Arsenal are averaging 1.6 yellow cards per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 3.3 cards on average. That puts them 20th of 20 for total cards per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player booking-rate forecasts, the matchup risk read for the upcoming fixture against Villa, a profile of referee Jarred Gillett, and a full match-by-match log.
Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each Arsenal player's yellow cards per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), plus their hit-rate over the last six appearances and current bookmaker odds to be carded.
Matchup risk blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the defender's underlying card rate (20%). Scores above 0.7 are flagged high risk, 0.4–0.7 medium and below 0.4 low.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz. Player odds are taken from Bet365 player markets when priced. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their booking rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.
Yellow cards are inherently noisy — we surface signal (form, matchup, referee profile, market price), not certainties. Use the booking-rate table and matchup risk as inputs, not guarantees.
Yes. The referee profile module shows the assigned official's average yellows per match this season alongside their season fouls and red-card rate so you can adjust expectations for the upcoming fixture.
| Player | Position | Apps | Yellow cards | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristhian Mosquera | defender | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Gabriel Jesus | attacker | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Bukayo Saka | attacker | 7 | 2 | 0.29 | 29% |
| Declan Rice | midfielder | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 22% |
| Gabriel Magalhães | defender | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Gabriel Martinelli | attacker | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Viktor Gyökeres | attacker | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Leandro Trossard | attacker | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Kai Havertz | attacker | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| William Saliba | defender | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| David Raya | goalkeeper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Eberechi Eze | midfielder | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Noni Madueke | attacker | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Martín Zubimendi | midfielder | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Martin Ødegaard | midfielder | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ben White | defender | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Riccardo Calafiori | defender | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | defender | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Piero Hincapié | defender | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Kepa Arrizabalaga | goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Christian Nørgaard | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mikel Merino | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Max Dowman | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jurriën Timber | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Christos Tzolis | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team yellow cards | Opposition yellow cards | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2026 | Coventry City | Home | 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 30 May 2026 | Paris Saint Germain | Away | 1-1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 24 May 2026 | Crystal Palace | Away | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 May 2026 | Burnley | Home | 1-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 10 May 2026 | West Ham United | Away | 0-1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 5 May 2026 | Atlético Madrid | Home | 1-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2 May 2026 | Fulham | Home | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Atlético Madrid | Away | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Newcastle United | Home | 1-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 19 Apr 2026 | Manchester City | Away | 2-1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |