28	20
15 Aug	League One	Luton (H)	3-4	12	11	23	10

League One 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	Stevenage	7	14	14	28	86%
2	Bromley	7	15.29	11.86	27.14	86%
3	Notts County	7	13.14	13.71	26.86	86%
4	Bradford City	8	14.63	12	26.63	88%
5	Leyton Orient	8	12.38	14.13	26.5	75%
6	Oxford United	6	12.83	13.17	26	67%
7	Mansfield Town	7	13.29	11.71	25	86%
8	Luton Town	7	11.43	13.57	25	71%
9	Burton Albion	9	12	12.89	24.89	67%
10	Barnsley	7	13.57	11	24.57	86%
11	Reading	8	12	12.38	24.38	75%
12	AFC Wimbledon	8	12.63	11.13	23.75	63%
13	Sheffield Wednesday	7	12.57	10.71	23.29	57%
14	Wycombe Wanderers	8	9.5	13	22.5	63%
15	Peterborough United	8	9.38	12.75	22.13	38%
16	Huddersfield Town	8	11.38	10.25	21.63	50%
17	Leicester City	7	8.57	12.86	21.43	43%
18	Plymouth Argyle	9	11.22	9.56	20.78	67%
19	Blackpool	7	10.29	10.43	20.71	43%
20	Milton Keynes Dons	7	11.86	8.57	20.43	43%
21	Wigan Athletic	7	9.86	10.14	20	43%
22	Doncaster Rovers	7	10.71	9.14	19.86	43%
23	Cambridge United	8	8.5	10.13	18.63	25%
24	Stockport County	8	8.13	9.38	17.5	25%

Reading 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	10.57	11.14	21.71	43%
Vs top half	26	11.96	11.35	23.31	58%
Vs bottom half	28	11.29	10.86	22.14	61%
Vs bottom six	13	11.38	11.08	22.46	69%

Reading fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
League One	2026/2027	8	12	12.38	24.38	75%
Carabao Cup	2026/2027	3	10.67	9.33	20	33%
League One	2025/2026	46	11.54	10.87	22.41	57%
Carabao Cup	2025/2026	3	11.67	11.67	23.33	67%
FA Cup	2025/2026	1	15	10	25	100%
League One	2024/2025	46	11.41	11.83	23.24	72%
FA Cup	2024/2025	2	9.5	11	20.5	50%
Carabao Cup	2024/2025	1	13	8	21	0%

Reading 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 14:00	MK Dons (away)	20.43	11.86	8.57	17.67	8.67	9
Sat 17 Oct 14:00	Wigan (away)	20	9.86	10.14	20.75	10.5	10.25
Wed 21 Oct 19:00	Orient (home)	26.5	12.38	14.13	26	14	12

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Paudie O'Connor	defender	9	10	90%
2	Benn Ward	defender	8	10	80%
3	Andy Rinomhota	midfielder	7	8	88%
4	Jack Marriott	attacker	7	8	88%
5	Lewis Wing	midfielder	7	9	78%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Benn Ward	defender	5	10	50%
2	Kyreece Lisbie	attacker	4	11	36%
3	Jack Marriott	attacker	3	8	38%
4	Jeriel Dorsett	defender	2	5	40%
5	Liam Fraser	midfielder	2	6	33%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Paudie O'Connor	defender	2	10	20%
2	Kyreece Lisbie	attacker	2	11	18%
3	Ashqar Ahmed	defender	1	2	50%
4	Haydon Roberts	defender	1	7	14%
5	Andy Rinomhota	midfielder	1	8	13%

MK Dons fouls match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
17 Sep	League One	Wimbledon (A)	0-0	18	6	24	-
12 Sep	League One	Peterborough (H)	1-1	11	7	18	-
5 Sep	League One	Wycombe (A)	3-3	16	8	24	-
2 Sep	League One	Wigan (A)	3-1	9	5	14	-
29 Aug	League One	Leicester (H)	0-0	9	6	15	-
22 Aug	League One	Huddersfield (H)	1-1	6	14	20	5
15 Aug	League One	Oxford Utd (A)	2-2	14	14	28	11
8 Aug	Carabao Cup	Norwich (A)	4-1	13	11	24	12