Villa are averaging 10.7 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 21.7 total fouls on average. That puts them 14th of 20 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 Club Brugge, and a full match-by-match log.
John McGinn leads with 12 fouls across 8 qualifying appearances (1.5/g, 75% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Villa player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Villa are averaging 10.7 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 11 for a match-total of 21.7. That ranks 14th of 20 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Villa pick up one yellow card every 0.15 fouls.
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 Club Brugge the page weights each Villa defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Villa fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.
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.
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.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Rogers | midfielder | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 100% |
| Lucas Digne | defender | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 100% |
| Boubacar Kamara | midfielder | 3 | 6 | 2 | 100% |
| Tammy Abraham | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Andrés García | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Leon Bailey | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| João Gomes | midfielder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Ollie Watkins | attacker | 7 | 7 | 1 | 86% |
| Matty Cash | defender | 10 | 10 | 1 | 80% |
| John McGinn | midfielder | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 75% |
| Emiliano Buendía | midfielder | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 75% |
| Youri Tielemans | midfielder | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 67% |
| Ian Maatsen | defender | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 67% |
| George Lawrence Hemmings | midfielder | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Tyrone Mings | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50% |
| Amadou Onana | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Ross Barkley | midfielder | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 43% |
| Pau Torres | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Lamare Bogarde | midfielder | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Victor Lindelöf | defender | 9 | 3 | 0.33 | 22% |
| Ezri Konsa | defender | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Emiliano Martínez | goalkeeper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Marco Bizot | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Zion Suzuki | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nicolas Jackson | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sep 2026 | Hull City | Away | 0-0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | George Lawrence Hemmings (2) |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Arsenal | Home | 0-1 | 17 | 6 | 23 | Ian Maatsen (5) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Away | 4-0 | 11 | 12 | 23 | Emiliano Buendía (3) |
| 24 May 2026 | Manchester City | Away | 1-2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | Emiliano Buendía (1) |
| 20 May 2026 | SC Freiburg | Away | 0-3 | 15 | 15 | 30 | Morgan Rogers (3) |
| 15 May 2026 | Liverpool | Home | 4-2 | 12 | 9 | 21 | Emiliano Buendía (3) |
| 10 May 2026 | Burnley | Away | 2-2 | 8 | 18 | 26 | Tyrone Mings (2) |
| 7 May 2026 | Nottingham Forest | Home | 4-0 | 13 | 12 | 25 | John McGinn (3) |
| 3 May 2026 | Tottenham Hotspur | Home | 1-2 | 12 | 12 | 24 | Ross Barkley (3) |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Nottingham Forest | Away | 1-0 | 11 | 7 | 18 | Morgan Rogers (3) |