Croatia Fouls Stats 2026

Croatia Fouls Stats 2026 - season overview

Croatia are averaging 10.4 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 20.7 total fouls on average. That puts them 35th 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 England, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Croatia players commit the most fouls?

Ivan Perišić leads with 10 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (1/g, 70% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Croatia player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Croatia's foul profile look this season?

Croatia are averaging 10.4 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 10.3 for a match-total of 20.7. That ranks 35th of 54 for team fouls among UEFA Nations League teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. On average Croatia pick up one yellow card every 0.144 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 England the page weights each Croatia 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 Croatia 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.

Croatia player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Luka Vuskovic	defender	6	8	1.33	100%
Franjo Ivanović	attacker	2	4	2	100%
Ivan Smolcic	defender	1	1	1	100%
Josip Misic	midfielder	1	2	2	100%
Ante Budimir	attacker	7	9	1.29	86%
Marin Pongracic	defender	6	7	1.17	83%
Petar Musa	attacker	4	3	0.75	75%
Igor Matanovic	attacker	7	9	1.29	71%
Mateo Kovacic	midfielder	10	8	0.8	70%
Ivan Perišić	attacker	10	10	1	70%
Petar Sučić	midfielder	9	10	1.11	67%
Nikola Vlašić	midfielder	5	5	1	60%
Luka Modrić	midfielder	9	6	0.67	56%
Dion Beljo	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Kristijan Jakic	midfielder	2	2	1	50%
Martin Baturina	midfielder	7	3	0.43	29%
Josko Gvardiol	defender	8	3	0.38	25%
Marco Pašalić	attacker	6	1	0.17	17%
Josip Sutalo	defender	7	2	0.29	14%
Mario Pašalić	midfielder	7	1	0.14	14%
Dominik Livakovic	goalkeeper	10	0	0	0%
Josip Stanisic	defender	9	0	0	0%
Luka Sucic	midfielder	3	0	0	0%
Andrej Kramaric	midfielder	2	0	0	0%
Dominik Kotarski	goalkeeper	1	0	0	0%

Croatia fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
6 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Spain	Home	1-2	12	10	22	Ivan Perišić (3)
3 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	England	Home	0-7	10	6	16	Igor Matanovic (3)
29 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Spain	Away	4-1	10	9	19	Josip Misic (2)
26 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Czech Republic	Away	1-2	9	6	15	Franjo Ivanović (3)
2 Jul 2026	World Cup	Portugal	Away	2-1	12	6	18	Petar Sučić (3)
27 Jun 2026	World Cup	Ghana	Home	2-1	9	13	22	Ante Budimir (3)
23 Jun 2026	World Cup	Panama	Away	0-1	12	19	31	Josko Gvardiol (2)
17 Jun 2026	World Cup	England	Away	4-2	12	10	22	Ivan Perišić (2)
7 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Slovenia	Home	2-1	5	11	16	Marin Pongracic (2)
2 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Belgium	Home	0-2	13	13	26	Martin Baturina (2)

Croatia fouls 2026: last 10 games

Fouls for per game: 10.4
Fouls against per game: 10.3
Match total fouls per game: 20.7
Games: 10
League rank for match fouls: 46 of 54

Croatia Fouls for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	5	9.8	80%	60%	40%	40%	20%
Away	5	11	100%	80%	60%	60%	0%
Overall	10	10.4	90%	70%	50%	50%	10%

Croatia Fouls against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	5	10.6	80%	80%	60%	40%	40%
Away	5	10	60%	40%	20%	20%	20%
Overall	10	10.3	70%	60%	40%	30%	30%

Croatia 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	20.4	60%	60%	20%	20%	0%
Away	5	21	60%	40%	20%	20%	20%
Overall	10	20.7	60%	50%	20%	20%	10%

Croatia Team fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	10.4	9.8	11
Yellow cards / match	1.88	1.75	2
Fouls per yellow card	5.5	5.6	5.5
Cards per foul	18%	18%	18%
Fouls over 8.5	90%	80%	100%
Fouls over 9.5	70%	60%	80%
Fouls over 10.5	50%	40%	60%
Fouls over 11.5	50%	40%	60%
Fouls over 12.5	10%	20%	0%

Croatia Fouls against 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	10.3	10.6	10
Fouls against over 8.5	70%	80%	60%
Fouls against over 9.5	60%	80%	40%
Fouls against over 10.5	40%	60%	20%
Fouls against over 11.5	30%	40%	20%
Fouls against over 12.5	30%	40%	20%

Croatia Match fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	20.7	20.4	21
Match fouls over 18.5	60%	60%	60%
Match fouls over 20.5	50%	60%	40%
Match fouls over 22.5	20%	20%	20%
Match fouls over 24.5	20%	20%	20%
Match fouls over 26.5	10%	0%	20%

Croatia 1st-half fouls for 2026 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	4.33	33%	33%	33%	33%
Away	3	5.33	100%	100%	33%	0%
Overall	6	4.83	67%	67%	33%	17%

Croatia 1st-half fouls against 2026 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	6	100%	67%	67%	67%
Away	3	6.67	100%	100%	67%	33%
Overall	6	6.33	100%	83%	67%	50%

Croatia 1st-half match total 2026 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	3	10.33	67%	33%	33%	33%
Away	3	12	100%	100%	100%	33%
Overall	6	11.17	83%	67%	67%	33%

Croatia fouls match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
6 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Spain (H)	1-2	12	10	22	-
3 Oct	UEFA Nations League	England (H)	0-7	10	6	16	-
29 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Spain (A)	4-1	10	9	19	-
26 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Czech Republic (A)	1-2	9	6	15	-
2 Jul	World Cup	Portugal (A)	2-1	12	6	18	11
27 Jun	World Cup	Ghana (H)	2-1	9	13	22	9
23 Jun	World Cup	Panama (A)	0-1	12	19	31	14
17 Jun	World Cup	England (A)	4-2	12	10	22	11
7 Jun	Friendly International	Slovenia (H)	2-1	5	11	16	7
2 Jun	Friendly International	Belgium (H)	0-2	13	13	26	15

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%

Croatia 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	10.92	9.17	20.08	33%
Vs top half	12	10.92	9.17	20.08	33%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Croatia 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	10.25	7.75	18	25%
WC Qualification Europe	2026	8	8.75	11	19.75	25%
World Cup	2026	4	11.25	12	23.25	75%
Friendly International	2026	4	12.25	10.75	23	75%
UEFA Nations League	2024/2025	8	11.25	9.88	21.13	38%

Croatia 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 12 Nov 19:45	England (away)	22.75	9.75	13	27	10.5	16.5
Sun 15 Nov 19:45	Czech Republic (home)	21.75	11.25	10.5	25.5	15	10.5

Croatia players with the most games of 1+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Ivan Perišić	attacker	9	12	75%
2	Luka Vuskovic	defender	8	8	100%
3	Petar Sučić	midfielder	8	12	67%
4	Marin Pongracic	defender	7	8	88%
5	Ante Budimir	attacker	7	9	78%

Croatia players with the most games of 2+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Luka Vuskovic	defender	4	8	50%
2	Marin Pongracic	defender	4	8	50%
3	Petar Sučić	midfielder	4	12	33%
4	Igor Matanovic	attacker	3	8	38%
5	Ante Budimir	attacker	3	9	33%

Croatia players with the most games of 3+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Martin Erlić	defender	1	2	50%
2	Franjo Ivanović	attacker	1	3	33%
3	Igor Matanovic	attacker	1	8	13%
4	Luka Vuskovic	defender	1	8	13%
5	Marin Pongracic	defender	1	8	13%

England 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	Czech Republic (H)	3-0	10	17	27	-
3 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Croatia (A)	0-7	6	10	16	-
29 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Czech Republic (A)	0-2	12	9	21	-
26 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Spain (H)	2-3	11	16	27	-
18 Jul	World Cup	France (A)	4-6	8	14	22	10
15 Jul	World Cup	Argentina (H)	1-2	11	15	26	19
11 Jul	World Cup	Norway (A)	1-2	8	10	18	8
6 Jul	World Cup	Mexico (A)	2-3	7	14	21	11
1 Jul	World Cup	DR Congo (H)	2-1	10	12	22	13
27 Jun	World Cup	Panama (A)	0-2	13	16	29	13