DR Congo Fouls Stats 2027

DR Congo Fouls Stats 2027 - season overview

DR Congo are averaging 10.9 fouls per game in 2027, with matches involving them seeing 19.9 total fouls on average. That puts them 6th of 53 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 Equatorial Guinea, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which DR Congo players commit the most fouls?

Edo Kayembe leads with 12 fouls across 5 qualifying appearances (2.4/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every DR Congo player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does DR Congo's foul profile look this season?

DR Congo are averaging 10.9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 9 for a match-total of 19.9. That ranks 6th of 53 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average DR Congo pick up one yellow card every 0.073 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 Equatorial Guinea the page weights each DR Congo 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 - 10 DR Congo fixtures in the active window for 2027. 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.

DR Congo player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Edo Kayembe	midfielder	5	12	2.4	100%
Gaël Kakuta	midfielder	2	2	1	100%
Gédéon Kalulu	defender	2	5	2.5	100%
Samuel Moutoussamy	midfielder	7	10	1.43	86%
Yoane Wissa	attacker	6	8	1.33	83%
Meschack Elia	midfielder	4	4	1	75%
Ngal'ayel Mukau	midfielder	7	9	1.29	71%
Cédric Bakambu	attacker	6	12	2	67%
Théo Bongonda	attacker	3	2	0.67	67%
Joris Kayembe	defender	3	2	0.67	67%
Fiston Mayele	attacker	3	3	1	67%
Brian Cipenga	attacker	3	5	1.67	67%
Nathanaël Mbuku	attacker	5	5	1	60%
Noah Sadiki	midfielder	7	4	0.57	57%
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	defender	6	4	0.67	50%
Charles Pickel	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Simon Banza	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Chancel Mbemba	defender	8	3	0.38	38%
Arthur Masuaku	defender	6	2	0.33	33%
Steve Kapuadi	defender	3	2	0.67	33%
Axel Tuanzebe	defender	7	3	0.43	29%
Lionel Mpasi-Nzau	goalkeeper	8	0	0	0%

DR Congo fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
1 Jul 2026	World Cup	England	Away	2-1	12	10	22	Ngal'ayel Mukau (3)
27 Jun 2026	World Cup	Uzbekistan	Home	3-1	6	16	22	Nathanaël Mbuku (3)
24 Jun 2026	World Cup	Colombia	Away	1-0	16	12	28	Samuel Moutoussamy (3)
17 Jun 2026	World Cup	Portugal	Away	1-1	10	9	19	Yoane Wissa (3)
9 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Chile	Home	1-2	0	0	0
3 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Denmark	Home	0-0	9	7	16	Gédéon Kalulu (2)
31 Mar 2026	WC Qualification Intercontinental Playoffs	Jamaica	Home	1-0	16	13	29	Brian Cipenga (3)
25 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Bermuda	Away	0-2	0	0	0
6 Jan 2026	Africa Cup of Nations	Algeria	Away	1-0	24	17	41	Cédric Bakambu (8)
30 Dec 2025	Africa Cup of Nations	Botswana	Away	0-3	16	6	22	Rocky Bushiri (3)

DR Congo fouls 2027: last 10 games

Fouls for per game: 13.44
Fouls against per game: 12
Match total fouls per game: 25.44
Games: 9
League rank for match fouls: 24 of 57

DR Congo Fouls for 2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	3	10.33	67%	33%	33%	33%	33%
Away	6	15	100%	100%	83%	83%	50%
Overall	9	13.44	89%	78%	67%	67%	44%

DR Congo Fouls against 2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	3	12	67%	67%	67%	67%	67%
Away	6	12	83%	67%	50%	50%	33%
Overall	9	12	78%	67%	56%	56%	44%

DR Congo Match total 2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	3	22.33	67%	67%	33%	33%	33%
Away	6	27	100%	83%	50%	50%	50%
Overall	9	25.44	89%	78%	44%	44%	44%

DR Congo Team fouls 2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	13.44	10.33	15
Yellow cards / match	1	1	1
Fouls per yellow card	13.4	10.3	15
Cards per foul	7%	10%	7%
Fouls over 8.5	89%	67%	100%
Fouls over 9.5	78%	33%	100%
Fouls over 10.5	67%	33%	83%
Fouls over 11.5	67%	33%	83%
Fouls over 12.5	44%	33%	50%

DR Congo Fouls against 2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	12	12	12
Fouls against over 8.5	78%	67%	83%
Fouls against over 9.5	67%	67%	67%
Fouls against over 10.5	56%	67%	50%
Fouls against over 11.5	56%	67%	50%
Fouls against over 12.5	44%	67%	33%

DR Congo Match fouls 2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	25.44	22.33	27
Match fouls over 18.5	89%	67%	100%
Match fouls over 20.5	78%	67%	83%
Match fouls over 22.5	44%	33%	50%
Match fouls over 24.5	44%	33%	50%
Match fouls over 26.5	44%	33%	50%

DR Congo 1st-half fouls for 2027 (from 8 of 9 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	2	5.5	100%	100%	50%	0%
Away	6	6.67	100%	100%	83%	33%
Overall	8	6.38	100%	100%	75%	25%

DR Congo 1st-half fouls against 2027 (from 8 of 9 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	2	7	100%	100%	50%	50%
Away	6	5.67	67%	50%	50%	50%
Overall	8	6	75%	63%	50%	50%

DR Congo 1st-half match total 2027 (from 8 of 9 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	2	12.5	100%	100%	100%	50%
Away	6	12.33	83%	83%	50%	50%
Overall	8	12.38	88%	88%	63%	50%

DR Congo fouls match by match 2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
1 Jul	World Cup	England (A)	2-1	12	10	22	13
27 Jun	World Cup	Uzbekistan (H)	3-1	6	16	22	14
24 Jun	World Cup	Colombia (A)	1-0	16	12	28	10
17 Jun	World Cup	Portugal (A)	1-1	10	9	19	8
3 Jun	Friendly International	Denmark (H)	0-0	9	7	16	-
31 Mar	WC Qualification Intercontinental Playoffs	Jamaica (H)	1-0	16	13	29	11
6 Jan	Africa Cup of Nations	Algeria (A)	1-0	24	17	41	17
30 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	Botswana (A)	0-3	16	6	22	10
27 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	Senegal (A)	1-1	12	18	30	16

CAF World Cup Qualifiers fouls table 2027: every team's fouls per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
1	Tanzania	7	14.14	16.71	30.86	100%
2	Tunisia	10	16.1	13.5	29.6	90%
3	Burundi	9	13.11	15.89	29	89%
4	Niger	7	14	14.43	28.43	86%
5	Madagascar	9	14.78	13.56	28.33	78%
6	Burkina Faso	10	14.9	12.9	27.8	80%
7	Sierra Leone	9	12.56	15.22	27.78	78%
8	Namibia	9	13.22	14.44	27.67	78%
9	Cameroon	11	16.09	11.27	27.36	82%
10	Cameroon	11	16.09	11.27	27.36	82%
11	Mali	8	13.63	13.63	27.25	75%
12	Chad	9	12.78	14.33	27.11	89%
13	Congo	5	15.4	11.6	27	80%
14	Benin	10	13.6	13.4	27	90%
15	Morocco	8	13.13	13.88	27	100%
16	Equatorial Guinea	8	13.63	13.25	26.88	75%
17	Sudan	10	13.4	13.2	26.6	60%
18	Zambia	7	13.71	12.57	26.29	71%
19	Djibouti	9	12.78	13.44	26.22	78%
20	Guinea-Bissau	10	11.8	14.4	26.2	70%
21	Togo	10	10.9	15.3	26.2	80%
22	Botswana	10	13.9	12.1	26	80%
23	Comoros	10	12.7	13.2	25.9	80%
24	Congo DR	12	14.33	11.42	25.75	58%
25	Congo DR	12	14.33	11.42	25.75	58%
26	Guinea	10	13.8	11.8	25.6	90%
27	South Africa	10	12.1	13.4	25.5	80%
28	São Tomé and Príncipe	10	11.4	14.1	25.5	70%
29	Uganda	10	14.2	10.8	25	70%
30	Angola	10	13.4	11.1	24.5	70%
31	Central African Republic	10	12.4	11.9	24.3	60%
32	Liberia	10	12.4	11.7	24.1	80%
33	Ghana	10	12.1	11.8	23.9	70%
34	Libya	10	11.4	12.4	23.8	70%
35	Kenya	9	13	10.56	23.56	56%
36	Nigeria	12	12	11.25	23.25	58%
37	Nigeria	12	12	11.25	23.25	58%
38	Egypt	10	13.5	9.7	23.2	60%
39	Somalia	10	10.9	12.3	23.2	50%
40	Rwanda	9	11.44	11.67	23.11	56%
41	Zimbabwe	9	10.56	12.22	22.78	56%
42	South Sudan	10	12.7	9.7	22.4	60%
43	Mozambique	10	9	13.4	22.4	70%
44	Mauritius	10	9.4	12.9	22.3	70%
45	Gambia	9	10.67	11.44	22.11	67%
46	Gabon	11	10.27	11.64	21.91	64%
47	Gabon	11	10.27	11.64	21.91	64%
48	Cape Verde Islands	10	10.8	11	21.8	50%
49	Algeria	10	10.1	11.5	21.6	60%
50	Seychelles	10	10.8	10.7	21.5	60%
51	Côte d'Ivoire	9	11.67	9.67	21.33	56%
52	Malawi	9	10.78	10.56	21.33	56%
53	Lesotho	10	11.3	9.8	21.1	60%
54	Senegal	9	11.22	9.78	21	44%
55	Mauritania	9	8.56	12.33	20.89	56%
56	Ethiopia	10	8.7	8.9	17.6	30%
57	Eswatini	10	6.8	8.9	15.7	20%

DR Congo fouls against top-half and bottom-half teams 2027

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Vs top six	12	14.33	11.42	25.75	58%
Vs top half	12	14.33	11.42	25.75	58%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

DR Congo fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	2025	6	14.83	14	28.83	67%
Africa Cup of Nations	2025	4	17	13	30	100%

DR Congo 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
Thu 24 Sep 16:00	Equatorial Guinea (home)	26.25	12.75	13.5	28	12	16
Mon 28 Sep 16:00	Zimbabwe (away)	27.71	13.57	14.14	22	11	11
Fri 2 Oct 00:00	Uganda (home)	24.5	13	11.5	26	13	13

Equatorial Guinea fouls match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
31 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	Algeria (H)	1-3	13	15	28	12
28 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	Sudan (H)	0-1	14	10	24	14
24 Dec	Africa Cup of Nations	Burkina Faso (A)	2-1	12	16	28	16
13 Oct	CAF World Cup Qualifiers	Liberia (H)	1-1	12	13	25	4