NEC Nijmegen Fouls Stats 2026/2027

NEC Nijmegen Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

NEC Nijmegen are averaging 12.33 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 24.73 total fouls on average. That puts them 6th 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 Dinamo Zagreb, a profile of referee Manfredas Lukjančukas, and a full match-by-match log.

NEC Nijmegen Fouls Questions

Which NEC Nijmegen players commit the most fouls?

Bryan Linssen leads with 22 fouls across 14 qualifying appearances (1.57/g, 86% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every NEC Nijmegen player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does NEC Nijmegen's foul profile look this season?

NEC Nijmegen are averaging 12.33 fouls per game over 15 games and draw 12.4 for a match-total of 24.73. That ranks 6th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average NEC Nijmegen pick up one yellow card every 0.119 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 Dinamo Zagreb the page weights each NEC Nijmegen 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 NEC Nijmegen 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?

Manfredas Lukjančukas is the referee for this fixture - they average 20 fouls and 1 yellow cards per match this season. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.

NEC Nijmegen player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Jamiro Monteiro	midfielder	9	17	1.89	100%
Ayodele Thomas	attacker	3	3	1	100%
Sami Ouaissa	midfielder	3	4	1.33	100%
Bryan Linssen	attacker	14	22	1.57	86%
T. Storm	defender	13	18	1.38	85%
Noé Lebreton	midfielder	15	22	1.47	80%
Deveron Fonville	defender	10	14	1.4	80%
Almugera Kabar	defender	5	9	1.8	80%
Dennis Geiger	midfielder	4	7	1.75	75%
Gabriel Brás	defender	4	5	1.25	75%
Brayann Pereira	defender	6	8	1.33	67%
Isak Hansen-Aarøen	midfielder	3	4	1.33	67%
Kevin Kers		5	4	0.8	60%
P. Schuurs	defender	5	3	0.6	60%
Dušan Tadić	attacker	12	6	0.5	42%
Bram Nuytinck	defender	5	3	0.6	40%
Clement Bischoff	attacker	12	5	0.42	33%
Philippe Sandler	defender	6	4	0.67	33%
Darko Nejašmić	midfielder	13	6	0.46	31%
Tjaronn Chery	midfielder	13	5	0.38	31%
K. Sierhuis	attacker	7	2	0.29	29%
Adam Tahaui	midfielder	7	2	0.29	29%
Gonzalo Crettaz	goalkeeper	11	0	0	0%
Nikolas Polster	goalkeeper	5	0	0	0%
Emre Mor	attacker	5	0	0	0%

NEC Nijmegen fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
18 Oct 2026	Eredivisie	Fortuna Sittard	Home	2-2	11	10	21	Jamiro Monteiro (3)
15 Oct 2026	Europa League	Levski Sofia	Home	1-1	14	14	28	Dušan Tadić (2)
10 Oct 2026	Eredivisie	Ajax	Away	1-1	13	8	21	Deveron Fonville (2)
20 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Go Ahead Eagles	Home	1-1	8	6	14	Tjaronn Chery (1)
17 Sep 2026	Europa League	Juventus	Away	5-0	19	9	28	Almugera Kabar (4)
12 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	SC Cambuur	Away	3-0	18	16	34	Dennis Geiger (4)
8 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Excelsior	Home	2-2	5	16	21	Jamiro Monteiro (2)
5 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Feyenoord	Home	1-3	9	14	23	Bryan Linssen (3)
29 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	PEC Zwolle	Away	1-3	12	17	29	T. Storm (4)
25 Aug 2026	Champions League	Bodø / Glimt	Away	3-0	8	10	18	Noé Lebreton (3)
19 Aug 2026	Champions League	Bodø / Glimt	Home	1-3	9	12	21	Noé Lebreton (2)
15 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	Willem II	Away	1-4	14	10	24	Deveron Fonville (3)

NEC Nijmegen fouls 2026/2027: last 15 games

Fouls for per game: 12.33
Fouls against per game: 12.4
Match total fouls per game: 24.73
Games: 15
League rank for match fouls: 4 of 18

NEC Nijmegen Fouls for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	8	10.63	50%	50%	38%	25%	25%
Away	7	14.29	86%	86%	86%	71%	57%
Overall	15	12.33	67%	67%	60%	47%	40%

NEC Nijmegen Fouls against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	8	13.13	88%	75%	75%	63%	63%
Away	7	11.57	71%	43%	29%	29%	29%
Overall	15	12.4	80%	60%	53%	47%	47%

NEC Nijmegen 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	23.75	88%	88%	50%	38%	25%
Away	7	25.86	86%	86%	71%	57%	57%
Overall	15	24.73	87%	87%	60%	47%	40%

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

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	12.33	10.63	14.29
Yellow cards / match	1.47	1.13	1.86
Fouls per yellow card	8.4	9.4	7.7
Cards per foul	12%	11%	13%
Fouls over 9.5	67%	50%	86%
Fouls over 10.5	67%	50%	86%
Fouls over 11.5	60%	38%	86%
Fouls over 12.5	47%	25%	71%
Fouls over 13.5	40%	25%	57%

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

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	12.4	13.13	11.57
Fouls against over 9.5	80%	88%	71%
Fouls against over 10.5	60%	75%	43%
Fouls against over 11.5	53%	75%	29%
Fouls against over 12.5	47%	63%	29%
Fouls against over 13.5	47%	63%	29%

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

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	24.73	23.75	25.86
Match fouls over 18.5	87%	88%	86%
Match fouls over 20.5	87%	88%	86%
Match fouls over 22.5	60%	50%	71%
Match fouls over 24.5	47%	38%	57%
Match fouls over 26.5	40%	25%	57%

NEC Nijmegen 1st-half fouls for 2026/2027 (from 15 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %
Home	8	4.75	75%	38%	38%	25%	13%
Away	7	7.57	100%	100%	86%	57%	43%
Overall	15	6.07	87%	67%	60%	40%	27%

NEC Nijmegen 1st-half fouls against 2026/2027 (from 15 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %
Home	8	3.75	50%	38%	25%	25%	0%
Away	7	6.43	100%	86%	86%	29%	14%
Overall	15	5	73%	60%	53%	27%	7%

NEC Nijmegen 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 15 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	8	8.5	38%	38%	13%	13%	13%
Away	7	14	100%	100%	100%	57%	29%
Overall	15	11.07	67%	67%	53%	33%	20%

NEC Nijmegen fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Oct	Eredivisie	Fortuna (H)	2-2	11	10	21	9
15 Oct	Europa League	Levski Sofia (H)	1-1	14	14	28	9
10 Oct	Eredivisie	Ajax (A)	1-1	13	8	21	12
20 Sep	Eredivisie	GA Eagles (H)	1-1	8	6	14	4
17 Sep	Europa League	Juventus (A)	5-0	19	9	28	13
12 Sep	Eredivisie	SC Cambuur (A)	3-0	18	16	34	22
8 Sep	Eredivisie	Excelsior (H)	2-2	5	16	21	3
5 Sep	Eredivisie	Feyenoord (H)	1-3	9	14	23	5
29 Aug	Eredivisie	PEC Zwolle (A)	1-3	12	17	29	13
25 Aug	Champions League	Bodø / Glimt (A)	3-0	8	10	18	12
19 Aug	Champions League	Bodø / Glimt (H)	1-3	9	12	21	11
15 Aug	Eredivisie	Willem II (A)	1-4	14	10	24	14
11 Aug	Champions League	Olympiacos F.C. (H)	2-1	17	19	36	16
8 Aug	Eredivisie	Telstar (H)	1-2	12	14	26	11
4 Aug	Champions League	Olympiacos F.C. (A)	0-0	16	11	27	12

Eredivisie 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	FC Utrecht	9	16.33	10.67	27	89%
2	SC Cambuur	9	12	14.33	26.33	67%
3	ADO Den Haag	9	14	10.11	24.11	67%
4	NEC Nijmegen	9	11.33	12.33	23.67	56%
5	Telstar	9	11	12.56	23.56	56%
6	AZ	9	11.78	11.44	23.22	56%
7	Feyenoord	9	8.89	12.22	21.11	44%
8	PEC Zwolle	9	11.33	9.56	20.89	33%
9	Fortuna Sittard	9	9.11	11.78	20.89	22%
10	FC Twente	9	11.22	8.89	20.11	33%
11	FC Groningen	9	9.11	11	20.11	33%
12	Sparta Rotterdam	9	9.78	9.89	19.67	33%
13	Willem II	9	9.78	9.78	19.56	44%
14	PSV	9	9.56	9.89	19.44	44%
15	Ajax	9	9.56	9.78	19.33	33%
16	SC Heerenveen	9	8.56	10.67	19.22	11%
17	Excelsior	9	11.44	7.22	18.67	11%
18	Go Ahead Eagles	9	7.11	9.78	16.89	22%

NEC Nijmegen 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	12.23	11.46	23.69	62%
Vs top half	20	11.75	11.8	23.55	60%
Vs bottom half	23	11.83	12.61	24.43	65%
Vs bottom six	16	12.38	12.06	24.44	63%

NEC Nijmegen fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Eredivisie	2026/2027	9	11.33	12.33	23.67	56%
Champions League	2026/2027	4	12.5	13	25.5	50%
Europa League	2026/2027	2	16.5	11.5	28	100%
Eredivisie	2025/2026	34	11.91	12.21	24.12	65%
Eredivisie	2024/2025	35	10.77	10.74	21.51	37%

NEC Nijmegen 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
Thu 22 Oct 16:45	Dinamo Zagreb (away)	27	14.5	12.5	28.75	16	12.75
Sun 25 Oct 13:30	FC Groningen (home)	20.11	9.11	11	18.75	9	9.75
Sat 31 Oct 17:45	Heerenveen (away)	19.22	8.56	10.67	18.4	8.6	9.8

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Bryan Linssen	attacker	12	14	86%
2	Noé Lebreton	midfielder	12	15	80%
3	Jamiro Monteiro	midfielder	11	12	92%
4	T. Storm	defender	11	13	85%
5	Deveron Fonville	defender	8	10	80%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Bryan Linssen	attacker	8	14	57%
2	Jamiro Monteiro	midfielder	6	12	50%
3	Deveron Fonville	defender	5	10	50%
4	Noé Lebreton	midfielder	5	15	33%
5	Almugera Kabar	defender	4	8	50%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Noé Lebreton	midfielder	3	15	20%
2	Jamiro Monteiro	midfielder	2	12	17%
3	T. Storm	defender	2	13	15%
4	Bryan Linssen	attacker	2	14	14%
5	Isak Hansen-Aarøen	midfielder	1	4	25%

Dinamo Zagreb fouls match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Oct	1. HNL	Slaven Koprivnica (A)	1-5	11	8	19	10
15 Oct	Europa League	Anderlecht (H)	1-0	21	13	34	17
10 Oct	1. HNL	Hajduk Split (A)	2-1	15	13	28	12
20 Sep	1. HNL	Lokomotiva Zagreb (H)	3-2	17	16	33	17
16 Sep	Europa League	Be'er Sheva (A)	0-0	13	10	23	11
12 Sep	1. HNL	Osijek (A)	4-2	16	17	33	16
5 Sep	1. HNL	Gorica (H)	1-0	15	9	24	2
29 Aug	1. HNL	Istra 1961 (A)	2-2	14	10	24	14
26 Aug	Champions League	Viking (A)	3-1	12	16	28	12
22 Aug	1. HNL	Varaždin (H)	3-1	11	13	24	11