Schalke Fouls Stats 2026/2027

Schalke Fouls Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Schalke are averaging 10.87 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 23.87 total fouls on average. That puts them 6th 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 Koln, and a full match-by-match log.

Schalke Fouls Questions

Which Schalke players commit the most fouls?

Soufian El-Faouzi leads with 8 fouls across 6 qualifying appearances (1.33/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Schalke player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Schalke's foul profile look this season?

Schalke are averaging 10.87 fouls per game over 15 games and draw 13 for a match-total of 23.87. That ranks 6th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Schalke pick up one yellow card every 0.147 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 Koln the page weights each Schalke 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 Schalke 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?

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.

Schalke player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Soufian El-Faouzi	midfielder	6	8	1.33	100%
Adrian Gantenbein	defender	2	4	2	100%
Satoshi Tanaka	midfielder	5	5	1	80%
Robin Gosens	defender	6	5	0.83	67%
Nikola Katic	defender	6	4	0.67	67%
Junior Adamu	attacker	3	5	1.67	67%
Maximilian Wöber	defender	3	2	0.67	67%
Edin Džeko	attacker	3	2	0.67	67%
Junior Dina Ebimbe	midfielder	5	3	0.6	60%
Kenan Karaman	attacker	4	3	0.75	50%
Ron Schallenberg	midfielder	2	2	1	50%
Hee-chan Hwang	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Adil Aouchiche	midfielder	5	2	0.4	40%
Hasan Kuruçay	defender	6	4	0.67	33%
Vitalie Becker	defender	3	1	0.33	33%
Loris Karius		6	0	0	0%
Timo Becker	defender	5	0	0	0%
Moussa Sylla	attacker	4	0	0	0%
Dejan Ljubicic	midfielder	3	0	0	0%
Mertcan Ayhan	defender	1	0	0	0%

Schalke fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
17 Oct 2026	Bundesliga	FSV Mainz 05	Home	0-1	12	20	32	Adrian Gantenbein (3)
11 Oct 2026	Bundesliga	SC Freiburg	Away	2-1	13	11	24	Hee-chan Hwang (2)
20 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	Elversberg	Home	0-0	10	10	20	Hasan Kuruçay (3)
11 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	FC Union Berlin	Away	1-3	10	11	21	Junior Adamu (3)
5 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	FC Bayern München	Home	0-0	5	12	17	Robin Gosens (1)
30 Aug 2026	Bundesliga	FC Augsburg	Away	3-0	6	5	11	Ron Schallenberg (2)
27 May 2023	Bundesliga	RB Leipzig	Away	4-2	11	14	25
20 May 2023	Bundesliga	Eintracht Frankfurt	Home	2-2	11	16	27
13 May 2023	Bundesliga	FC Bayern München	Away	6-0	10	12	22
5 May 2023	Bundesliga	FSV Mainz 05	Away	2-3	10	12	22
29 Apr 2023	Bundesliga	Werder Bremen	Home	2-1	11	17	28
23 Apr 2023	Bundesliga	SC Freiburg	Away	4-0	11	9	20

Schalke fouls 2026/2027: last 15 games

Fouls for per game: 10.87
Fouls against per game: 13
Match total fouls per game: 23.87
Games: 15
League rank for match fouls: 15 of 18

Schalke Fouls for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	7	11.43	86%	71%	43%	14%	14%
Away	8	10.38	88%	50%	25%	13%	0%
Overall	15	10.87	87%	60%	33%	13%	7%

Schalke Fouls against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	7	15.29	100%	86%	86%	71%	57%
Away	8	11	75%	75%	50%	25%	25%
Overall	15	13	87%	80%	67%	47%	40%

Schalke 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	7	26.71	86%	71%	71%	71%	71%
Away	8	21.38	88%	75%	38%	25%	0%
Overall	15	23.87	87%	73%	53%	47%	33%

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

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	10.87	11.43	10.38
Yellow cards / match	1.6	2	1.25
Fouls per yellow card	6.8	5.7	8.3
Cards per foul	15%	17%	12%
Fouls over 9.5	87%	86%	88%
Fouls over 10.5	60%	71%	50%
Fouls over 11.5	33%	43%	25%
Fouls over 12.5	13%	14%	13%
Fouls over 13.5	7%	14%	0%

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

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	13	15.29	11
Fouls against over 9.5	87%	100%	75%
Fouls against over 10.5	80%	86%	75%
Fouls against over 11.5	67%	86%	50%
Fouls against over 12.5	47%	71%	25%
Fouls against over 13.5	40%	57%	25%

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

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	23.87	26.71	21.38
Match fouls over 18.5	87%	86%	88%
Match fouls over 20.5	73%	71%	75%
Match fouls over 22.5	53%	71%	38%
Match fouls over 24.5	47%	71%	25%
Match fouls over 26.5	33%	71%	0%

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

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %
Home	7	4.86	57%	43%	43%	14%	14%
Away	8	3.13	25%	25%	13%	13%	0%
Overall	15	3.93	40%	33%	27%	13%	7%

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

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %
Home	7	8.14	100%	100%	100%	71%	57%
Away	8	3.5	63%	50%	13%	0%	0%
Overall	15	5.67	80%	73%	53%	33%	27%

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

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	7	13	71%	71%	71%	57%	43%
Away	8	6.63	25%	13%	13%	0%	0%
Overall	15	9.6	47%	40%	40%	27%	20%

Schalke fouls match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
17 Oct	Bundesliga	Mainz (H)	0-1	12	20	32	18
11 Oct	Bundesliga	Freiburg (A)	2-1	13	11	24	12
20 Sep	Bundesliga	Elversberg (H)	0-0	10	10	20	8
11 Sep	Bundesliga	U Berlin (A)	1-3	10	11	21	7
5 Sep	Bundesliga	Bayern (H)	0-0	5	12	17	8
30 Aug	Bundesliga	Augsburg (A)	3-0	6	5	11	8
27 May	Bundesliga	RB Leipzig (A)	4-2	11	14	25	1
20 May	Bundesliga	Frankfurt (H)	2-2	11	16	27	12
13 May	Bundesliga	Bayern (A)	6-0	10	12	22	9
5 May	Bundesliga	Mainz (A)	2-3	10	12	22	3
29 Apr	Bundesliga	Bremen (H)	2-1	11	17	28	13
23 Apr	Bundesliga	Freiburg (A)	4-0	11	9	20	10
14 Apr	Bundesliga	H Berlin (H)	5-2	12	19	31	14
9 Apr	Bundesliga	Hoffenheim (A)	2-0	12	14	26	3
1 Apr	Bundesliga	Leverkusen (H)	0-3	19	13	32	18

Bundesliga 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	Hamburger SV	6	14.17	11.67	25.83	83%
2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	14.17	10	24.17	100%
3	Elversberg	6	11.67	12.5	24.17	67%
4	FSV Mainz 05	6	12.67	11	23.67	50%
5	TSG Hoffenheim	6	13.17	10	23.17	67%
6	RB Leipzig	6	9.83	13.33	23.17	67%
7	SC Freiburg	6	9.5	13.67	23.17	83%
8	Werder Bremen	6	11.83	11.17	23	50%
9	Borussia Dortmund	6	11.17	11.67	22.83	50%
10	FC Köln	6	11	11.17	22.17	83%
11	FC Union Berlin	6	11.33	10.67	22	33%
12	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	6	12.17	9.67	21.83	33%
13	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	9.83	12	21.83	50%
14	Paderborn	6	10	10.83	20.83	33%
15	Schalke 04	6	9.33	11.5	20.83	33%
16	VfB Stuttgart	6	9.67	11	20.67	50%
17	FC Bayern München	6	10.5	9.33	19.83	17%
18	FC Augsburg	6	8.67	9.5	18.17	17%

Schalke 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	4	10	13.25	23.25	50%
Vs top half	4	10	13.25	23.25	50%
Vs bottom half	2	8	8	16	0%
Vs bottom six	1	10	11	21	0%

Schalke fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Bundesliga	2026/2027	6	9.33	11.5	20.83	33%
Bundesliga	2022/2023	34	12.12	12.35	24.47	82%

Schalke 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 13:30	Koln (away)	22.17	11	11.17	24.33	10	14.33
Sat 31 Oct 14:30	RB Leipzig (home)	23.17	9.83	13.33	21	7.33	13.67
Sun 8 Nov 18:30	Hoffenheim (away)	23.17	13.17	10	22.67	12.67	10

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Soufian El-Faouzi	midfielder	6	6	100%
2	Satoshi Tanaka	midfielder	4	5	80%
3	Nikola Katic	defender	4	6	67%
4	Robin Gosens	defender	4	6	67%
5	Hee-chan Hwang	attacker	3	4	75%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Junior Adamu	attacker	2	4	50%
2	Soufian El-Faouzi	midfielder	2	6	33%
3	Adrian Gantenbein	defender	1	2	50%
4	Ron Schallenberg	midfielder	1	3	33%
5	Hee-chan Hwang	attacker	1	4	25%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Adrian Gantenbein	defender	1	2	50%
2	Junior Adamu	attacker	1	4	25%
3	Hasan Kuruçay	defender	1	6	17%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
16 Oct	Bundesliga	Frankfurt (A)	1-0	17	8	25	16
11 Oct	Bundesliga	Gladbach (H)	2-1	8	17	25	13
19 Sep	Bundesliga	Hamburg (A)	2-1	14	12	26	11
12 Sep	Bundesliga	Bremen (H)	1-1	11	12	23	11
4 Sep	Bundesliga	Stuttgart (A)	4-1	5	4	9	2
29 Aug	Bundesliga	Hoffenheim (H)	3-2	11	14	25	15
16 May	Bundesliga	Bayern (A)	5-1	4	6	10	7
10 May	Bundesliga	Heidenheim (H)	1-3	9	8	17	8
2 May	Bundesliga	U Berlin (A)	2-2	10	7	17	7
25 Apr	Bundesliga	Leverkusen (H)	1-2	11	5	16	9