Motherwell Fouls Stats 2026/2027

Motherwell Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Motherwell are averaging 8.87 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 19 total fouls on average. That puts them 2nd of 12 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 Hearts, and a full match-by-match log.

Motherwell Fouls Questions

Which Motherwell players commit the most fouls?

Joe Hodge leads with 15 fouls across 9 qualifying appearances (1.67/g, 89% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Motherwell player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Motherwell's foul profile look this season?

Motherwell are averaging 8.87 fouls per game over 15 games and concede 10.13 for a match-total of 19. That ranks 2nd of 12 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Motherwell pick up one yellow card every 0.143 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 Hearts the page weights each Motherwell 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 Motherwell 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?

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.

Motherwell player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Joe Hodge	midfielder	9	15	1.67	89%
Stephen O'Donnell	defender	4	3	0.75	75%
Lukas Fadinger	midfielder	15	14	0.93	60%
Tawanda Maswanhise	attacker	12	12	1	58%
Ibrahim Said	attacker	13	14	1.08	54%
D. Williams	defender	4	2	0.5	50%
Eythor Bjørgolfsson	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
S. Palmer-Houlden	attacker	9	5	0.56	44%
Emmanuel Longelo	defender	15	7	0.47	40%
Martin Moormann	defender	14	5	0.36	36%
Regan Charles-Cook	attacker	9	3	0.33	33%
Oscar Priestman	midfielder	6	4	0.67	33%
Ewan Wilson	defender	3	1	0.33	33%
Jake Girdwood-Reich	midfielder	13	4	0.31	31%
Tom Sparrow	midfielder	13	6	0.46	31%
Jamie Knight-Lebel	defender	7	3	0.43	29%
Alex Lowry	midfielder	12	7	0.58	25%
Mikey Booth	midfielder	4	3	0.75	25%
Jardell Kanga	midfielder	5	1	0.2	20%
Willy Vogt	attacker	10	1	0.1	10%
Alex Paulsen	goalkeeper	15	0	0	0%
Dylan Levitt	midfielder	3	0	0	0%
Olly Whyte	midfielder	3	0	0	0%
Luca Ross	attacker	2	0	0	0%
John Koutroumbis	defender	2	0	0	0%

Motherwell fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
17 Oct 2026	Scottish Premiership	Kilmarnock	Away	3-2	8	9	17	Tawanda Maswanhise (2)
11 Oct 2026	Scottish Premiership	Celtic	Home	0-2	3	4	7	Joe Hodge (2)
19 Sep 2026	Scottish Premiership	Dundee	Away	2-1	9	8	17	Lukas Fadinger (2)
15 Sep 2026	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen	Home	0-4	7	12	19	Ibrahim Said (2)
5 Sep 2026	Scottish Premiership	Rangers	Away	1-0	10	5	15	Alex Lowry (3)
2 Sep 2026	Scottish Premiership	Dundee United	Home	3-0	5	3	8	Lukas Fadinger (2)
30 Aug 2026	Scottish Premiership	St. Mirren	Away	3-3	12	14	26	Joe Hodge (3)
27 Aug 2026	Europa Conference League	SC Freiburg	Away	4-1	11	6	17	Jamie Knight-Lebel (2)
20 Aug 2026	Europa Conference League	SC Freiburg	Home	1-3	14	15	29	Tawanda Maswanhise (3)
13 Aug 2026	Europa Conference League	HJK	Home	2-0	8	8	16
9 Aug 2026	Scottish Premiership	Falkirk	Home	0-0	17	16	33	Lukas Fadinger (3)
6 Aug 2026	Europa Conference League	HJK	Away	1-1	11	14	25

Motherwell fouls 2026/2027: last 15 games

Fouls for per game: 8.87
Fouls against per game: 10.13
Match total fouls per game: 19
Games: 15
League rank for match fouls: 12 of 12

Motherwell 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	7	7.86	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%
Away	8	9.75	75%	63%	50%	25%	13%
Overall	15	8.87	53%	47%	40%	27%	20%

Motherwell 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	7	9.43	43%	43%	43%	43%	29%
Away	8	10.75	63%	50%	50%	50%	50%
Overall	15	10.13	53%	47%	47%	47%	40%

Motherwell 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	7	17.29	43%	29%	29%	29%	29%
Away	8	20.5	50%	38%	38%	38%	13%
Overall	15	19	47%	33%	33%	33%	20%

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

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	8.87	7.86	9.75
Yellow cards / match	1.58	1.5	1.67
Fouls per yellow card	5.6	5.2	5.8
Cards per foul	18%	19%	17%
Fouls over 8.5	53%	29%	75%
Fouls over 9.5	47%	29%	63%
Fouls over 10.5	40%	29%	50%
Fouls over 11.5	27%	29%	25%
Fouls over 12.5	20%	29%	13%

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

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	10.13	9.43	10.75
Fouls against over 8.5	53%	43%	63%
Fouls against over 9.5	47%	43%	50%
Fouls against over 10.5	47%	43%	50%
Fouls against over 11.5	47%	43%	50%
Fouls against over 12.5	40%	29%	50%

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

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	19	17.29	20.5
Match fouls over 18.5	47%	43%	50%
Match fouls over 20.5	33%	29%	38%
Match fouls over 22.5	33%	29%	38%
Match fouls over 24.5	33%	29%	38%
Match fouls over 26.5	20%	29%	13%

Motherwell 1st-half fouls for 2026/2027 (from 7 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	6.5	75%	75%	75%	75%
Away	3	5	67%	33%	33%	33%
Overall	7	5.86	71%	57%	57%	57%

Motherwell 1st-half fouls against 2026/2027 (from 7 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	5.75	75%	50%	50%	50%
Away	3	5.33	100%	100%	33%	0%
Overall	7	5.57	86%	71%	43%	29%

Motherwell 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 7 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	4	12.25	75%	75%	75%	50%
Away	3	10.33	67%	67%	33%	33%
Overall	7	11.43	71%	71%	57%	43%

Motherwell fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
17 Oct	Scottish Premiership	Kilmarnock (A)	3-2	8	9	17	-
11 Oct	Scottish Premiership	Celtic (H)	0-2	3	4	7	-
19 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Dundee (A)	2-1	9	8	17	-
15 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen (H)	0-4	7	12	19	-
5 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Rangers (A)	1-0	10	5	15	-
2 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Dundee Utd (H)	3-0	5	3	8	-
30 Aug	Scottish Premiership	St. Mirren (A)	3-3	12	14	26	-
27 Aug	Europa Conference League	Freiburg (A)	4-1	11	6	17	-
20 Aug	Europa Conference League	Freiburg (H)	1-3	14	15	29	17
13 Aug	Europa Conference League	HJK (H)	2-0	8	8	16	11
9 Aug	Scottish Premiership	Falkirk (H)	0-0	17	16	33	17
6 Aug	Europa Conference League	HJK (A)	1-1	11	14	25	10
2 Aug	Scottish Premiership	Hibernian (A)	1-2	13	14	27	13
30 Jul	Europa Conference League	HB (A)	0-3	4	16	20	8
23 Jul	Europa Conference League	HB (H)	2-0	1	8	9	4

Scottish Premiership 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	Falkirk	9	14.78	12.56	27.33	78%
2	Rangers	9	13.22	14	27.22	89%
3	St. Mirren	9	13.33	13.78	27.11	78%
4	Hearts	9	12.33	14.33	26.67	100%
5	Aberdeen	9	12	11.56	23.56	44%
6	Hibernian	9	12	11.44	23.44	78%
7	Dundee United	9	11.89	11	22.89	78%
8	St. Johnstone	9	10.56	12.11	22.67	56%
9	Kilmarnock	9	11.33	10.56	21.89	56%
10	Dundee	9	10.33	11	21.33	67%
11	Celtic	9	10.56	9.89	20.44	44%
12	Motherwell	9	9.33	9.44	18.78	33%

Motherwell 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	24	11	12.42	23.42	67%
Vs top half	24	11	12.42	23.42	67%
Vs bottom half	23	11.39	15.04	26.43	78%
Vs bottom six	23	11.39	15.04	26.43	78%

Motherwell fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Scottish Premiership	2026/2027	9	9.33	9.44	18.78	33%
Europa Conference League	2026/2027	6	8.17	11.17	19.33	33%
Scottish Premiership	2025/2026	38	11.63	14.71	26.34	82%
Scottish Premiership	2024/2025	38	10.58	12.87	23.45	66%

Motherwell 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
Sun 25 Oct 14:00	Hearts (home)	26.67	12.33	14.33	27.2	12.6	14.6
Wed 28 Oct 19:45	St. Johnstone (away)	22.67	10.56	12.11	23.6	10.2	13.4
Sat 31 Oct 15:00	St. Mirren (home)	27.11	13.33	13.78	30.4	15	15.4

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Lukas Fadinger	midfielder	9	15	60%
2	Joe Hodge	midfielder	8	9	89%
3	Ibrahim Said	attacker	7	13	54%
4	Tawanda Maswanhise	attacker	7	14	50%
5	Emmanuel Longelo	defender	6	15	40%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Joe Hodge	midfielder	6	9	67%
2	Ibrahim Said	attacker	5	13	38%
3	Tawanda Maswanhise	attacker	4	14	29%
4	Lukas Fadinger	midfielder	4	15	27%
5	Alex Lowry	midfielder	3	13	23%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Ibrahim Said	attacker	2	13	15%
2	Mikey Booth	midfielder	1	5	20%
3	Oscar Priestman	midfielder	1	6	17%
4	Joe Hodge	midfielder	1	9	11%
5	Alex Lowry	midfielder	1	13	8%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Oct	Scottish Premiership	Celtic (A)	7-1	8	17	25	-
15 Oct	Europa Conference League	Nordsjælland (H)	1-1	14	14	28	-
10 Oct	Scottish Premiership	St. Mirren (H)	5-0	16	18	34	-
19 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Kilmarnock (A)	1-1	17	13	30	-
15 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Falkirk (A)	2-1	13	15	28	-
6 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Dundee (H)	2-1	10	13	23	-
3 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Hibernian (A)	1-3	8	17	25	-
29 Aug	Scottish Premiership	St. Johnstone (H)	2-1	11	14	25	-
26 Aug	Europa Conference League	SK Rapid (A)	2-2	18	20	38	-
20 Aug	Europa Conference League	SK Rapid (H)	2-2	8	17	25	11