Lyon Fouls Stats 2026/2027

Lyon Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Lyon are averaging 12.7 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 27 total fouls on average. That puts them 8th 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 Palace, a profile of referee João Pedro Silva Pinheiro, and a full match-by-match log.

Lyon Fouls Questions

Which Lyon players commit the most fouls?

Loïs Openda leads with 16 fouls across 9 qualifying appearances (1.78/g, 78% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Lyon player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Lyon's foul profile look this season?

Lyon are averaging 12.7 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 14.3 for a match-total of 27. That ranks 8th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Lyon pick up one yellow card every 0.118 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 Palace the page weights each Lyon 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 - 10 Lyon 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?

João Pedro Silva Pinheiro is the referee for this fixture - they average 20.5 fouls and 3.25 yellow cards per match this season. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.

Lyon player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Nicolás Tagliafico	defender	2	2	1	100%
Mohamed Ouédraogo	defender	2	4	2	100%
Rémi Himbert	attacker	1	3	3	100%
Moussa Niakhaté	defender	8	14	1.75	88%
Ruben Kluivert	defender	5	10	2	80%
Malick Fofana	attacker	5	5	1	80%
Loïs Openda	attacker	9	16	1.78	78%
Zachary Athekame	defender	7	8	1.14	71%
Abner	defender	7	8	1.14	71%
Corentin Tolisso	midfielder	9	9	1	67%
Felix Bacher	defender	7	7	1	57%
Tyler Morton	midfielder	10	7	0.7	50%
Ernest Nuamah	attacker	8	6	0.75	50%
Mads Bidstrup	midfielder	6	5	0.83	50%
Noah Nartey	midfielder	4	5	1.25	50%
Keito Nakamura	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Khalis Merah	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Clinton Mata	defender	2	1	0.5	50%
Pavel Sulc	midfielder	6	4	0.67	33%
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	defender	3	3	1	33%
Tanner Tessmann	midfielder	4	2	0.5	25%
Kaïl Boudache	attacker	5	2	0.4	20%
Dominik Greif	goalkeeper	8	0	0	0%
Rémy Descamps	goalkeeper	2	0	0	0%
Julien Duranville	attacker	1	0	0	0%

Lyon fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
9 Oct 2026	Ligue 1	Lens	Away	2-1	12	13	25	Felix Bacher (4)
19 Sep 2026	Ligue 1	Rennes	Home	4-0	13	14	27	Mads Bidstrup (3)
16 Sep 2026	Europa League	Anderlecht	Away	1-2	12	14	26	Ruben Kluivert (3)
12 Sep 2026	Ligue 1	Paris	Away	0-0	13	19	32	Zachary Athekame (3)
4 Sep 2026	Ligue 1	Auxerre	Home	3-1	10	8	18	Ernest Nuamah (3)
29 Aug 2026	Ligue 1	Le Havre	Home	1-1	7	16	23	Tyler Morton (2)
26 Aug 2026	Champions League	Fenerbahçe	Home	1-2	12	17	29	Moussa Niakhaté (4)
22 Aug 2026	Ligue 1	Toulouse	Away	0-2	15	15	30	Rémi Himbert (3)
18 Aug 2026	Champions League	Fenerbahçe	Away	1-1	13	13	26	Loïs Openda (4)
11 Aug 2026	Champions League	Sparta Praha	Home	3-0	20	14	34	Ruben Kluivert (5)

Lyon fouls 2026/2027: last 10 games

Fouls for per game: 12.7
Fouls against per game: 14.3
Match total fouls per game: 27
Games: 10
League rank for match fouls: 4 of 18

Lyon 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	5	12.4	80%	80%	60%	60%	40%
Away	5	13	100%	100%	100%	100%	60%
Overall	10	12.7	90%	90%	80%	80%	50%

Lyon 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	5	13.8	80%	80%	80%	80%	80%
Away	5	14.8	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Overall	10	14.3	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%

Lyon 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	5	26.2	80%	80%	80%	60%	60%
Away	5	27.8	100%	100%	100%	100%	40%
Overall	10	27	90%	90%	90%	80%	50%

Lyon Team fouls 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	12.7	12.4	13
Yellow cards / match	1.5	1.6	1.4
Fouls per yellow card	8.5	7.8	9.3
Cards per foul	12%	13%	11%
Fouls over 8.5	90%	80%	100%
Fouls over 9.5	90%	80%	100%
Fouls over 10.5	80%	60%	100%
Fouls over 11.5	80%	60%	100%
Fouls over 12.5	50%	40%	60%

Lyon Fouls against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	14.3	13.8	14.8
Fouls against over 8.5	90%	80%	100%
Fouls against over 9.5	90%	80%	100%
Fouls against over 10.5	90%	80%	100%
Fouls against over 11.5	90%	80%	100%
Fouls against over 12.5	90%	80%	100%

Lyon Match fouls 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	27	26.2	27.8
Match fouls over 18.5	90%	80%	100%
Match fouls over 20.5	90%	80%	100%
Match fouls over 22.5	90%	80%	100%
Match fouls over 24.5	80%	60%	100%
Match fouls over 26.5	50%	60%	40%

Lyon 1st-half fouls for 2026/2027 (from 3 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	1	12	100%	100%	100%	100%
Away	2	7	100%	100%	50%	50%
Overall	3	8.67	100%	100%	67%	67%

Lyon 1st-half fouls against 2026/2027 (from 3 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	1	10	100%	100%	100%	100%
Away	2	7.5	100%	100%	100%	50%
Overall	3	8.33	100%	100%	100%	67%

Lyon 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 3 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	1	22	100%	100%	100%	100%
Away	2	14.5	100%	100%	100%	100%
Overall	3	17	100%	100%	100%	100%

Lyon fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
9 Oct	Ligue 1	Lens (A)	2-1	12	13	25	-
19 Sep	Ligue 1	Rennes (H)	4-0	13	14	27	-
16 Sep	Europa League	Anderlecht (A)	1-2	12	14	26	-
12 Sep	Ligue 1	Paris (A)	0-0	13	19	32	-
4 Sep	Ligue 1	Auxerre (H)	3-1	10	8	18	-
29 Aug	Ligue 1	Le Havre (H)	1-1	7	16	23	-
26 Aug	Champions League	Fenerbahçe (H)	1-2	12	17	29	-
22 Aug	Ligue 1	Toulouse (A)	0-2	15	15	30	14
18 Aug	Champions League	Fenerbahçe (A)	1-1	13	13	26	15
11 Aug	Champions League	Sparta Praha (H)	3-0	20	14	34	22

Ligue 1 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	Toulouse	6	16.67	12.67	29.33	100%
2	Le Havre	6	14.17	13.67	27.83	100%
3	Brest	6	13	13.83	26.83	67%
4	Olympique Lyonnais	6	11.67	14.17	25.83	83%
5	Troyes	6	12.33	13.17	25.5	83%
6	LOSC Lille	6	11.67	13.67	25.33	83%
7	Le Mans	6	14.83	10	24.83	67%
8	Lens	6	11.67	13	24.67	83%
9	Rennes	6	13	11.17	24.17	83%
10	Lorient	6	9	15	24	83%
11	Angers SCO	6	10.67	13.17	23.83	83%
12	Paris	6	13.67	9.83	23.5	83%
13	Auxerre	6	14	9	23	67%
14	Monaco	6	10.83	11.17	22	50%
15	Olympique Marseille	6	10.5	10.83	21.33	50%
16	Strasbourg	6	11.17	8.83	20	33%
17	Nice	6	8.67	8.67	17.33	33%
18	Paris Saint Germain	6	5.67	11.33	17	0%

Lyon 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	12	13.33	13.75	27.08	75%
Vs top half	18	13.78	14.11	27.89	83%
Vs bottom half	22	12	13.05	25.05	77%
Vs bottom six	15	12.2	12.13	24.33	73%

Lyon fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Ligue 1	2026/2027	6	11.67	14.17	25.83	83%
Champions League	2026/2027	4	13	13.75	26.75	75%
Europa League	2026/2027	1	12	14	26	100%
Ligue 1	2025/2026	34	13	13.41	26.41	79%
Europa League	2025/2026	10	11.6	12.9	24.5	80%
Ligue 1	2024/2025	34	12.03	11.41	23.44	74%
Europa League	2024/2025	12	11.5	13.17	24.67	67%

Lyon 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 15 Oct 16:45	Palace (home)	20.7	10.5	10.2	18	11.33	6.67
Sun 18 Oct 18:45	Nice (home)	17.33	8.67	8.67	15	7	8
Thu 22 Oct 19:00	Hoffenheim (away)	23.3	14.4	8.9	20.4	12	8.4

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Loïs Openda	attacker	8	10	80%
2	Moussa Niakhaté	defender	7	8	88%
3	Corentin Tolisso	midfielder	7	11	64%
4	Ruben Kluivert	defender	5	7	71%
5	Zachary Athekame	defender	5	7	71%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Loïs Openda	attacker	5	10	50%
2	Moussa Niakhaté	defender	3	8	38%
3	Mohamed Ouédraogo	defender	2	5	40%
4	Noah Nartey	midfielder	2	7	29%
5	Ruben Kluivert	defender	2	7	29%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Moussa Niakhaté	defender	3	8	38%
2	Loïs Openda	attacker	3	10	30%
3	Ruben Kluivert	defender	2	7	29%
4	Rémi Himbert	attacker	1	1	100%
5	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	defender	1	4	25%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
11 Oct	Premier League	Forest (H)	3-1	11	10	21	-
20 Sep	Premier League	Leeds (A)	0-0	12	10	22	-
17 Sep	Europa League	Lech Poznań (H)	4-0	11	7	18	-
12 Sep	Premier League	Ipswich (H)	2-3	6	16	22	-
8 Sep	Carabao Cup	M'Boro (H)	3-0	10	11	21	-
5 Sep	Premier League	Fulham (A)	2-3	7	5	12	-
28 Aug	Premier League	Man City (H)	1-4	8	11	19	-
22 Aug	Premier League	Everton (A)	2-0	15	5	20	9
27 May	Europa Conference League	Rayo (H)	1-0	16	15	31	11
24 May	Premier League	Arsenal (H)	1-2	9	12	21	9