Bristol City are averaging 9 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 20.2 total fouls on average. That puts them 20th 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 Preston, a profile of referee Ruebyn Ricardo, and a full match-by-match log.
Lorent Tolaj leads with 8 fouls across 4 qualifying appearances (2/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Bristol City player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Bristol City are averaging 9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 11.2 for a match-total of 20.2. That ranks 20th of 24 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Bristol City pick up one yellow card every 0.156 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 Preston the page weights each Bristol City defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Bristol City 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.
Ruebyn Ricardo is the referee for this fixture — they average 22 fouls and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorent Tolaj | attacker | 4 | 8 | 2 | 100% |
| Cameron Pring | defender | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 83% |
| Ross McCrorie | defender | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 75% |
| Delano Burgzorg | attacker | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 75% |
| Lisav Naif Eissat | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Yu Hirakawa | attacker | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Noah Eile | defender | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 67% |
| Mark Sykes | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Sam Greenwood | midfielder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Emil Riis | attacker | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Neto Borges | defender | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Rob Dickie | defender | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| George Tanner | defender | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Scott Twine | midfielder | 9 | 6 | 0.67 | 44% |
| Adam Randell | midfielder | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 43% |
| Sam Morsy | midfielder | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 33% |
| Max Bird | midfielder | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Dominic Ballard | attacker | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Rio Cardines | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Sam Bell | attacker | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Jason Knight | midfielder | 10 | 4 | 0.4 | 20% |
| Tomi Horvat | midfielder | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Radek Vitek | goalkeeper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sam Tickle | goalkeeper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jed Wallace | attacker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Portsmouth | Home | 2-1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | Jason Knight (3) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Birmingham City | Away | 2-2 | 12 | 13 | 25 | Yu Hirakawa (2) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Millwall | Home | 0-2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | Lorent Tolaj (3) |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Walsall | Home | 0-1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | Lorent Tolaj (2) |
| 2 May 2026 | Stoke City | Home | 2-0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | Ross McCrorie (2) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Birmingham City | Away | 2-1 | 8 | 10 | 18 | Scott Twine (2) |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Southampton | Away | 2-2 | 10 | 14 | 24 | Ross McCrorie (3) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Norwich City | Home | 2-4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | Ross McCrorie (2) |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Queens Park Rangers | Away | 0-0 | 13 | 10 | 23 | Cameron Pring (2) |
| 6 Apr 2026 | Sheffield United | Home | 1-0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | Cameron Pring (2) |