Bristol Rovers are averaging 14 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 23.5 total fouls on average. That puts them 7th 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 Colchester, a profile of referee Alex Chilowicz, and a full match-by-match log.
Shaqai Forde leads with 22 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (2.2/g, 90% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Bristol Rovers player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Bristol Rovers are averaging 14 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 9.5 for a match-total of 23.5. That ranks 7th of 24 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Bristol Rovers pick up one yellow card every 0.171 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 Colchester the page weights each Bristol Rovers defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Bristol Rovers 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.
Alex Chilowicz is the referee for this fixture. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Quigley | attacker | 5 | 10 | 2 | 100% |
| Promise Omochere | attacker | 3 | 6 | 2 | 100% |
| Mees Rijks | attacker | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 100% |
| J. Aitchison | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Shaqai Forde | attacker | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 90% |
| Clinton Mola | defender | 8 | 14 | 1.75 | 88% |
| Joel Senior | defender | 6 | 6 | 1 | 83% |
| Kofi Balmer | defender | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 80% |
| Riley Harbottle | defender | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 80% |
| Richard Smallwood | midfielder | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 71% |
| Keenan Gough | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Ellis Harrison | attacker | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 60% |
| Jack Sparkes | defender | 6 | 6 | 1 | 50% |
| Yusuf Akhamrich | attacker | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Kane Thompson-Sommers | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Josh McEachran | midfielder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Macauley Southam | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Thomas James | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Tommy Leigh | midfielder | 10 | 6 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Fabrizio Cavegn | attacker | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Tom Lockyer | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Bobby Kamwa | attacker | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| B. Purrington | defender | 3 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| R. De Havilland | midfielder | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Brad Young | goalkeeper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Crawley Town | Away | 0-2 | 16 | 6 | 22 | Shaqai Forde (4) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Newport County | Home | 5-3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | Fabrizio Cavegn (2) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | York City | Away | 3-2 | 10 | 9 | 19 | Clinton Mola (4) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Peterborough United | Home | 0-1 | 14 | 10 | 24 | Shaqai Forde (4) |
| 2 May 2026 | Notts County | Away | 1-1 | 18 | 11 | 29 | Clinton Mola (3) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Cheltenham Town | Home | 4-0 | 19 | 6 | 25 | Jack Sparkes (4) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Tranmere Rovers | Away | 1-2 | 14 | 11 | 25 | Shaqai Forde (3) |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Crawley Town | Home | 3-1 | 17 | 4 | 21 | Tommy Leigh (3) |
| 6 Apr 2026 | Harrogate Town | Away | 2-3 | 12 | 15 | 27 | Joe Quigley (3) |
| 3 Apr 2026 | Fleetwood Town | Home | 1-0 | 14 | 15 | 29 | Mees Rijks (3) |