Brighton are averaging 12.4 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 21.2 total fouls on average. That puts them 7th 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 Leeds, and a full match-by-match log.
Pascal Groß leads with 9 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (0.9/g, 60% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Brighton player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Brighton are averaging 12.4 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 8.8 for a match-total of 21.2. That ranks 7th of 20 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Brighton pick up one yellow card every 0.105 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 Leeds the page weights each Brighton defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Brighton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaoru Mitoma | attacker | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 100% |
| Yasin Ayari | midfielder | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 100% |
| Luka Vuskovic | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| James Milner | midfielder | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Pascal Struijk | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Z. Yohanna | attacker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Amario Cozier-Duberry | attacker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Yankuba Minteh | attacker | 6 | 6 | 1 | 83% |
| Carlos Baleba | midfielder | 5 | 5 | 1 | 80% |
| Danny Welbeck | attacker | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 80% |
| Georginio Rutter | attacker | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 75% |
| Maxim De Cuyper | defender | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 67% |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | defender | 8 | 8 | 1 | 63% |
| Pascal Groß | midfielder | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 60% |
| Mats Wieffer | defender | 7 | 7 | 1 | 57% |
| Diego Gómez | midfielder | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 57% |
| Lewis Dunk | defender | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| Malick Yalcouyé | midfielder | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 50% |
| Costinha | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Ibrahim Osman | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Jack Hinshelwood | midfielder | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 43% |
| Olivier Boscagli | defender | 7 | 7 | 1 | 43% |
| Charalampos Kostoulas | attacker | 5 | 5 | 1 | 40% |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | defender | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Joël Veltman | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026 | Chelsea | Away | 4-3 | 12 | 6 | 18 | Olivier Boscagli (4) |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Tromsø | Home | 4-0 | 13 | 6 | 19 | Charalampos Kostoulas (4) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Aston Villa | Home | 4-0 | 12 | 11 | 23 | Maxim De Cuyper (4) |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Tromsø | Away | 0-0 | 19 | 7 | 26 | Georginio Rutter (3) |
| 24 May 2026 | Manchester United | Home | 0-3 | 11 | 8 | 19 | James Milner (4) |
| 17 May 2026 | Leeds United | Away | 1-0 | 7 | 9 | 16 | Georginio Rutter (1) |
| 9 May 2026 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Home | 3-0 | 9 | 11 | 20 | Danny Welbeck (3) |
| 2 May 2026 | Newcastle United | Away | 3-1 | 12 | 10 | 22 | Ferdi Kadıoğlu (3) |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Chelsea | Home | 3-0 | 15 | 6 | 21 | Jack Hinshelwood (3) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Tottenham Hotspur | Away | 2-2 | 14 | 14 | 28 | Mats Wieffer (3) |