Zimbabwe Fouls Stats 2026

Zimbabwe Fouls Stats 2026 - season overview

Zimbabwe are averaging 10.3 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 21.9 total fouls on average. That puts them 46th 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 Equatorial Guinea, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Zimbabwe players commit the most fouls?

Marvelous Nakamba leads with 12 fouls across 7 qualifying appearances (1.71/g, 71% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Zimbabwe player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Zimbabwe's foul profile look this season?

Zimbabwe are averaging 10.3 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 11.6 for a match-total of 21.9. That ranks 46th of 49 for team fouls among CAF World Cup Qualifiers teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. On average Zimbabwe pick up one yellow card every 0.107 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 Equatorial Guinea the page weights each Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe 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.

Zimbabwe player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Prince Dube	attacker	4	6	1.5	100%
Washington Navaya	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Ishmael Wadi	attacker	1	3	3	100%
Prosper Padera	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Tawanda Chirewa	midfielder	5	5	1	80%
Emmanuel Jalai	defender	4	5	1.25	75%
Marvelous Nakamba	midfielder	7	12	1.71	71%
Macauley Bonne	attacker	3	9	3	67%
Tawanda Maswanhise	attacker	3	2	0.67	67%
Daniel Msendami	attacker	4	7	1.75	50%
Sean Fusire	defender	4	2	0.5	50%
Godknows Murwira	defender	2	1	0.5	50%
Thandolwenkosi Methuseli Ngwenya	attacker	2	2	1	50%
Andy Rinomhota	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Kevin Moyo	defender	2	1	0.5	50%
Jonah Fabisch	midfielder	5	4	0.8	40%
Divine Lunga	defender	5	4	0.8	40%
Bill Antonio	attacker	5	3	0.6	40%
Teenage Hadebe	defender	3	1	0.33	33%
Marshall Munetsi	midfielder	3	2	0.67	33%
Shane Maroodza	defender	3	3	1	33%
Gerald Takwara	defender	4	1	0.25	25%
Munashe Garananga	defender	6	1	0.17	17%
Washington Arubi	goalkeeper	3	0	0	0%
Elvis Chipezeze	goalkeeper	3	0	0	0%

Zimbabwe fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
28 Sep 2026	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Congo DR	Home	1-2	6	16	22	Thandolwenkosi Methuseli Ngwenya (2)
24 Sep 2026	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Sierra Leone	Away	2-3	12	13	25	Shane Maroodza (3)
30 May 2026	Friendly International	India	Home	1-0	8	11	19
26 May 2026	Friendly International	Nigeria	Away	2-0	14	20	34
31 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Zambia	Home	1-0	0	0	0
28 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Botswana	Away	0-3	0	0	0
29 Dec 2025	Africa Cup of Nations	South Africa	Home	2-3	14	11	25	Marvelous Nakamba (6)
26 Dec 2025	Africa Cup of Nations	Angola	Away	1-1	24	17	41	Macauley Bonne (5)
22 Dec 2025	Africa Cup of Nations	Egypt	Away	2-1	15	13	28	Macauley Bonne (4)
17 Nov 2025	Friendly International	Qatar	Away	1-2	10	15	25	Jonah Fabisch (2)

Zimbabwe fouls 2026: last 10 games

Fouls for per game: 12.88
Fouls against per game: 14.5
Match total fouls per game: 27.38
Games: 8
League rank for match fouls: 25 of 30

Zimbabwe Fouls for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	3	9.33	33%	33%	33%	33%	33%
Away	5	15	100%	100%	80%	80%	60%
Overall	8	12.88	75%	75%	63%	63%	50%

Zimbabwe Fouls against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	3	12.67	100%	100%	100%	33%	33%
Away	5	15.6	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Overall	8	14.5	100%	100%	100%	75%	75%

Zimbabwe Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	3	22	100%	67%	33%	33%	0%
Away	5	30.6	100%	100%	100%	100%	60%
Overall	8	27.38	100%	88%	75%	75%	38%

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

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	12.88	9.33	15
Yellow cards / match	1.57	0.5	2
Fouls per yellow card	8.2	18.7	7.5
Cards per foul	12%	5%	13%
Fouls over 8.5	75%	33%	100%
Fouls over 9.5	75%	33%	100%
Fouls over 10.5	63%	33%	80%
Fouls over 11.5	63%	33%	80%
Fouls over 12.5	50%	33%	60%

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

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	14.5	12.67	15.6
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	75%	33%	100%
Fouls against over 12.5	75%	33%	100%

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

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	27.38	22	30.6
Match fouls over 18.5	100%	100%	100%
Match fouls over 20.5	88%	67%	100%
Match fouls over 22.5	75%	33%	100%
Match fouls over 24.5	75%	33%	100%
Match fouls over 26.5	38%	0%	60%

Zimbabwe 1st-half fouls for 2026 (from 5 of 8 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	1	8	100%	100%	100%	100%
Away	4	6	100%	50%	50%	25%
Overall	5	6.4	100%	60%	60%	40%

Zimbabwe 1st-half fouls against 2026 (from 5 of 8 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	1	7	100%	100%	100%	100%
Away	4	6.5	100%	100%	75%	50%
Overall	5	6.6	100%	100%	80%	60%

Zimbabwe 1st-half match total 2026 (from 5 of 8 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	1	15	100%	100%	100%	100%
Away	4	12.5	100%	75%	75%	75%
Overall	5	13	100%	80%	80%	80%

Zimbabwe fouls match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
28 Sep	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	DR Congo (H)	1-2	6	16	22	-
24 Sep	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Sierra Leone (A)	2-3	12	13	25	-
30 May	Friendly International	India (H)	1-0	8	11	19	-
26 May	Friendly International	Nigeria (A)	2-0	14	20	34	12
29 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	South Africa (H)	2-3	14	11	25	15
26 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	Angola (A)	1-1	24	17	41	17
22 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	Egypt (A)	2-1	15	13	28	9
17 Nov	Friendly International	Qatar (A)	1-2	10	15	25	12

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%

Zimbabwe 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	9	10.56	12.22	22.78	56%
Vs top half	9	10.56	12.22	22.78	56%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Zimbabwe 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	9	14.5	23.5	100%
Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	2025	6	10.83	13	23.83	67%
Africa Cup of Nations	2025	3	17.67	13.67	31.33	100%
Friendly International	2025	1	10	15	25	100%

Zimbabwe 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	Equatorial Guinea (away)	29.8	14.2	15.6	30.67	15.67	15
Sun 15 Nov 00:00	Equatorial Guinea (home)	29.8	14.2	15.6	28.5	12	16.5
Wed 24 Mar 00:00	Sierra Leone (home)	29	13.57	15.43	29.75	16	13.75

Zimbabwe players with the most games of 1+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Tawanda Chirewa	midfielder	2	3	67%
2	Abubakar Moffat	midfielder	1	2	50%
3	Andy Rinomhota	midfielder	1	2	50%
4	Bill Antonio	attacker	1	2	50%
5	Corbin Mthunzi	defender	1	2	50%

Zimbabwe players with the most games of 2+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Thandolwenkosi Methuseli Ngwenya	attacker	1	2	50%
2	Marshall Munetsi	midfielder	1	3	33%
3	Shane Maroodza	defender	1	3	33%

Zimbabwe players with the most games of 3+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Shane Maroodza	defender	1	3	33%

Equatorial Guinea fouls match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
28 Sep	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Sierra Leone (H)	1-0	20	20	40	-
24 Sep	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	DR Congo (A)	2-0	12	17	29	-
31 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	Algeria (H)	1-3	13	15	28	12
28 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	Sudan (H)	0-1	14	10	24	14
24 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	Burkina Faso (A)	2-1	12	16	28	16