New Zealand are averaging 11.1 fouls per game in 2025, with matches involving them seeing 20.7 total fouls on average. Below you'll find player foul-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against India, and a full match-by-match log.
Marko Stamenić leads with 16 fouls across 9 qualifying appearances (1.78/g, 78% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every New Zealand player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
New Zealand are averaging 11.1 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 9.6 for a match-total of 20.7. On average New Zealand pick up one yellow card every 0.09 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 India the page weights each New Zealand defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 New Zealand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Rufer | midfielder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Chris Wood | attacker | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 80% |
| Ryan Thomas | midfielder | 5 | 5 | 1 | 80% |
| Marko Stamenić | midfielder | 9 | 16 | 1.78 | 78% |
| Kosta Barbarouses | attacker | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Sarpreet Singh | midfielder | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 71% |
| Michael Boxall | defender | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Joe Bell | midfielder | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 67% |
| Elijah Just | attacker | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 63% |
| Tim Payne | defender | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 57% |
| Ben Waine | attacker | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50% |
| Finn Surman | defender | 9 | 6 | 0.67 | 44% |
| Tyler Bindon | defender | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Ben Old | defender | 9 | 3 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Callum McCowatt | midfielder | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Francis de Vries | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Liberato Cacace | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Jesse Randall | attacker | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Max Crocombe | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Alex Paulsen | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Callan Elliot | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Lachlan Bayliss | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jun 2026 | Belgium | Home | 1-5 | 10 | 7 | 17 | Marko Stamenić (2) |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Egypt | Home | 1-3 | 14 | 8 | 22 | Finn Surman (3) |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Iran | Away | 2-2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | Marko Stamenić (2) |
| 6 Jun 2026 | England | Away | 1-0 | 13 | 10 | 23 | Sarpreet Singh (4) |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Haiti | Away | 4-0 | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| 30 Mar 2026 | Chile | Home | 4-1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | Joe Bell (2) |
| 27 Mar 2026 | Finland | Home | 0-2 | 12 | 10 | 22 | Marko Stamenić (3) |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Ecuador | Away | 2-0 | 10 | 7 | 17 | Marko Stamenić (2) |
| 16 Nov 2025 | Colombia | Away | 2-1 | 13 | 16 | 29 | Joe Bell (2) |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Norway | Away | 1-1 | 13 | 11 | 24 | Marko Stamenić (4) |