Tanzania Fouls Stats 2026

Tanzania Fouls Stats 2026 - season overview

Tanzania are averaging 7.5 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 17.9 total fouls on average. That puts them 21st of 49 for team fouls per match among CAF World Cup Qualifiers teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. Below you'll find player foul-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Nigeria, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Tanzania players commit the most fouls?

Alphonce Msanga leads with 13 fouls across 7 qualifying appearances (1.86/g, 86% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Tanzania player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Tanzania's foul profile look this season?

Tanzania are averaging 7.5 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 10.4 for a match-total of 17.9. That ranks 21st of 49 for team fouls among CAF World Cup Qualifiers teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. On average Tanzania pick up one yellow card every 0.213 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 Nigeria the page weights each Tanzania 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 Tanzania 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.

Tanzania player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
S. Mwalimu	attacker	3	5	1.67	100%
Abdul Hamisi Suleiman	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Cyprian Kachwele	attacker	1	2	2	100%
Nathaniel Chilambo	defender	1	3	3	100%
Alphonce Msanga	midfielder	7	13	1.86	86%
Ibrahim Hamad	defender	6	8	1.33	83%
Feisal Salum	midfielder	6	6	1	83%
Ally Samatta	attacker	4	3	0.75	75%
Dickson Job	defender	3	4	1.33	67%
Selemani Mwalimu	attacker	3	4	1.33	67%
Kelvin John	attacker	3	3	1	67%
Novatus Miroshi	midfielder	5	4	0.8	60%
Haji Mnoga	midfielder	6	10	1.67	50%
Charles M'Mombwa	midfielder	4	2	0.5	50%
Himid Mao Mkami	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Denis Kibu	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Bakari Mwamnyeto	defender	5	3	0.6	40%
Simon Msuva	attacker	6	2	0.33	33%
Mohamed Hussein	defender	7	2	0.29	29%
Tarryn Allarakhia	attacker	5	0	0	0%
Zuberi Foba	goalkeeper	3	0	0	0%
Hussein Masalanga	goalkeeper	2	0	0	0%
Shomari Kapombe	defender	2	0	0	0%
Mudathir Yahya	midfielder	2	0	0	0%
Pascal Msindo	defender	1	0	0	0%

Tanzania fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
29 Sep 2026	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Madagascar	Away	1-1	15	18	33	Alphonce Msanga (5)
25 Sep 2026	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Guinea-Bissau	Home	0-2	9	21	30	Feisal Salum (2)
9 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Rwanda	Home	0-0	0	0	0
29 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Macao	Away	0-6	0	0	0
26 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Liechtenstein	Home	0-1	0	0	0
4 Jan 2026	Africa Cup of Nations	Morocco	Away	1-0	19	12	31	Haji Mnoga (5)
30 Dec 2025	Africa Cup of Nations	Tunisia	Home	1-1	9	14	23	Bakari Mwamnyeto (2)
27 Dec 2025	Africa Cup of Nations	Uganda	Away	1-1	16	16	32	Haji Mnoga (4)
23 Dec 2025	Africa Cup of Nations	Nigeria	Away	2-1	7	23	30	Ibrahim Hamad (2)
15 Nov 2025	Friendly International	Kuwait	Away	4-3	0	0	0

Tanzania fouls 2026: last 10 games

Fouls for per game: 12.5
Fouls against per game: 17.33
Match total fouls per game: 29.83
Games: 6
League rank for match fouls: 5 of 30

Tanzania Fouls for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	2	9	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	4	14.25	75%	75%	75%	75%	75%
Overall	6	12.5	83%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Tanzania Fouls against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	2	17.5	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Away	4	17.25	100%	100%	100%	100%	75%
Overall	6	17.33	100%	100%	100%	100%	83%

Tanzania Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	2	26.5	100%	100%	100%	50%	50%
Away	4	31.5	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Overall	6	29.83	100%	100%	100%	83%	83%

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

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	12.5	9	14.25
Yellow cards / match	2.17	2	2.25
Fouls per yellow card	5.8	4.5	6.3
Cards per foul	17%	22%	16%
Fouls over 8.5	83%	100%	75%
Fouls over 9.5	50%	0%	75%
Fouls over 10.5	50%	0%	75%
Fouls over 11.5	50%	0%	75%
Fouls over 12.5	50%	0%	75%

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

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	17.33	17.5	17.25
Fouls against over 8.5	100%	100%	100%
Fouls against over 9.5	100%	100%	100%
Fouls against over 10.5	100%	100%	100%
Fouls against over 11.5	100%	100%	100%
Fouls against over 12.5	83%	100%	75%

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

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	29.83	26.5	31.5
Match fouls over 18.5	100%	100%	100%
Match fouls over 20.5	100%	100%	100%
Match fouls over 22.5	100%	100%	100%
Match fouls over 24.5	83%	50%	100%
Match fouls over 26.5	83%	50%	100%

Tanzania 1st-half fouls for 2026 (from 4 of 6 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	1	3	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	3	5.33	67%	33%	33%	33%
Overall	4	4.75	50%	25%	25%	25%

Tanzania 1st-half fouls against 2026 (from 4 of 6 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	1	9	100%	100%	100%	100%
Away	3	7.67	100%	100%	100%	33%
Overall	4	8	100%	100%	100%	50%

Tanzania 1st-half match total 2026 (from 4 of 6 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	1	12	100%	100%	100%	100%
Away	3	13	67%	67%	67%	67%
Overall	4	12.75	75%	75%	75%	75%

Tanzania fouls match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
29 Sep	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Madagascar (A)	1-1	15	18	33	-
25 Sep	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Guinea-Bissau (H)	0-2	9	21	30	-
4 Jan	Africa Cup of Nations	Morocco (A)	1-0	19	12	31	16
30 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	Tunisia (H)	1-1	9	14	23	12
27 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	Uganda (A)	1-1	16	16	32	8
23 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	Nigeria (A)	2-1	7	23	30	15

CAF World Cup Qualifiers 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	Niger	3	15.33	20	35.33	100%
2	Burkina Faso	4	17	18.25	35.25	100%
3	Benin	4	18.5	16.25	34.75	100%
4	Mauritania	3	13	20	33	100%
5	Tanzania	3	14.33	17	31.33	100%
6	Cameroon	6	16.67	14.33	31	83%
7	Cameroon	6	16.67	14.33	31	83%
8	Liberia	3	12.33	18.33	30.67	100%
9	Mozambique	3	12	18.67	30.67	67%
10	Nigeria	10	16.5	13.3	29.8	80%
11	Nigeria	10	16.5	13.3	29.8	80%
12	Guinea	3	14	15.33	29.33	100%
13	Sierra Leone	4	16	13.25	29.25	75%
14	Morocco	16	12.63	16.31	28.94	75%
15	Lesotho	4	14	14	28	75%
16	Mali	5	11.6	16.2	27.8	80%
17	Madagascar	3	13	13.67	26.67	100%
18	Egypt	15	12	14.53	26.53	73%
19	Tunisia	9	13.44	12.33	25.78	67%
20	Kenya	4	15	10.75	25.75	75%
21	Congo DR	9	14	11.33	25.33	78%
22	Congo DR	9	14	11.33	25.33	78%
23	Senegal	12	12.33	12.83	25.17	58%
24	Zambia	3	14.67	10.33	25	67%
25	Zimbabwe	4	10	15	25	75%
26	South Africa	10	11	13.3	24.3	80%
27	Algeria	11	11.27	13	24.27	55%
28	Ghana	10	11	12.3	23.3	60%
29	Cape Verde Islands	9	10.11	12.67	22.78	78%
30	Côte d'Ivoire	11	11	10.64	21.64	45%

Tanzania 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	7	14.14	16.71	30.86	100%
Vs top half	7	14.14	16.71	30.86	100%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Tanzania fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	2027	2	12	19.5	31.5	100%
Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	2025	6	15.17	17.5	32.67	100%
Africa Cup of Nations	2025	4	12.75	16.25	29	100%
Friendly International	2025	1	8	16	24	100%

Tanzania 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
Wed 11 Nov 00:00	Nigeria (away)	28.25	16.13	12.13	36	21	15
Sun 15 Nov 00:00	Nigeria (home)	28.25	16.13	12.13	23.6	13.2	10.4
Wed 24 Mar 00:00	Guinea-Bissau (away)	25.29	13.14	12.14	25.25	12	13.25

Tanzania players with the most games of 1+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Ibrahim Hamad	defender	3	3	100%
2	Alphonce Msanga	midfielder	3	4	75%
3	Feisal Salum	midfielder	3	4	75%
4	S. Mwalimu	attacker	2	3	67%
5	Mohamed Hussein	defender	2	4	50%

Tanzania players with the most games of 2+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Ibrahim Hamad	defender	2	3	67%
2	Alphonce Msanga	midfielder	2	4	50%
3	Cyprian Kachwele	attacker	1	1	100%
4	Dickson Job	defender	1	1	100%
5	Nathaniel Chilambo	defender	1	2	50%

Tanzania players with the most games of 3+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Dickson Job	defender	1	1	100%
2	Nathaniel Chilambo	defender	1	2	50%
3	Selemani Mwalimu	attacker	1	2	50%
4	S. Mwalimu	attacker	1	3	33%
5	Alphonce Msanga	midfielder	1	4	25%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
29 Sep	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Guinea-Bissau (A)	3-0	18	17	35	-
25 Sep	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Madagascar (H)	2-1	14	9	23	-
10 Jun	Friendly International	Portugal (A)	2-1	19	11	30	16
3 Jun	Friendly International	Poland (A)	2-2	11	9	20	4
26 May	Friendly International	Zimbabwe (H)	2-0	20	14	34	12
31 Mar	Friendly International	Jordan (A)	2-2	2	0	2	-
17 Jan	Africa Cup of Nations	Egypt (A)	0-0	16	15	31	18
14 Jan	Africa Cup of Nations	Morocco (H)	0-0	29	22	51	22