New England Fouls Stats 2026

New England Fouls Stats 2026 - season overview

New England are averaging 8 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 19.13 total fouls on average. That puts them 28th of 30 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 Philadelphia, and a full match-by-match log.

New England Fouls Questions

Which New England players commit the most fouls?

Will Sands leads with 15 fouls across 15 qualifying appearances (1/g, 67% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every New England player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does New England's foul profile look this season?

New England are averaging 8 fouls per game over 15 games and concede 11.13 for a match-total of 19.13. That ranks 28th of 30 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average New England pick up one yellow card every 0.2 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 Philadelphia the page weights each New England 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 New England fixtures in the active window for 2026. 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.

New England player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Dániel Gazdag	midfielder	5	7	1.4	100%
Brooklyn Raines	midfielder	13	13	1	77%
Will Sands	defender	15	15	1	67%
Mamadou Fofana	defender	12	11	0.92	67%
Ilay Feingold	defender	3	2	0.67	67%
Alhassan Yusuf	midfielder	8	7	0.88	63%
Joshua Wynder	defender	5	3	0.6	60%
Peyton Miller	defender	14	11	0.79	57%
Ethan Kohler	defender	15	9	0.6	53%
Griffin Yow	attacker	4	2	0.5	50%
Wilson Harris	attacker	2	2	1	50%
Matt Polster	midfielder	15	14	0.93	47%
Jack Harrison	attacker	7	5	0.71	43%
Dor Turgeman	attacker	14	5	0.36	36%
Luca Langoni	attacker	6	4	0.67	33%
Cody Baker	defender	3	1	0.33	33%
Marcos Zambrano	attacker	3	1	0.33	33%
Jackson Yueill	midfielder	7	2	0.29	29%
Carles Gil	midfielder	15	2	0.13	13%
Matt Turner	goalkeeper	15	0	0	0%
J. Siqueira	attacker	1	0	0	0%
Javaun Mussenden	midfielder	1	0	0	0%

New England fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
17 Oct 2026	Major League Soccer	Chicago Fire	Home	1-0	9	17	26	Luca Langoni (2)
14 Oct 2026	Major League Soccer	Cincinnati	Away	2-3	7	8	15	Dániel Gazdag (2)
10 Oct 2026	Major League Soccer	Seattle Sounders	Home	0-3	6	15	21	Will Sands (2)
27 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Real Salt Lake	Away	3-0	14	8	22	Matt Polster (3)
19 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Orlando City	Home	4-2	8	5	13	Will Sands (2)
13 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Chicago Fire	Away	1-2	9	14	23	Peyton Miller (3)
10 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	New York City	Away	1-2	10	5	15	Matt Polster (3)
6 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	LA Galaxy	Away	2-1	8	12	20	Will Sands (3)
30 Aug 2026	Major League Soccer	Columbus Crew	Away	1-3	7	10	17	Jack Harrison (2)
23 Aug 2026	Major League Soccer	New York City	Home	1-1	6	12	18	Mamadou Fofana (1)
19 Aug 2026	Major League Soccer	DC United	Away	0-3	10	15	25	Matt Polster (3)
15 Aug 2026	Major League Soccer	Toronto	Away	2-1	5	11	16	Brooklyn Raines (2)

New England fouls 2026: last 15 games

Fouls for per game: 8
Fouls against per game: 11.13
Match total fouls per game: 19.13
Games: 15
League rank for match fouls: 25 of 30

New England Fouls for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	6	7.67	33%	17%	0%	0%	0%
Away	9	8.22	44%	33%	11%	11%	11%
Overall	15	8	40%	27%	7%	7%	7%

New England Fouls against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	6	12.5	83%	83%	67%	67%	50%
Away	9	10.22	67%	56%	44%	33%	22%
Overall	15	11.13	73%	67%	53%	47%	33%

New England Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	6	20.17	67%	50%	33%	17%	0%
Away	9	18.44	44%	33%	22%	11%	0%
Overall	15	19.13	53%	40%	27%	13%	0%

New England Team fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	8	7.67	8.22
Yellow cards / match	1.6	1.67	1.56
Fouls per yellow card	5	4.6	5.3
Cards per foul	20%	22%	19%
Fouls over 8.5	40%	33%	44%
Fouls over 9.5	27%	17%	33%
Fouls over 10.5	7%	0%	11%
Fouls over 11.5	7%	0%	11%
Fouls over 12.5	7%	0%	11%

New England Fouls against 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	11.13	12.5	10.22
Fouls against over 8.5	73%	83%	67%
Fouls against over 9.5	67%	83%	56%
Fouls against over 10.5	53%	67%	44%
Fouls against over 11.5	47%	67%	33%
Fouls against over 12.5	33%	50%	22%

New England Match fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	19.13	20.17	18.44
Match fouls over 18.5	53%	67%	44%
Match fouls over 20.5	40%	50%	33%
Match fouls over 22.5	27%	33%	22%
Match fouls over 24.5	13%	17%	11%
Match fouls over 26.5	0%	0%	0%

New England 1st-half fouls for 2026 (from 6 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	2.33	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	3	3	33%	33%	33%	0%
Overall	6	2.67	17%	17%	17%	0%

New England 1st-half fouls against 2026 (from 6 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	7.67	100%	67%	67%	67%
Away	3	5	100%	67%	33%	0%
Overall	6	6.33	100%	67%	50%	33%

New England 1st-half match total 2026 (from 6 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	3	10	67%	33%	33%	33%
Away	3	8	33%	33%	33%	33%
Overall	6	9	50%	33%	33%	33%

New England fouls match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
17 Oct	Major League Soccer	Chicago Fire (H)	1-0	9	17	26	-
14 Oct	Major League Soccer	Cincinnati (A)	2-3	7	8	15	-
10 Oct	Major League Soccer	Seattle (H)	0-3	6	15	21	-
27 Sep	Major League Soccer	RSL (A)	3-0	14	8	22	-
19 Sep	Major League Soccer	Orlando City (H)	4-2	8	5	13	-
13 Sep	Major League Soccer	Chicago Fire (A)	1-2	9	14	23	-
10 Sep	Major League Soccer	NYCFC (A)	1-2	10	5	15	-
6 Sep	Major League Soccer	LA Galaxy (A)	2-1	8	12	20	-
30 Aug	Major League Soccer	Columbus (A)	1-3	7	10	17	-
23 Aug	Major League Soccer	NYCFC (H)	1-1	6	12	18	9
19 Aug	Major League Soccer	DC United (A)	0-3	10	15	25	12
15 Aug	Major League Soccer	Toronto (A)	2-1	5	11	16	7
8 Aug	Major League Soccer	Houston (H)	0-2	10	10	20	7
1 Aug	Major League Soccer	CF Montréal (A)	2-2	4	9	13	5
25 Jul	Major League Soccer	Atlanta (H)	4-1	7	16	23	14

Major League Soccer fouls table 2026: every team's fouls per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
1	Colorado Rapids	30	14.57	13.77	28.33	87%
2	Philadelphia Union	30	15.6	12.03	27.63	90%
3	Vancouver Whitecaps	30	13.9	12.8	26.7	80%
4	St. Louis City	30	14	11.43	25.43	73%
5	Inter Miami	30	13.2	12.17	25.37	77%
6	SJ Earthquakes	30	12.07	13.13	25.2	73%
7	New York City	30	11.43	13.13	24.57	73%
8	CF Montréal	30	12.67	11.73	24.4	63%
9	San Diego	30	10.6	13.6	24.2	60%
10	Toronto	30	11.33	12.8	24.13	67%
11	DC United	29	13	11.03	24.03	69%
12	Minnesota United	30	12.43	11.43	23.87	57%
13	Chicago Fire	30	12.7	10.83	23.53	60%
14	Sporting KC	30	12.37	11.17	23.53	63%
15	Orlando City	30	10.73	12.8	23.53	60%
16	Houston Dynamo	30	10.23	13.13	23.37	60%
17	Dallas	30	13.03	10.27	23.3	63%
18	LA Galaxy	31	10.39	12.77	23.16	61%
19	New York RB	30	12.43	10.63	23.07	63%
20	Real Salt Lake	30	11.8	11.27	23.07	70%
21	Austin	30	10.33	12.7	23.03	53%
22	Portland Timbers	30	9.63	13.03	22.67	60%
23	Cincinnati	29	11.21	11.03	22.24	52%
24	Los Angeles FC	31	10.81	11.16	21.97	55%
25	New England	30	9.53	12.43	21.97	50%
26	Nashville SC	30	11.87	9.97	21.83	47%
27	Atlanta United	30	11.57	9.83	21.4	53%
28	Columbus Crew	30	10.37	10.73	21.1	40%
29	Charlotte	30	9.67	11.27	20.93	47%
30	Seattle Sounders	30	10.07	9.27	19.33	27%

New England fouls against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Vs top six	24	10.63	13.21	23.83	67%
Vs top half	64	10.84	12.8	23.64	61%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

New England fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Major League Soccer	2026	30	9.53	12.43	21.97	50%
Major League Soccer	2025	34	12	13.12	25.12	71%
Major League Soccer	2024	34	11.74	11.35	23.09	65%

New England 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 24 Oct 23:30	Philadelphia (away)	27.63	15.6	12.03	26.67	15.13	11.53
Wed 28 Oct 23:30	New York RB (home)	23.07	12.43	10.63	22.73	12.67	10.07
Mon 2 Nov 00:00	Inter Miami (home)	25.37	13.2	12.17	27	13.33	13.67

New England players with the most games of 1+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Brooklyn Raines	midfielder	23	27	85%
2	Will Sands	defender	20	30	67%
3	Alhassan Yusuf	midfielder	18	24	75%
4	Ethan Kohler	defender	14	26	54%
5	Peyton Miller	defender	14	27	52%

New England players with the most games of 2+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Brooklyn Raines	midfielder	14	27	52%
2	Alhassan Yusuf	midfielder	10	24	42%
3	Will Sands	defender	7	30	23%
4	Matt Polster	midfielder	6	25	24%
5	Brayan Ceballos	defender	5	9	56%

New England players with the most games of 3+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Brooklyn Raines	midfielder	8	27	30%
2	Matt Polster	midfielder	4	25	16%
3	Will Sands	defender	3	30	10%
4	Brayan Ceballos	defender	2	9	22%
5	Griffin Yow	attacker	2	22	9%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
17 Oct	Major League Soccer	Charlotte (H)	2-2	18	15	33	-
15 Oct	Major League Soccer	Chicago Fire (A)	1-3	16	12	28	-
10 Oct	Major League Soccer	RSL (H)	2-1	21	13	34	-
26 Sep	Major League Soccer	Orlando City (H)	4-2	19	13	32	-
20 Sep	Major League Soccer	Sporting KC (A)	3-4	14	11	25	-
14 Sep	Major League Soccer	San Diego (A)	0-5	15	13	28	-
9 Sep	Major League Soccer	Cincinnati (H)	5-0	16	6	22	-
5 Sep	Major League Soccer	CF Montréal (H)	2-0	15	9	24	-
29 Aug	Major League Soccer	New York RB (A)	1-3	13	12	25	-
23 Aug	Major League Soccer	Austin (A)	1-1	13	8	21	13