Shamrock Rovers are averaging 8 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 16.5 total fouls on average. Below you'll find player foul-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Ararat-Armenia, a profile of referee Samuel Barrott, and a full match-by-match log.
Rory Gaffney leads with 12 fouls across 6 qualifying appearances (2/g, 83% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Shamrock Rovers player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Shamrock Rovers are averaging 8 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 8.5 for a match-total of 16.5. On average Shamrock Rovers pick up one yellow card every 0.213 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 Ararat-Armenia the page weights each Shamrock Rovers defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Shamrock Rovers 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.
Samuel Barrott is the referee for this fixture — they average 19.33 fouls and 3.75 yellow cards per match this season. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Kovalevskis | attacker | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Rory Gaffney | attacker | 6 | 12 | 2 | 83% |
| Danny Grant | midfielder | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 83% |
| Cory O'Sullivan | defender | 6 | 6 | 1 | 67% |
| Josh Honohan | defender | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Michael Noonan | attacker | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Adam Matthews | defender | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Connor Malley | midfielder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Dan Cleary | defender | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 57% |
| Matthew Healy | midfielder | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Darragh Nugent | midfielder | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Victor Ozhianvuna | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Roberto Lopes | defender | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 43% |
| Graham Burke | attacker | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 43% |
| Lee Grace | defender | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Dylan Watts | midfielder | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 29% |
| Ed McGinty | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Daniel Mandroiu | midfielder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aaron McEneff | midfielder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| John McGovern | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Cian Barrett | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jul 2026 | Ararat-Armenia | Away | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Floriana | Home | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Floriana | Away | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Hamrun Spartans | Home | 3-1 | 15 | 10 | 25 | John McGovern (3) |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Breidablik | Away | 3-1 | 9 | 17 | 26 | Rory Gaffney (2) |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Home | 1-2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | Rory Gaffney (3) |
| 6 Nov 2025 | AEK Athens | Away | 1-1 | 11 | 8 | 19 | Dylan Watts (2) |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Celje | Home | 0-2 | 14 | 14 | 28 | Rory Gaffney (5) |
| 2 Oct 2025 | Sparta Praha | Away | 4-1 | 11 | 10 | 21 | Dan Cleary (4) |
| 28 Aug 2025 | Santa Clara | Home | 0-0 | 13 | 19 | 32 |