Reading Fouls Stats 2026/2027

Reading Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Reading are averaging 11 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 22.87 total fouls on average. That puts them 10th of 24 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 Wigan, a profile of referee Edward Duckworth, and a full match-by-match log.

Reading Fouls Questions

Which Reading players commit the most fouls?

Paudie O'Connor leads with 18 fouls across 14 qualifying appearances (1.29/g, 86% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Reading player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Reading's foul profile look this season?

Reading are averaging 11 fouls per game over 15 games and concede 11.87 for a match-total of 22.87. That ranks 10th of 24 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Reading pick up one yellow card every 0.139 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 Wigan the page weights each Reading 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 Reading 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?

Edward Duckworth is the referee for this fixture - they average 18.33 fouls and 4.33 yellow cards per match this season. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.

Reading player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Finley Burns	defender	3	6	2	100%
Matt Ritchie	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Andy Rinomhota	midfielder	10	13	1.3	90%
Jack Marriott	attacker	8	10	1.25	88%
Paudie O'Connor	defender	14	18	1.29	86%
Benn Ward	defender	11	16	1.45	82%
Jeriel Dorsett	defender	7	7	1	71%
Kyreece Lisbie	attacker	10	13	1.3	70%
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan	attacker	3	5	1.67	67%
Ryan Nyambe	defender	3	2	0.67	67%
Haydon Roberts	defender	11	10	0.91	64%
Lewis Wing	midfielder	13	11	0.85	62%
Liam Fraser	midfielder	7	6	0.86	57%
Jacob Brown	attacker	7	6	0.86	57%
Paddy Lane	attacker	13	9	0.69	54%
Charlie Savage	midfielder	4	2	0.5	50%
Ashqar Ahmed	defender	2	3	1.5	50%
Daniel Kyerewaa	midfielder	7	3	0.43	43%
Josh Stokes	midfielder	7	5	0.71	43%
U. Godwin-Malife	defender	10	6	0.6	40%
George Earthy	midfielder	6	2	0.33	33%
James Tyrrell Reid	attacker	3	1	0.33	33%
Randell Williams	midfielder	7	2	0.29	29%
Joel Pereira	goalkeeper	15	0	0	0%
Conor Masterson	defender	2	0	0	0%

Reading fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
10 Oct 2026	League One	Milton Keynes Dons	Away	1-5	7	13	20	Josh Stokes (3)
3 Oct 2026	League One	Bradford City	Home	1-1	10	21	31	Kyreece Lisbie (2)
26 Sep 2026	League One	Wycombe Wanderers	Away	2-2	17	9	26	Benn Ward (4)
19 Sep 2026	League One	Notts County	Home	2-0	13	12	25	Kyreece Lisbie (3)
15 Sep 2026	Carabao Cup	Brentford	Home	1-2	8	11	19	Paudie O'Connor (3)
12 Sep 2026	League One	Cambridge United	Away	2-1	11	8	19	Haydon Roberts (2)
5 Sep 2026	League One	Blackpool	Home	3-1	11	7	18	Haydon Roberts (3)
2 Sep 2026	League One	Mansfield Town	Home	5-0	9	16	25	Paddy Lane (2)
25 Aug 2026	Carabao Cup	Stevenage	Away	0-3	13	6	19	Ashqar Ahmed (3)
22 Aug 2026	League One	AFC Wimbledon	Away	0-0	13	15	28	Lewis Wing (3)
15 Aug 2026	League One	Luton Town	Home	3-4	12	11	23	Andy Rinomhota (3)
8 Aug 2026	Carabao Cup	Bromley	Away	1-1	11	11	22	U. Godwin-Malife (2)

Reading fouls 2026/2027: last 15 games

Fouls for per game: 11
Fouls against per game: 11.87
Match total fouls per game: 22.87
Games: 15
League rank for match fouls: 11 of 24

Reading 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	8	9.75	75%	50%	38%	25%	13%
Away	7	12.43	86%	86%	86%	57%	57%
Overall	15	11	80%	67%	60%	40%	33%

Reading 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	8	12.38	88%	88%	75%	38%	25%
Away	7	11.29	71%	57%	57%	43%	43%
Overall	15	11.87	80%	73%	67%	40%	33%

Reading 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	22.13	75%	50%	50%	38%	13%
Away	7	23.71	100%	57%	43%	43%	29%
Overall	15	22.87	87%	53%	47%	40%	20%

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

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	11	9.75	12.43
Yellow cards / match	1.64	1.43	1.86
Fouls per yellow card	6.7	6.8	6.7
Cards per foul	15%	15%	15%
Fouls over 8.5	80%	75%	86%
Fouls over 9.5	67%	50%	86%
Fouls over 10.5	60%	38%	86%
Fouls over 11.5	40%	25%	57%
Fouls over 12.5	33%	13%	57%

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

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	11.87	12.38	11.29
Fouls against over 8.5	80%	88%	71%
Fouls against over 9.5	73%	88%	57%
Fouls against over 10.5	67%	75%	57%
Fouls against over 11.5	40%	38%	43%
Fouls against over 12.5	33%	25%	43%

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

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	22.87	22.13	23.71
Match fouls over 18.5	87%	75%	100%
Match fouls over 20.5	53%	50%	57%
Match fouls over 22.5	47%	50%	43%
Match fouls over 24.5	40%	38%	43%
Match fouls over 26.5	20%	13%	29%

Reading 1st-half fouls for 2026/2027 (from 7 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	3.67	67%	33%	0%	0%
Away	4	7	100%	75%	75%	75%
Overall	7	5.57	86%	57%	43%	43%

Reading 1st-half fouls against 2026/2027 (from 7 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	4.33	100%	33%	0%	0%
Away	4	6	75%	50%	25%	25%
Overall	7	5.29	86%	43%	14%	14%

Reading 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 7 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	3	8	33%	33%	0%	0%
Away	4	13	75%	75%	50%	50%
Overall	7	10.86	57%	57%	29%	29%

Reading fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
10 Oct	League One	MK Dons (A)	1-5	7	13	20	-
3 Oct	League One	Bradford (H)	1-1	10	21	31	-
26 Sep	League One	Wycombe (A)	2-2	17	9	26	-
19 Sep	League One	Notts County (H)	2-0	13	12	25	-
15 Sep	Carabao Cup	Brentford (H)	1-2	8	11	19	-
12 Sep	League One	Cambridge (A)	2-1	11	8	19	-
5 Sep	League One	Blackpool (H)	3-1	11	7	18	-
2 Sep	League One	Mansfield (H)	5-0	9	16	25	-
25 Aug	Carabao Cup	Stevenage (A)	0-3	13	6	19	10
22 Aug	League One	Wimbledon (A)	0-0	13	15	28	20
15 Aug	League One	Luton (H)	3-4	12	11	23	10
8 Aug	Carabao Cup	Bromley (A)	1-1	11	11	22	8
2 May	League One	Blackpool (H)	0-1	9	10	19	8
25 Apr	League One	Rotherham (A)	1-1	15	17	32	14
18 Apr	League One	Cardiff (H)	1-3	6	11	17	6

League One 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	Notts County	8	13.75	13.38	27.13	88%
2	Stevenage	8	13.38	13.75	27.13	75%
3	Bromley	8	14.63	12.13	26.75	88%
4	Bradford City	9	14.22	12.44	26.67	89%
5	Leyton Orient	9	12.78	13.78	26.56	78%
6	Oxford United	8	12.5	13.75	26.25	75%
7	Luton Town	8	12	13.13	25.13	75%
8	Mansfield Town	9	13.33	11.56	24.89	89%
9	Burton Albion	10	12.5	12.3	24.8	70%
10	AFC Wimbledon	9	12.89	11	23.89	67%
11	Reading	9	11.44	12.44	23.89	67%
12	Barnsley	8	13.38	10.25	23.63	75%
13	Sheffield Wednesday	8	12	11.38	23.38	63%
14	Wycombe Wanderers	9	9.56	13.33	22.89	67%
15	Peterborough United	9	9.89	12.56	22.44	44%
16	Huddersfield Town	9	11.89	10	21.89	56%
17	Leicester City	8	8.88	13	21.88	50%
18	Plymouth Argyle	10	11.1	10.1	21.2	70%
19	Blackpool	8	10.75	10.25	21	50%
20	Milton Keynes Dons	8	12	8.38	20.38	38%
21	Doncaster Rovers	8	10.25	10.13	20.38	50%
22	Wigan Athletic	8	10.13	10	20.13	38%
23	Cambridge United	9	8.56	10.56	19.11	33%
24	Stockport County	9	7.78	9.67	17.44	22%

Reading 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	14	10.57	11.14	21.71	43%
Vs top half	26	11.65	11.62	23.27	58%
Vs bottom half	29	11.41	10.69	22.1	59%
Vs bottom six	14	11.07	11.21	22.29	64%

Reading fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
League One	2026/2027	9	11.44	12.44	23.89	67%
Carabao Cup	2026/2027	3	10.67	9.33	20	33%
League One	2025/2026	46	11.54	10.87	22.41	57%
Carabao Cup	2025/2026	3	11.67	11.67	23.33	67%
FA Cup	2025/2026	1	15	10	25	100%
League One	2024/2025	46	11.41	11.83	23.24	72%
FA Cup	2024/2025	2	9.5	11	20.5	50%
Carabao Cup	2024/2025	1	13	8	21	0%

Reading 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 17 Oct 14:00	Wigan (away)	20.13	10.13	10	20.75	10.5	10.25
Wed 21 Oct 19:00	Orient (home)	26.56	12.78	13.78	26.25	14.5	11.75
Sat 24 Oct 14:00	Barnsley (home)	23.63	13.38	10.25	23	12.25	10.75

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Benn Ward	defender	9	11	82%
2	Paudie O'Connor	defender	9	11	82%
3	Andy Rinomhota	midfielder	8	9	89%
4	Jack Marriott	attacker	7	8	88%
5	Lewis Wing	midfielder	7	10	70%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Benn Ward	defender	5	11	45%
2	Kyreece Lisbie	attacker	4	12	33%
3	Jack Marriott	attacker	3	8	38%
4	Andy Rinomhota	midfielder	3	9	33%
5	Jeriel Dorsett	defender	2	5	40%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Paudie O'Connor	defender	2	11	18%
2	Kyreece Lisbie	attacker	2	12	17%
3	Ashqar Ahmed	defender	1	2	50%
4	Josh Stokes	midfielder	1	7	14%
5	Haydon Roberts	defender	1	8	13%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
10 Oct	League One	Stevenage (A)	1-0	12	9	21	-
19 Sep	League One	Wycombe (H)	0-1	17	8	25	-
12 Sep	League One	Sheff Wed (A)	0-0	8	7	15	-
5 Sep	League One	Stockport (H)	0-4	9	7	16	-
2 Sep	League One	MK Dons (H)	3-1	5	9	14	-
30 Aug	League One	Wimbledon (A)	1-0	11	14	25	-
22 Aug	League One	Orient (H)	0-2	11	17	28	14
15 Aug	League One	Cambridge (A)	3-2	8	9	17	5
8 Aug	Carabao Cup	Barnsley (A)	1-1	10	9	19	12
2 May	League One	Stevenage (A)	1-0	16	14	30	17