AZ Fouls Stats 2026/2027

AZ Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

AZ are averaging 11.67 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 23.2 total fouls on average. That puts them 10th of 18 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 Ararat, a profile of referee Patrik Kolarić, and a full match-by-match log.

AZ Fouls Questions

Which AZ players commit the most fouls?

Peer Koopmeiners leads with 23 fouls across 14 qualifying appearances (1.64/g, 71% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every AZ player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does AZ's foul profile look this season?

AZ are averaging 11.67 fouls per game over 15 games and draw 11.53 for a match-total of 23.2. That ranks 10th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average AZ pick up one yellow card every 0.109 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 Ararat the page weights each AZ 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 - 15 AZ 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?

Patrik Kolarić is the referee for this fixture. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.

AZ player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Rion Ichihara	defender	1	1	1	100%
Jizz Hornkamp	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Wesley Hoedt	defender	1	2	2	100%
Mateo Chávez	defender	12	16	1.33	83%
Mexx Meerdink	attacker	12	22	1.83	75%
Kees Smit	midfielder	8	11	1.38	75%
Alexandre Penetra	defender	4	3	0.75	75%
Sven Mijnans	midfielder	4	4	1	75%
Peer Koopmeiners	midfielder	14	23	1.64	71%
C. Stengs	midfielder	10	9	0.9	70%
Weslley Patati	attacker	12	12	1	67%
Wouter Goes	defender	14	15	1.07	64%
Lewis Schouten	defender	10	10	1	60%
Mees de Wit	defender	5	4	0.8	60%
Ayoub Oufkir	attacker	5	9	1.8	60%
Ro-Zangelo Daal	attacker	14	8	0.57	50%
Jordy Clasie	midfielder	10	4	0.4	40%
Dave Kwakman	midfielder	9	4	0.44	33%
Seiya Maikuma	defender	3	3	1	33%
Denso Kasius	defender	4	1	0.25	25%
Elijah Dijkstra	defender	14	3	0.21	21%
Jari De Busser	goalkeeper	11	0	0	0%
Valdemar Byskov	midfielder	6	0	0	0%
Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro	goalkeeper	4	0	0	0%
Isak Jensen	attacker	4	0	0	0%

AZ fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
18 Oct 2026	Eredivisie	SC Cambuur	Away	2-2	15	11	26	Ayoub Oufkir (4)
15 Oct 2026	Europa League	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Home	2-1	14	17	31	Seiya Maikuma (3)
10 Oct 2026	Eredivisie	Feyenoord	Away	2-0	15	12	27	Wouter Goes (4)
20 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Telstar	Home	1-0	15	12	27	Mexx Meerdink (3)
16 Sep 2026	Europa League	Sunderland	Away	1-0	13	14	27	Peer Koopmeiners (3)
11 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Willem II	Home	1-1	7	8	15	Mateo Chávez (2)
6 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	SC Heerenveen	Away	2-3	11	8	19	Mexx Meerdink (4)
29 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	Go Ahead Eagles	Home	5-2	9	6	15	Wouter Goes (2)
22 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	Fortuna Sittard	Away	0-2	11	9	20	Kees Smit (4)
15 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht	Away	1-4	14	23	37	Mateo Chávez (3)
8 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag	Home	2-0	9	14	23	Mexx Meerdink (3)
17 May 2026	Eredivisie	NAC Breda	Home	3-3	11	6	17	Wouter Goes (2)

AZ fouls 2026/2027: last 15 games

Fouls for per game: 11.67
Fouls against per game: 11.53
Match total fouls per game: 23.2
Games: 15
League rank for match fouls: 6 of 18

AZ Fouls for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	7	10.57	43%	43%	29%	29%	29%
Away	8	12.63	88%	88%	63%	63%	38%
Overall	15	11.67	67%	67%	47%	47%	33%

AZ Fouls against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	7	11	57%	57%	57%	43%	43%
Away	8	12	63%	50%	38%	25%	25%
Overall	15	11.53	60%	53%	47%	33%	33%

AZ 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	7	21.57	57%	57%	57%	29%	29%
Away	8	24.63	100%	63%	50%	50%	38%
Overall	15	23.2	80%	60%	53%	40%	33%

AZ Team fouls 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	11.67	10.57	12.63
Yellow cards / match	1.46	1.2	1.63
Fouls per yellow card	8	8.8	7.7
Cards per foul	13%	11%	13%
Fouls over 9.5	67%	43%	88%
Fouls over 10.5	67%	43%	88%
Fouls over 11.5	47%	29%	63%
Fouls over 12.5	47%	29%	63%
Fouls over 13.5	33%	29%	38%

AZ Fouls against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	11.53	11	12
Fouls against over 9.5	60%	57%	63%
Fouls against over 10.5	53%	57%	50%
Fouls against over 11.5	47%	57%	38%
Fouls against over 12.5	33%	43%	25%
Fouls against over 13.5	33%	43%	25%

AZ Match fouls 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	23.2	21.57	24.63
Match fouls over 18.5	80%	57%	100%
Match fouls over 20.5	60%	57%	63%
Match fouls over 22.5	53%	57%	50%
Match fouls over 24.5	40%	29%	50%
Match fouls over 26.5	33%	29%	38%

AZ 1st-half fouls for 2026/2027 (from 15 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %
Home	7	4.57	86%	43%	14%	14%	0%
Away	8	5.88	88%	88%	50%	50%	13%
Overall	15	5.27	87%	67%	33%	33%	7%

AZ 1st-half fouls against 2026/2027 (from 15 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %
Home	7	6.71	100%	71%	71%	57%	43%
Away	8	6	88%	75%	50%	38%	13%
Overall	15	6.33	93%	73%	60%	47%	27%

AZ 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 15 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	7	11.29	71%	57%	57%	29%	14%
Away	8	11.88	63%	50%	50%	38%	38%
Overall	15	11.6	67%	53%	53%	33%	27%

AZ fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Oct	Eredivisie	SC Cambuur (A)	2-2	15	11	26	14
15 Oct	Europa League	Be'er Sheva (H)	2-1	14	17	31	17
10 Oct	Eredivisie	Feyenoord (A)	2-0	15	12	27	9
20 Sep	Eredivisie	Telstar (H)	1-0	15	12	27	12
16 Sep	Europa League	Sunderland (A)	1-0	13	14	27	15
11 Sep	Eredivisie	Willem II (H)	1-1	7	8	15	12
6 Sep	Eredivisie	Heerenveen (A)	2-3	11	8	19	8
29 Aug	Eredivisie	GA Eagles (H)	5-2	9	6	15	7
22 Aug	Eredivisie	Fortuna (A)	0-2	11	9	20	10
15 Aug	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht (A)	1-4	14	23	37	18
8 Aug	Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag (H)	2-0	9	14	23	13
17 May	Eredivisie	NAC Breda (H)	3-3	11	6	17	8
10 May	Eredivisie	Feyenoord (A)	1-1	9	10	19	9
3 May	Eredivisie	FC Twente (H)	2-2	9	14	23	10
23 Apr	Eredivisie	GA Eagles (A)	0-0	13	9	22	12

Eredivisie 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	FC Utrecht	9	16.33	10.67	27	89%
2	SC Cambuur	9	12	14.33	26.33	67%
3	ADO Den Haag	9	14	10.11	24.11	67%
4	NEC Nijmegen	9	11.33	12.33	23.67	56%
5	Telstar	9	11	12.56	23.56	56%
6	AZ	9	11.78	11.44	23.22	56%
7	Feyenoord	9	8.89	12.22	21.11	44%
8	PEC Zwolle	9	11.33	9.56	20.89	33%
9	Fortuna Sittard	9	9.11	11.78	20.89	22%
10	FC Twente	9	11.22	8.89	20.11	33%
11	FC Groningen	9	9.11	11	20.11	33%
12	Sparta Rotterdam	9	9.78	9.89	19.67	33%
13	Willem II	9	9.78	9.78	19.56	44%
14	PSV	9	9.56	9.89	19.44	44%
15	Ajax	9	9.56	9.78	19.33	33%
16	SC Heerenveen	9	8.56	10.67	19.22	11%
17	Excelsior	9	11.44	7.22	18.67	11%
18	Go Ahead Eagles	9	7.11	9.78	16.89	22%

AZ 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	10.93	11.93	22.86	57%
Vs top half	20	10.05	11.4	21.45	50%
Vs bottom half	23	10.96	11.48	22.43	52%
Vs bottom six	16	10.88	10.81	21.69	50%

AZ fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Eredivisie	2026/2027	9	11.78	11.44	23.22	56%
Europa League	2026/2027	2	13.5	15.5	29	100%
Eredivisie	2025/2026	34	10.21	11.44	21.65	50%
Europa Conference League	2025/2026	18	12.06	11.72	23.78	67%
Eredivisie	2024/2025	36	10.31	10.56	20.86	39%
Europa League	2024/2025	12	14.67	10.83	25.5	83%

AZ 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
Thu 22 Oct 16:45	Ararat (away)	27.75	10.75	17	28	12	16
Sun 25 Oct 19:00	FC Twente (home)	20.11	11.22	8.89	19.5	12.25	7.25
Sat 31 Oct 20:00	Ajax (away)	19.33	9.56	9.78	16.4	6.8	9.6

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Mateo Chávez	defender	8	11	73%
2	Peer Koopmeiners	midfielder	8	11	73%
3	C. Stengs	midfielder	7	11	64%
4	Mexx Meerdink	attacker	7	11	64%
5	Wouter Goes	defender	7	11	64%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Peer Koopmeiners	midfielder	6	11	55%
2	Mexx Meerdink	attacker	5	11	45%
3	Lewis Schouten	defender	4	10	40%
4	Mateo Chávez	defender	4	11	36%
5	Weslley Patati	attacker	3	10	30%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Mexx Meerdink	attacker	4	11	36%
2	Peer Koopmeiners	midfielder	4	11	36%
3	Ayoub Oufkir	attacker	2	11	18%
4	Kees Smit	midfielder	1	6	17%
5	Seiya Maikuma	defender	1	6	17%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
15 Oct	Europa League	Jagiellonia (A)	3-1	14	22	36	13
16 Sep	Europa League	Sparta Praha (H)	1-4	16	19	35	9
27 Aug	Europa League	U Craiova (H)	1-0	8	13	21	7
20 Aug	Europa League	U Craiova (A)	1-1	5	14	19	10
11 Aug	Champions League	Celje (A)	2-0	14	15	29	14
4 Aug	Champions League	Celje (H)	2-1	11	8	19	8
28 Jul	Champions League	Shamrock (A)	2-1	9	9	18	7
21 Jul	Champions League	Shamrock (H)	2-0	9	6	15	7
14 Jul	Champions League	Riga (A)	3-2	15	17	32	16
7 Jul	Champions League	Riga (H)	2-0	6	7	13	7