Mali are averaging 8.9 fouls per game in 2025, with matches involving them seeing 19.6 total fouls on average. That puts them 13th 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 Tunisia, and a full match-by-match log.
Lassana Coulibaly leads with 8 fouls across 6 qualifying appearances (1.33/g, 50% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Mali player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Mali are averaging 8.9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 10.7 for a match-total of 19.6. That ranks 13th of 53 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Mali pick up one yellow card every 0.236 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 Tunisia the page weights each Mali defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Mali fixtures in the active window for 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amadou Haidara | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Mamadou Maiga | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Moussa Diakité | midfielder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Woyo Coulibaly | defender | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 75% |
| Yves Bissouma | midfielder | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Fodé Doucouré | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| El Bilal Touré | attacker | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Mahamadou Doumbia | midfielder | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 60% |
| Abdoulaye Diaby | defender | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Lassana Coulibaly | midfielder | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 50% |
| Mohamed Camara | midfielder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Hamari Traoré | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Mamadou Sangaré | midfielder | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 43% |
| Nathan Gassama | defender | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 40% |
| Aliou Dieng | midfielder | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 38% |
| Ousmane Camara | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Lassine Sinayoko | attacker | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 29% |
| Mamadou Fofana | defender | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 25% |
| Kamory Doumbia | midfielder | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 25% |
| Gaoussou Diarra | attacker | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Amadou Dante | defender | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Dorgeles Nene | attacker | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 17% |
| Djigui Diarra | goalkeeper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mamadou Samassa | goalkeeper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Gaoussou Diakité | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2026 | Iran | Away | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Russia | Away | 0-0 | 11 | 9 | 20 | Nathan Gassama (2) |
| 9 Jan 2026 | Senegal | Home | 0-1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | Hamari Traoré (2) |
| 3 Jan 2026 | Tunisia | Home | 1-1 | 12 | 29 | 41 | Lassana Coulibaly (4) |
| 29 Dec 2025 | Comoros | Away | 0-0 | 8 | 22 | 30 | Mohamed Camara (2) |
| 26 Dec 2025 | Morocco | Away | 1-1 | 22 | 15 | 37 | Mahamadou Doumbia (4) |
| 22 Dec 2025 | Zambia | Home | 1-1 | 15 | 13 | 28 | Aliou Dieng (4) |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Jordan | Away | 0-0 | 13 | 5 | 18 | |
| 12 Oct 2025 | Madagascar | Home | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Chad | Away | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |