Bulgaria Fouls Stats 2026

Bulgaria Fouls Stats 2026 - season overview

Bulgaria are averaging 8.73 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 18.4 total fouls on average. That puts them 27th of 54 for team fouls per match among UEFA Nations League teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. Below you'll find player foul-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Iceland, and a full match-by-match log.

Bulgaria Fouls Questions

Which Bulgaria players commit the most fouls?

Andrian Kraev leads with 11 fouls across 9 qualifying appearances (1.22/g, 56% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Bulgaria player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Bulgaria's foul profile look this season?

Bulgaria are averaging 8.73 fouls per game over 15 games and draw 9.67 for a match-total of 18.4. That ranks 27th of 54 for team fouls among UEFA Nations League teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. On average Bulgaria pick up one yellow card every 0.206 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 Iceland the page weights each Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria fixtures in the active window for 2026. 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?

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.

Bulgaria player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Ivaylo Chochev	midfielder	3	3	1	100%
Atanas Iliev	attacker	2	5	2.5	100%
Georgi Milanov	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Viktor Popov	midfielder	1	2	2	100%
Yoan Stoyanov	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Radoslav Kirilov	attacker	4	4	1	75%
Stefan Velkov	defender	4	7	1.75	75%
Martin Georgiev	defender	4	5	1.25	75%
Vladimir Nikolov	attacker	7	7	1	71%
Dimitar Velkovski	defender	6	5	0.83	67%
Aleksandar Kolev	attacker	3	4	1.33	67%
Anton Nedyalkov	defender	3	3	1	67%
Fabian Nürnberger	midfielder	3	3	1	67%
Stanislav Ivanov	attacker	3	3	1	67%
Asen Chandarov	midfielder	3	3	1	67%
Petko Panayotov	midfielder	5	5	1	60%
Andrian Kraev	midfielder	9	11	1.22	56%
Marin Petkov	attacker	12	8	0.67	50%
Emil Tsenov	defender	8	5	0.63	50%
Hristiyan Petrov	defender	6	3	0.5	50%
Georgi Rusev	attacker	6	4	0.67	50%
Kiril Despodov	attacker	4	2	0.5	50%
Atanas Chernev	defender	2	1	0.5	50%
B. Tsonev	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Lukas Petkov	attacker	5	2	0.4	40%

Bulgaria fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
6 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg	Away	0-2	15	15	30	Atanas Iliev (4)
3 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Iceland	Away	3-0	15	11	26	Asen Chandarov (2)
29 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Estonia	Home	0-0	9	26	35	Stefan Velkov (5)
26 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg	Home	1-2	10	17	27	Stanislav Ivanov (2)
5 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Moldova	Away	2-2	10	14	24
1 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Montenegro	Home	0-1	0	0	0
30 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Indonesia	Away	0-1	0	0	0
27 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Solomon Islands	Away	2-10	0	0	0
18 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Georgia	Home	2-1	7	9	16	Vladimir Nikolov (2)
15 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Turkey	Away	2-0	12	11	23	Kristian Dimitrov (3)
14 Oct 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Spain	Away	4-0	6	7	13	Ilia Gruev (2)
11 Oct 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Turkey	Home	1-6	11	4	15	Viktor Popov (2)

Bulgaria fouls 2026: last 15 games

Fouls for per game: 10.92
Fouls against per game: 12.08
Match total fouls per game: 23
Games: 12
League rank for match fouls: 4 of 54

Bulgaria Fouls for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	5	8.6	40%	20%	0%	0%	0%
Away	7	12.57	86%	71%	71%	43%	43%
Overall	12	10.92	67%	50%	42%	25%	25%

Bulgaria Fouls against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	5	14.6	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%
Away	7	10.29	71%	71%	29%	29%	29%
Overall	12	12.08	67%	67%	42%	42%	42%

Bulgaria Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	5	23.2	60%	60%	60%	40%	40%
Away	7	22.86	86%	86%	71%	29%	14%
Overall	12	23	75%	75%	67%	33%	25%

Bulgaria Team fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	10.92	8.6	12.57
Yellow cards / match	2	1.6	2.33
Fouls per yellow card	5.5	5.4	5.4
Cards per foul	18%	19%	19%
Fouls over 9.5	67%	40%	86%
Fouls over 10.5	50%	20%	71%
Fouls over 11.5	42%	0%	71%
Fouls over 12.5	25%	0%	43%
Fouls over 13.5	25%	0%	43%

Bulgaria Fouls against 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	12.08	14.6	10.29
Fouls against over 9.5	67%	60%	71%
Fouls against over 10.5	67%	60%	71%
Fouls against over 11.5	42%	60%	29%
Fouls against over 12.5	42%	60%	29%
Fouls against over 13.5	42%	60%	29%

Bulgaria Match fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	23	23.2	22.86
Match fouls over 18.5	75%	60%	86%
Match fouls over 20.5	75%	60%	86%
Match fouls over 22.5	67%	60%	71%
Match fouls over 24.5	33%	40%	29%
Match fouls over 26.5	25%	40%	14%

Bulgaria 1st-half fouls for 2026 (from 8 of 12 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %
Home	3	3.33	67%	67%	0%	0%	0%
Away	5	5	80%	80%	40%	40%	0%
Overall	8	4.38	75%	75%	25%	25%	0%

Bulgaria 1st-half fouls against 2026 (from 8 of 12 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %
Home	3	9	100%	100%	67%	67%	67%
Away	5	6	80%	80%	80%	60%	20%
Overall	8	7.13	88%	88%	75%	63%	38%

Bulgaria 1st-half match total 2026 (from 8 of 12 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	3	12.33	67%	67%	67%	67%	67%
Away	5	11	80%	80%	80%	40%	20%
Overall	8	11.5	75%	75%	75%	50%	38%

Bulgaria fouls match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
6 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg (A)	0-2	15	15	30	12
3 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Iceland (A)	3-0	15	11	26	15
29 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Estonia (H)	0-0	9	26	35	18
26 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg (H)	1-2	10	17	27	14
5 Jun	Friendly International	Moldova (A)	2-2	10	14	24	12
18 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Georgia (H)	2-1	7	9	16	5
15 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Turkey (A)	2-0	12	11	23	13
14 Oct	WC Qualification Europe	Spain (A)	4-0	6	7	13	-
11 Oct	WC Qualification Europe	Turkey (H)	1-6	11	4	15	-
7 Sep	WC Qualification Europe	Georgia (A)	3-0	18	3	21	3
4 Sep	WC Qualification Europe	Spain (H)	0-3	6	17	23	-
10 Jun	Friendly International	Greece (A)	4-0	12	11	23	-

UEFA Nations League fouls table 2026: every team's fouls per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
1	Andorra	7	18.29	12.86	31.14	100%
2	Lithuania	6	13.17	17.17	30.33	100%
3	Gibraltar	7	13.57	15	28.57	86%
4	Bulgaria	5	11.8	16.6	28.4	100%
5	Belarus	7	17.14	11.14	28.29	100%
6	Hungary	8	12.25	15.63	27.88	100%
7	Georgia	7	15.71	12	27.71	86%
8	Scotland	11	13.36	14.09	27.45	73%
9	Malta	7	12.43	14.86	27.29	100%
10	San Marino	7	13.43	13.14	26.57	71%
11	Estonia	4	15.5	10.75	26.25	75%
12	Azerbaijan	7	12.57	13.57	26.14	71%
13	Iceland	9	12.11	13.89	26	78%
14	Republic of Ireland	9	11.78	14.22	26	78%
15	Kosovo	8	11.63	14	25.63	75%
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11	14.18	11.36	25.55	73%
17	Czech Republic	10	14	11.4	25.4	80%
18	Luxembourg	8	13	11.88	24.88	88%
19	Turkey	11	11.27	13.36	24.64	73%
20	Switzerland	14	11.5	13.07	24.57	71%
21	Finland	8	11.25	13	24.25	88%
22	England	16	9.44	14.44	23.88	63%
23	Albania	8	9.63	14.13	23.75	50%
24	Poland	8	11.5	12.13	23.63	38%
25	Slovenia	7	13.57	10	23.57	71%
26	Italy	8	12.13	11.38	23.5	63%
27	Moldova	6	13.33	10	23.33	67%
28	Wales	8	11.13	12.13	23.25	50%
29	Belgium	14	12.36	10.79	23.14	50%
30	Austria	11	14.09	8.82	22.91	55%
31	Slovakia	7	9	13.86	22.86	57%
32	Liechtenstein	5	13.4	9.4	22.8	80%
33	Romania	7	14.14	8.43	22.57	57%
34	North Macedonia	8	12.5	9.88	22.38	50%
35	Spain	16	11.56	10.75	22.31	56%
36	Germany	12	12.33	9.92	22.25	50%
37	Northern Ireland	8	9.5	12.75	22.25	50%
38	Montenegro	6	11.33	10.83	22.17	67%
39	Denmark	7	8.86	13	21.86	43%
40	Kazakhstan	6	13.33	8.5	21.83	33%
41	Netherlands	12	10.58	11.25	21.83	42%
42	Ukraine	7	13.14	8.57	21.71	57%
43	Sweden	12	9.67	12	21.67	50%
44	Armenia	6	9.5	12.17	21.67	50%
45	Latvia	6	10.83	10.67	21.5	33%
46	Croatia	12	11.25	10.17	21.42	58%
47	Portugal	13	9.38	12	21.38	38%
48	Greece	8	9.75	11.13	20.88	50%
49	Israel	6	10	10.83	20.83	33%
50	Serbia	8	10	10.38	20.38	25%
51	France	16	10	10.19	20.19	50%
52	Cyprus	6	8	11.33	19.33	33%
53	Faroe Islands	5	10	8.4	18.4	20%
54	Norway	14	9	8.64	17.64	14%

Bulgaria fouls against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Vs top six	12	13.67	15.67	29.33	100%
Vs top half	12	13.67	15.67	29.33	100%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Bulgaria fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
UEFA Nations League	2026/2027	4	12.25	17.25	29.5	100%
WC Qualification Europe	2026	6	10	8.5	18.5	33%
Friendly International	2026	1	10	14	24	100%
Friendly International	2025	2	14.5	13	27.5	100%

Bulgaria 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
Fri 13 Nov 19:45	Iceland (home)	23.75	11.5	12.25	21.5	11	10.5
Mon 16 Nov 17:00	Estonia (away)	26.25	15.5	10.75	22	11.5	10.5

Bulgaria players with the most games of 1+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Stefan Velkov	defender	3	4	75%
2	Dimitar Velkovski	defender	3	5	60%
3	Petko Panayotov	midfielder	3	5	60%
4	Atanas Iliev	attacker	2	2	100%
5	Asen Chandarov	midfielder	2	3	67%

Bulgaria players with the most games of 2+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Petko Panayotov	midfielder	2	5	40%
2	Atanas Iliev	attacker	1	2	50%
3	Asen Chandarov	midfielder	1	3	33%
4	Stanislav Ivanov	attacker	1	3	33%
5	Georgi Rusev	attacker	1	4	25%

Bulgaria players with the most games of 3+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Atanas Iliev	attacker	1	2	50%
2	Stefan Velkov	defender	1	4	25%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
6 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Estonia (A)	0-0	9	10	19	10
3 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Bulgaria (H)	3-0	11	15	26	15
29 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg (A)	0-3	13	11	24	11
26 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Estonia (H)	1-1	13	13	26	14
10 Jun	Friendly International	Argentina (A)	3-0	21	13	34	17
31 May	Friendly International	Japan (A)	1-0	9	11	20	12
31 Mar	Friendly International	Haiti (A)	1-1	12	16	28	12
28 Mar	Friendly International	Canada (A)	2-2	17	12	29	15
26 Feb	Friendly International	Mexico (A)	4-0	4	24	28	13
16 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Ukraine (A)	2-0	6	12	18	8