Northern Ireland are averaging 11.9 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 24.3 total fouls on average. Below you'll find player foul-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Georgia, and a full match-by-match log.
Shea Emmanuel Charles leads with 12 fouls across 8 qualifying appearances (1.5/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Northern Ireland player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Northern Ireland are averaging 11.9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 12.4 for a match-total of 24.3. On average Northern Ireland pick up one yellow card every 0.176 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 Georgia the page weights each Northern Ireland defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Northern Ireland fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shea Emmanuel Charles | midfielder | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Brodie Gilmore Spencer | defender | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 100% |
| Dan Ballard | defender | 3 | 6 | 2 | 100% |
| Dion Elie Raymond Charles | attacker | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| George Alan Saville | midfielder | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Jamal Piaras Lewis | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Tom Atcheson | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Ethan Galbraith | midfielder | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 88% |
| Alistair Edward McCann | midfielder | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 83% |
| Conor Bradley | defender | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 80% |
| Ruairi McConville | defender | 5 | 5 | 1 | 80% |
| Callum Marshall | attacker | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 75% |
| Terry Devlin | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Paul Patrick Smyth | attacker | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| James Tyrrell Reid | attacker | 7 | 7 | 1 | 57% |
| Jamie Carson McDonnell | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Joshua Brendan David Magennis | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Patrick Kelly | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Justin Devenny | midfielder | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 44% |
| Jamie Paul Donley | midfielder | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Trai Hume | defender | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 33% |
| Eoin Toal | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Isaac Price | midfielder | 10 | 4 | 0.4 | 30% |
| Patrick James Coleman McNair | defender | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 29% |
| Ciaron Maurice Brown | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jun 2026 | France | Away | 3-1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | Brodie Gilmore Spencer (3) |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Guinea | Home | 1-0 | 11 | 15 | 26 | Jamie Paul Donley (2) |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Wales | Away | 1-1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | Shea Emmanuel Charles (2) |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Italy | Away | 2-0 | 8 | 11 | 19 | Ethan Galbraith (3) |
| 17 Nov 2025 | Luxembourg | Home | 1-0 | 11 | 18 | 29 | Ethan Galbraith (2) |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Slovakia | Away | 1-0 | 20 | 14 | 34 | Conor Bradley (4) |
| 13 Oct 2025 | Germany | Home | 0-1 | 18 | 14 | 32 | Brodie Gilmore Spencer (4) |
| 10 Oct 2025 | Slovakia | Home | 2-0 | 14 | 12 | 26 | Conor Bradley (2) |
| 7 Sep 2025 | Germany | Away | 3-1 | 13 | 9 | 22 | Conor Bradley (4) |
| 4 Sep 2025 | Luxembourg | Away | 1-3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | James Tyrrell Reid (2) |