Mainz Fouls Stats 2026/2027

Mainz Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Mainz are averaging 11 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 21.27 total fouls on average. That puts them 1st 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 Schalke, a profile of referee Richard Hempel, and a full match-by-match log.

Mainz Fouls Questions

Which Mainz players commit the most fouls?

Phillip Tietz leads with 28 fouls across 15 qualifying appearances (1.87/g, 87% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Mainz player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Mainz's foul profile look this season?

Mainz are averaging 11 fouls per game over 15 games and concede 10.27 for a match-total of 21.27. That ranks 1st of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Mainz pick up one yellow card every 0.176 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 Schalke the page weights each Mainz 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 Mainz fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. 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?

Richard Hempel is the referee for this fixture - they average 23 fouls and 4 yellow cards per match this season. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.

Mainz player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Sota Kawasaki	midfielder	3	5	1.67	100%
Eric Martel	midfielder	2	3	1.5	100%
Phillip Tietz	attacker	15	28	1.87	87%
Kacper Potulski	defender	8	13	1.63	75%
Anthony Caci	defender	8	8	1	75%
Phillipp Mwene	defender	15	18	1.2	73%
Dominik Kohr	defender	10	15	1.5	70%
Jae-sung Lee	midfielder	9	7	0.78	67%
Paul Nebel	midfielder	10	11	1.1	60%
Fabio Gruber	defender	5	7	1.4	60%
Stefan Posch	defender	14	10	0.71	57%
Nadiem Amiri	midfielder	12	7	0.58	50%
Silvan Widmer	defender	8	4	0.5	50%
Ransford Königsdörffer	attacker	4	3	0.75	50%
Kaishu Sano	midfielder	15	9	0.6	47%
Sheraldo Becker	attacker	13	10	0.77	46%
Nikolas Veratschnig	midfielder	6	2	0.33	33%
Nelson Weiper	attacker	3	1	0.33	33%
Danny da Costa	defender	13	3	0.23	23%
Daniel Batz	goalkeeper	9	0	0	0%
Robin Zentner	goalkeeper	3	0	0	0%
Alexander Schwolow	goalkeeper	3	0	0	0%
Armindo Sieb	attacker	2	0	0	0%
William Bøving	attacker	1	0	0	0%
Otto Ruoppi	midfielder	1	0	0	0%

Mainz fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
10 Oct 2026	Bundesliga	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Home	3-4	11	10	21	Stefan Posch (2)
19 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Away	3-4	14	12	26	Phillip Tietz (4)
12 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	Eintracht Frankfurt	Home	1-3	11	9	20	Fabio Gruber (4)
6 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	Hamburger SV	Away	0-5	12	13	25	Phillip Tietz (4)
29 Aug 2026	Bundesliga	Paderborn	Home	0-0	8	10	18	Fabio Gruber (2)
16 May 2026	Bundesliga	Heidenheim	Away	0-2	12	8	20	Phillip Tietz (5)
10 May 2026	Bundesliga	FC Union Berlin	Home	1-3	11	10	21	Anthony Caci (3)
3 May 2026	Bundesliga	St. Pauli	Away	1-2	8	10	18	Sheraldo Becker (3)
25 Apr 2026	Bundesliga	FC Bayern München	Home	3-4	14	10	24	Paul Nebel (3)
19 Apr 2026	Bundesliga	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Away	1-1	8	12	20	Phillip Tietz (2)
16 Apr 2026	Europa Conference League	Strasbourg	Away	4-0	12	11	23	Phillipp Mwene (3)
12 Apr 2026	Bundesliga	SC Freiburg	Home	0-1	11	13	24	Sheraldo Becker (2)

Mainz fouls 2026/2027: last 15 games

Fouls for per game: 11
Fouls against per game: 10.27
Match total fouls per game: 21.27
Games: 15
League rank for match fouls: 11 of 18

Mainz Fouls for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	8	11.75	88%	88%	88%	38%	25%
Away	7	10.14	57%	57%	57%	57%	14%
Overall	15	11	73%	73%	73%	47%	20%

Mainz Fouls against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	8	9.63	88%	75%	13%	13%	13%
Away	7	11	86%	86%	71%	43%	14%
Overall	15	10.27	87%	80%	40%	27%	13%

Mainz Match total 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	8	21.38	75%	63%	38%	13%	0%
Away	7	21.14	71%	43%	43%	29%	0%
Overall	15	21.27	73%	53%	40%	20%	0%

Mainz Team fouls 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	11	11.75	10.14
Yellow cards / match	1.93	1.5	2.43
Fouls per yellow card	5.7	7.8	4.2
Cards per foul	18%	13%	24%
Fouls over 8.5	73%	88%	57%
Fouls over 9.5	73%	88%	57%
Fouls over 10.5	73%	88%	57%
Fouls over 11.5	47%	38%	57%
Fouls over 12.5	20%	25%	14%

Mainz Fouls against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	10.27	9.63	11
Fouls against over 8.5	87%	88%	86%
Fouls against over 9.5	80%	75%	86%
Fouls against over 10.5	40%	13%	71%
Fouls against over 11.5	27%	13%	43%
Fouls against over 12.5	13%	13%	14%

Mainz Match fouls 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	21.27	21.38	21.14
Match fouls over 18.5	73%	75%	71%
Match fouls over 20.5	53%	63%	43%
Match fouls over 22.5	40%	38%	43%
Match fouls over 24.5	20%	13%	29%
Match fouls over 26.5	0%	0%	0%

Mainz 1st-half fouls for 2026/2027 (from 10 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	5.2	80%	60%	40%	20%
Away	5	4.8	80%	60%	20%	20%
Overall	10	5	80%	60%	30%	20%

Mainz 1st-half fouls against 2026/2027 (from 10 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	5	80%	60%	40%	40%
Away	5	3.8	80%	40%	0%	0%
Overall	10	4.4	80%	50%	20%	20%

Mainz 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 10 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	5	10.2	80%	80%	60%	60%
Away	5	8.6	40%	40%	20%	20%
Overall	10	9.4	60%	60%	40%	40%

Mainz fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
10 Oct	Bundesliga	Leverkusen (H)	3-4	11	10	21	-
19 Sep	Bundesliga	Gladbach (A)	3-4	14	12	26	-
12 Sep	Bundesliga	Frankfurt (H)	1-3	11	9	20	-
6 Sep	Bundesliga	Hamburg (A)	0-5	12	13	25	-
29 Aug	Bundesliga	Paderborn (H)	0-0	8	10	18	-
16 May	Bundesliga	Heidenheim (A)	0-2	12	8	20	8
10 May	Bundesliga	U Berlin (H)	1-3	11	10	21	10
3 May	Bundesliga	St. Pauli (A)	1-2	8	10	18	6
25 Apr	Bundesliga	Bayern (H)	3-4	14	10	24	12
19 Apr	Bundesliga	Gladbach (A)	1-1	8	12	20	10
16 Apr	Europa Conference League	Strasbourg (A)	4-0	12	11	23	13
12 Apr	Bundesliga	Freiburg (H)	0-1	11	13	24	13
9 Apr	Europa Conference League	Strasbourg (H)	2-0	16	10	26	15
4 Apr	Bundesliga	Hoffenheim (A)	1-2	5	11	16	6
22 Mar	Bundesliga	Frankfurt (H)	2-1	12	5	17	1

Bundesliga fouls table 2026/2027: every team's fouls per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
1	Hamburger SV	5	14.6	12.2	26.8	100%
2	SC Freiburg	5	10.4	14	24.4	100%
3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5	14.4	9.4	23.8	100%
4	RB Leipzig	5	10.6	13	23.6	80%
5	Elversberg	5	10.8	12.2	23	60%
6	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	5	12.2	10.6	22.8	40%
7	TSG Hoffenheim	5	13.2	9.4	22.6	60%
8	Werder Bremen	5	12	10.6	22.6	40%
9	Borussia Dortmund	5	10.8	11.4	22.2	40%
10	FC Köln	6	11	11.17	22.17	83%
11	FSV Mainz 05	5	11.2	10.8	22	40%
12	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	9.83	12	21.83	50%
13	FC Union Berlin	5	11	10.2	21.2	20%
14	VfB Stuttgart	5	9.8	10.8	20.6	60%
15	Paderborn	5	9.2	10.8	20	20%
16	FC Bayern München	5	9.6	10	19.6	20%
17	Schalke 04	5	8.8	9.8	18.6	20%
18	FC Augsburg	5	7.6	8.2	15.8	0%

Mainz fouls against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026/2027

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Vs top six	13	11.08	10.23	21.31	54%
Vs top half	20	11.3	10	21.3	55%
Vs bottom half	19	10.68	10.16	20.84	32%
Vs bottom six	15	10.93	10.53	21.47	40%

Mainz fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Bundesliga	2026/2027	5	11.2	10.8	22	40%
Bundesliga	2025/2026	34	10.97	9.97	20.94	44%
Europa Conference League	2025/2026	12	13.17	11.08	24.25	67%
Bundesliga	2024/2025	34	12	10.32	22.32	50%

Mainz 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
Sat 17 Oct 13:30	Schalke (away)	18.6	8.8	9.8	18.5	7.5	11
Sat 24 Oct 13:30	Bremen (home)	22.6	12	10.6	24	12.67	11.33
Fri 30 Oct 19:30	Elversberg (away)	23	10.8	12.2	25	13.5	11.5

Mainz players with the most games of 1+ fouls 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Stefan Posch	defender	4	4	100%
2	Anthony Caci	defender	4	5	80%
3	Nadiem Amiri	midfielder	4	5	80%
4	Phillip Tietz	attacker	4	5	80%
5	Fabio Gruber	defender	3	5	60%

Mainz players with the most games of 2+ fouls 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Phillip Tietz	attacker	3	5	60%
2	Stefan Posch	defender	2	4	50%
3	Fabio Gruber	defender	2	5	40%
4	Kacper Potulski	defender	2	5	40%
5	Phillipp Mwene	defender	2	5	40%

Mainz players with the most games of 3+ fouls 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Phillip Tietz	attacker	2	5	40%
2	Fabio Gruber	defender	1	5	20%
3	Kacper Potulski	defender	1	5	20%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
11 Oct	Bundesliga	Freiburg (A)	2-1	13	11	24	-
20 Sep	Bundesliga	Elversberg (H)	0-0	10	10	20	-
11 Sep	Bundesliga	U Berlin (A)	1-3	10	11	21	-
5 Sep	Bundesliga	Bayern (H)	0-0	5	12	17	-
30 Aug	Bundesliga	Augsburg (A)	3-0	6	5	11	-
27 May	Bundesliga	RB Leipzig (A)	4-2	11	14	25	1
20 May	Bundesliga	Frankfurt (H)	2-2	11	16	27	12
13 May	Bundesliga	Bayern (A)	6-0	10	12	22	9
5 May	Bundesliga	Mainz (A)	2-3	10	12	22	3
29 Apr	Bundesliga	Bremen (H)	2-1	11	17	28	13