Birmingham are averaging 12.4 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 23.6 total fouls on average. That puts them 2nd of 24 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 S'oton, a profile of referee Anthony Backhouse, and a full match-by-match log.
August Priske leads with 24 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (2.4/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Birmingham player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Birmingham are averaging 12.4 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 11.2 for a match-total of 23.6. That ranks 2nd of 24 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Birmingham pick up one yellow card every 0.129 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 S'oton the page weights each Birmingham defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Birmingham 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.
Anthony Backhouse is the referee for this fixture — they average 21 fouls and 3 yellow cards per match this season. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August Priske | attacker | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 100% |
| Patrick Roberts | attacker | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Lee Buchanan | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Luis Vázquez | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Jay Stansfield | attacker | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 89% |
| Jhon Solís | midfielder | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 78% |
| Christoph Klarer | defender | 10 | 10 | 1 | 70% |
| Carlos Vicente | attacker | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 70% |
| Tomoki Iwata | midfielder | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 67% |
| Bright Osayi-Samuel | defender | 10 | 6 | 0.6 | 60% |
| Kai Wagner | defender | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 60% |
| Phil Neumann | defender | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 56% |
| Ibrahim Osman | attacker | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Ethan Laird | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Seung-ho Paik | midfielder | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 38% |
| Demarai Gray | attacker | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 29% |
| Alex Cochrane | defender | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| James Beadle | goalkeeper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Tommy Doyle | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Marvin Ducksch | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ryan Allsop | goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dael Fry | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Kristoffer Lund | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Kanya Fujimoto | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2026 | Wrexham | Away | 1-2 | 14 | 8 | 22 | Carlos Vicente (3) |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Brentford | Home | 1-6 | 9 | 12 | 21 | August Priske (2) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Bristol City | Home | 2-2 | 13 | 12 | 25 | Ethan Laird (2) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Sheffield United | Away | 0-0 | 12 | 12 | 24 | August Priske (3) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Swansea City | Away | 0-1 | 19 | 12 | 31 | Tomoki Iwata (4) |
| 2 May 2026 | Portsmouth | Away | 1-1 | 10 | 19 | 29 | August Priske (3) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Bristol City | Home | 2-1 | 10 | 8 | 18 | Christoph Klarer (3) |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Preston North End | Home | 2-1 | 11 | 9 | 20 | Jay Stansfield (3) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Hull City | Away | 1-1 | 16 | 9 | 25 | August Priske (4) |
| 12 Apr 2026 | Wrexham | Home | 2-0 | 10 | 11 | 21 | August Priske (3) |