St. Gallen are averaging 9.9 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 18.9 total fouls on average. That puts them 2nd of 11 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 Benfica, a profile of referee Luca Pairetto, and a full match-by-match log.
Jozo Stanic leads with 11 fouls across 5 qualifying appearances (2.2/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every St. Gallen player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
St. Gallen are averaging 9.9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 9 for a match-total of 18.9. That ranks 2nd of 11 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average St. Gallen pick up one yellow card every 0.273 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 Benfica the page weights each St. Gallen defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 St. Gallen 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.
Luca Pairetto is the referee for this fixture — they average 26.8 fouls and 5.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jozo Stanic | defender | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 100% |
| Diego Besio | attacker | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 100% |
| Corsin Konietzke | midfielder | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 100% |
| Joel Ruiz | goalkeeper | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Tiemoko Ouattara | attacker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Betim Fazliji | midfielder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Nevio Scherrer | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Chima Okoroji | defender | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 83% |
| Carlo Boukhalfa | midfielder | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 80% |
| Aliou Baldé | attacker | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 80% |
| Hugo Vandermersch | defender | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 80% |
| Lukas Görtler | midfielder | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 75% |
| Alessandro Vogt | attacker | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Tom Gaal | defender | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 67% |
| Colin Kleine-Bekel | defender | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 60% |
| Mihailo Stevanovic | midfielder | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Nino Weibel | midfielder | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Lukas Daschner | midfielder | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 20% |
| Lawrence Ati Zigi | goalkeeper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Christian Witzig | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 2026 | Thun | Home | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 May 2026 | Thun | Home | 1-1 | 16 | 17 | 33 | Hugo Vandermersch (3) |
| 14 May 2026 | Basel | Away | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 May 2026 | Basel | Away | 1-3 | 23 | 12 | 35 | Colin Kleine-Bekel (3) |
| 10 May 2026 | Lugano | Away | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 May 2026 | Lugano | Away | 1-2 | 15 | 10 | 25 | Diego Besio (3) |
| 3 May 2026 | Sion | Home | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 May 2026 | Sion | Home | 0-3 | 18 | 15 | 33 | Colin Kleine-Bekel (3) |
| 26 Apr 2026 | Young Boys | Away | 1-2 | 13 | 22 | 35 | Jozo Stanic (4) |
| 12 Apr 2026 | Luzern | Away | 2-2 | 14 | 14 | 28 | Colin Kleine-Bekel (2) |