England Fouls Stats 2026

England Fouls Stats 2026 - season overview

England are averaging 9.6 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 24.2 total fouls on average. That puts them 49th 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 Croatia, and a full match-by-match log.

England Fouls Questions

Which England players commit the most fouls?

Elliot Anderson leads with 17 fouls across 14 qualifying appearances (1.21/g, 79% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every England player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does England's foul profile look this season?

England are averaging 9.6 fouls per game over 15 games and draw 14.6 for a match-total of 24.2. That ranks 49th of 54 for team fouls among UEFA Nations League teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. On average England pick up one yellow card every 0.09 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 Croatia the page weights each England 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 England 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.

England player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Myles Lewis-Skelly	defender	3	4	1.33	100%
Ollie Watkins	attacker	2	2	1	100%
Alex Scott	midfielder	2	2	1	100%
Phil Foden	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Jordan Henderson	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Rio Ngumoha	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Jarrad Branthwaite	defender	1	1	1	100%
Trevoh Chalobah	defender	1	1	1	100%
Reece James	defender	6	5	0.83	83%
Elliot Anderson	midfielder	14	17	1.21	79%
Jude Bellingham	midfielder	12	14	1.17	75%
Harry Kane	attacker	13	12	0.92	69%
Nico O'Reilly	defender	10	10	1	60%
Ezri Konsa	defender	12	10	0.83	58%
Marc Guéhi	defender	14	11	0.79	57%
Anthony Gordon	attacker	12	6	0.5	50%
Bukayo Saka	attacker	10	6	0.6	50%
Declan Rice	midfielder	8	4	0.5	50%
Eberechi Eze	midfielder	6	3	0.5	50%
Marcus Rashford	attacker	4	3	0.75	50%
Lewis Hall	defender	4	2	0.5	50%
Kobbie Mainoo	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Trent Alexander-Arnold	defender	2	1	0.5	50%
Morgan Rogers	midfielder	11	7	0.64	45%
Jarell Quansah	defender	7	3	0.43	43%

England fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
6 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Czech Republic	Home	3-0	10	17	27	Myles Lewis-Skelly (2)
3 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Croatia	Away	0-7	6	10	16	Lewis Hall (1)
29 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Czech Republic	Away	0-2	12	9	21	Marc Guéhi (2)
26 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Spain	Home	2-3	11	16	27	Nico O'Reilly (2)
18 Jul 2026	World Cup	France	Away	4-6	8	14	22	Djed Spence (2)
15 Jul 2026	World Cup	Argentina	Home	1-2	11	15	26	Jude Bellingham (3)
11 Jul 2026	World Cup	Norway	Away	1-2	8	10	18	Bukayo Saka (1)
6 Jul 2026	World Cup	Mexico	Away	2-3	7	14	21	Bukayo Saka (2)
1 Jul 2026	World Cup	Congo DR	Home	2-1	10	12	22	Nico O'Reilly (3)
27 Jun 2026	World Cup	Panama	Away	0-2	13	16	29	Ezri Konsa (3)
23 Jun 2026	World Cup	Ghana	Home	0-0	14	24	38	Ezri Konsa (2)
17 Jun 2026	World Cup	Croatia	Home	4-2	10	12	22	Elliot Anderson (3)

England fouls 2026: last 15 games

Fouls for per game: 9.6
Fouls against per game: 14.6
Match total fouls per game: 24.2
Games: 15
League rank for match fouls: 22 of 54

England Fouls for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	9	10	78%	33%	11%	11%	11%
Away	6	9	33%	33%	33%	17%	0%
Overall	15	9.6	60%	33%	20%	13%	7%

England Fouls against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	9	16.22	100%	100%	100%	78%	56%
Away	6	12.17	83%	50%	50%	50%	50%
Overall	15	14.6	93%	80%	80%	67%	53%

England Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	9	26.22	100%	89%	67%	56%	44%
Away	6	21.17	67%	67%	17%	17%	17%
Overall	15	24.2	87%	80%	47%	40%	33%

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

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	9.6	10	9
Yellow cards / match	1.08	1	1.2
Fouls per yellow card	8.9	10	7.5
Cards per foul	11%	10%	13%
Fouls over 9.5	60%	78%	33%
Fouls over 10.5	33%	33%	33%
Fouls over 11.5	20%	11%	33%
Fouls over 12.5	13%	11%	17%
Fouls over 13.5	7%	11%	0%

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

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	14.6	16.22	12.17
Fouls against over 9.5	93%	100%	83%
Fouls against over 10.5	80%	100%	50%
Fouls against over 11.5	80%	100%	50%
Fouls against over 12.5	67%	78%	50%
Fouls against over 13.5	53%	56%	50%

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

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	24.2	26.22	21.17
Match fouls over 18.5	87%	100%	67%
Match fouls over 20.5	80%	89%	67%
Match fouls over 22.5	47%	67%	17%
Match fouls over 24.5	40%	56%	17%
Match fouls over 26.5	33%	44%	17%

England 1st-half fouls for 2026 (from 15 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %
Home	9	5.56	89%	67%	44%	33%	11%
Away	6	3.83	33%	33%	17%	0%	0%
Overall	15	4.87	67%	53%	33%	20%	7%

England 1st-half fouls against 2026 (from 15 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %
Home	9	7.89	100%	100%	78%	67%	67%
Away	6	6.5	100%	83%	50%	50%	33%
Overall	15	7.33	100%	93%	67%	60%	53%

England 1st-half match total 2026 (from 15 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	9	13.44	89%	89%	78%	67%	33%
Away	6	10.33	67%	50%	33%	33%	0%
Overall	15	12.2	80%	73%	60%	53%	20%

England fouls match by match 2026

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	13
3 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Croatia (A)	0-7	6	10	16	7
29 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Czech Republic (A)	0-2	12	9	21	13
26 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Spain (H)	2-3	11	16	27	12
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
23 Jun	World Cup	Ghana (H)	0-0	14	24	38	17
17 Jun	World Cup	Croatia (H)	4-2	10	12	22	11
10 Jun	Friendly International	Costa Rica (H)	3-0	7	24	31	14
6 Jun	Friendly International	New Zealand (H)	1-0	10	13	23	9
31 Mar	Friendly International	Japan (H)	0-1	7	13	20	13

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%

England 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	10	8.8	12.3	21.1	50%
Vs top half	10	8.8	12.3	21.1	50%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

England 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	9.75	13	22.75	50%
Friendly International	2025	2	11	13.5	24.5	50%
WC Qualification Europe	2026	8	9.5	10.25	19.75	25%
World Cup	2026	8	10.13	14.63	24.75	75%
Friendly International	2026	4	7.75	15.5	23.25	50%

England 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	Croatia (home)	18	10.25	7.75	17	9.5	7.5
Sun 15 Nov 19:45	Spain (away)	23	11.5	11.5	21.5	10	11.5

England players with the most games of 1+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Elliot Anderson	midfielder	11	15	73%
2	Harry Kane	attacker	9	13	69%
3	Jude Bellingham	midfielder	9	14	64%
4	Marc Guéhi	defender	8	15	53%
5	Nico O'Reilly	defender	7	11	64%

England players with the most games of 2+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Jude Bellingham	midfielder	4	14	29%
2	Elliot Anderson	midfielder	4	15	27%
3	Nico O'Reilly	defender	3	11	27%
4	Harry Kane	attacker	3	13	23%
5	Marc Guéhi	defender	3	15	20%

England players with the most games of 3+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Elliot Anderson	midfielder	2	15	13%
2	Nico O'Reilly	defender	1	11	9%
3	Ezri Konsa	defender	1	13	8%
4	Jude Bellingham	midfielder	1	14	7%

Croatia 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	Spain (H)	1-2	12	10	22	13
3 Oct	UEFA Nations League	England (H)	0-7	10	6	16	7
29 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Spain (A)	4-1	10	9	19	13
26 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Czech Republic (A)	1-2	9	6	15	8
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