MK Dons are averaging 1.3 yellow cards per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 3.3 cards on average. That puts them 20th of 24 for total cards per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player booking-rate forecasts, the matchup risk read for the upcoming fixture against Wigan, a profile of referee Paul Howard, and a full match-by-match log.
Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each MK Dons player's yellow cards per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), plus their hit-rate over the last six appearances and current bookmaker odds to be carded.
Matchup risk blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the defender's underlying card rate (20%). Scores above 0.7 are flagged high risk, 0.4–0.7 medium and below 0.4 low.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz. Player odds are taken from Bet365 player markets when priced. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their booking rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.
Yellow cards are inherently noisy — we surface signal (form, matchup, referee profile, market price), not certainties. Use the booking-rate table and matchup risk as inputs, not guarantees.
Yes. The referee profile module shows the assigned official's average yellows per match this season alongside their season fouls and red-card rate so you can adjust expectations for the upcoming fixture.
| Player | Position | Apps | Yellow cards | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Goode | defender | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Jon Mellish | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Alex Gilbey | midfielder | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Curtis Nelson | defender | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Jack Sanders | defender | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| A. Collins | attacker | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| Marvin Ekpiteta | defender | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Craig MacGillivray | goalkeeper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| G. Jones | defender | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ben Wiles | midfielder | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Callum Paterson | attacker | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Liam Kelly | midfielder | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nathaniel Mendez-Laing | attacker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dan Barlaser | midfielder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| S. Nombe | attacker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Cohen Bramall | defender | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ryan Wintle | midfielder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aaron Nemane | midfielder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Connor Lemonheigh-Evans | midfielder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Joseph Tomlinson | midfielder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ryan Barnett | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sam Silvera | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team yellow cards | Opposition yellow cards | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Leicester City | Home | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Huddersfield Town | Home | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Oxford United | Away | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Norwich City | Away | 4-1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2 May 2026 | Fleetwood Town | Away | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Tranmere Rovers | Home | 3-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Crewe Alexandra | Away | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Bromley | Home | 2-1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 6 Apr 2026 | Oldham Athletic | Away | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 Apr 2026 | Barrow | Home | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |