Koln are averaging 9 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 17.8 total fouls on average. That puts them 8th of 18 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 Stuttgart, and a full match-by-match log.
Said El Mala leads with 8 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (0.8/g, 60% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Koln player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Koln are averaging 9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 8.8 for a match-total of 17.8. That ranks 8th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Koln pick up one yellow card every 0.278 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 Stuttgart the page weights each Koln defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Koln 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.
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.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luca Waldschmidt | attacker | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 100% |
| Joël Schmied | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Youssoupha Niang | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Ellyes Skhiri | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Gideon Mensah | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Paul Okon-Engstler | midfielder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Luka Lochoshvili | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Tom Krauß | midfielder | 5 | 5 | 1 | 80% |
| Rav van den Berg | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Said El Mala | attacker | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Alessio Castro-Montes | midfielder | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Eric Martel | midfielder | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 57% |
| Jan Thielmann | attacker | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Jahmai Simpson-Pusey | defender | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Marius Bülter | attacker | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| Jakub Kamiński | attacker | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 44% |
| Ísak Jóhannesson | midfielder | 9 | 6 | 0.67 | 44% |
| Sebastian Sebulonsen | defender | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 43% |
| Linton Maina | attacker | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 38% |
| Kristoffer Lund | defender | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 33% |
| Cenk Özkacar | defender | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 33% |
| Ragnar Ache | attacker | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 17% |
| Marvin Schwäbe | goalkeeper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Felipe Chavez | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Cenny Neumann | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | TSG Hoffenheim | Home | 3-2 | 11 | 14 | 25 | Tom Krauß (2) |
| 16 May 2026 | FC Bayern München | Away | 5-1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | Joël Schmied (1) |
| 10 May 2026 | Heidenheim | Home | 1-3 | 9 | 8 | 17 | Said El Mala (2) |
| 2 May 2026 | FC Union Berlin | Away | 2-2 | 10 | 7 | 17 | Luca Waldschmidt (4) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Home | 1-2 | 11 | 5 | 16 | Eric Martel (3) |
| 17 Apr 2026 | St. Pauli | Away | 1-1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | Alessio Castro-Montes (2) |
| 12 Apr 2026 | Werder Bremen | Home | 3-1 | 16 | 7 | 23 | Ragnar Ache (4) |
| 5 Apr 2026 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Away | 2-2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | Tom Krauß (1) |
| 21 Mar 2026 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Home | 3-3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | Eric Martel (2) |
| 14 Mar 2026 | Hamburger SV | Away | 1-1 | 12 | 11 | 23 | Said El Mala (2) |