Start Fouls Stats 2026

Start Fouls Stats 2026 - season overview

Start are averaging 10.67 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 21.47 total fouls on average. That puts them 1st of 16 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 Sandefjord, and a full match-by-match log.

Start Fouls Questions

Which Start players commit the most fouls?

S. Mvoué leads with 25 fouls across 14 qualifying appearances (1.79/g, 86% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Start player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does Start's foul profile look this season?

Start are averaging 10.67 fouls per game over 15 games and draw 10.8 for a match-total of 21.47. That ranks 1st of 16 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Start pick up one yellow card every 0.144 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 Sandefjord the page weights each Start 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 Start fixtures in the active window for 2026. 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.

Start player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
E. Schulze	midfielder	8	7	0.88	88%
S. Mvoué	midfielder	14	25	1.79	86%
O. Jebali	defender	5	6	1.2	80%
John Norheim	defender	12	12	1	75%
Jens Berland Husebø	defender	7	6	0.86	71%
M. Ugland	midfielder	13	10	0.77	69%
Nikolas Koutsakos	attacker	6	6	1	67%
J. Ampofo	attacker	6	6	1	67%
Santino Samuyiwa	attacker	3	2	0.67	67%
Ousmane Diallo Toure	defender	13	10	0.77	62%
Erlend Segberg	midfielder	14	12	0.86	57%
D. Dasjajev	defender	7	8	1.14	57%
A. Ujkani	defender	9	8	0.89	56%
Erlend Dahl Reitan	defender	14	8	0.57	50%
J. Cornelius	attacker	14	13	0.93	50%
S. Granheim	defender	4	3	0.75	50%
L. Gausdal	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
H. Lorentzen	attacker	15	6	0.4	40%
T. Strannegård	midfielder	9	3	0.33	33%
Markus Soomets	midfielder	4	2	0.5	25%
J. Pryts	goalkeeper	8	0	0	0%
Filip Manojlović	goalkeeper	4	0	0	0%
Magnus Sjøeng	goalkeeper	3	0	0	0%
F. Pålerud	defender	3	0	0	0%
Johan Meyer	defender	1	0	0	0%

Start fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
18 Oct 2026	Eliteserien	Molde	Away	6-1	10	6	16	S. Mvoué (2)
11 Oct 2026	Eliteserien	HamKam	Home	2-4	10	10	20	S. Granheim (2)
20 Sep 2026	Eliteserien	Sandefjord	Away	3-0	11	10	21	S. Mvoué (2)
13 Sep 2026	Eliteserien	Brann	Home	2-0	10	15	25	Nikolas Koutsakos (3)
4 Sep 2026	Eliteserien	Aalesund	Away	2-0	9	9	18	D. Dasjajev (3)
30 Aug 2026	Eliteserien	KFUM	Home	4-1	11	12	23	D. Dasjajev (3)
8 Aug 2026	Eliteserien	Fredrikstad	Home	0-1	8	5	13	Erlend Segberg (2)
1 Aug 2026	Eliteserien	Viking	Home	0-3	12	11	23	S. Mvoué (4)
25 Jul 2026	Eliteserien	Kristiansund	Away	1-2	15	11	26	S. Mvoué (3)
18 Jul 2026	Eliteserien	Rosenborg	Home	0-3	15	15	30	S. Mvoué (4)
12 Jul 2026	Eliteserien	Brann	Away	2-1	13	9	22	John Norheim (2)
29 May 2026	Eliteserien	Fredrikstad	Away	2-1	10	15	25	A. Ujkani (3)

Start fouls 2026: last 15 games

Fouls for per game: 10.67
Fouls against per game: 10.8
Match total fouls per game: 21.47
Games: 15
League rank for match fouls: 12 of 16

Start Fouls for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	8	9.88	63%	38%	25%	13%	13%
Away	7	11.57	86%	57%	43%	43%	14%
Overall	15	10.67	73%	47%	33%	27%	13%

Start Fouls against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	8	11.25	75%	63%	50%	38%	25%
Away	7	10.29	57%	43%	29%	14%	14%
Overall	15	10.8	67%	53%	40%	27%	20%

Start Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	8	21.13	75%	50%	50%	25%	13%
Away	7	21.86	71%	71%	43%	43%	0%
Overall	15	21.47	73%	60%	47%	33%	7%

Start Team fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	10.67	9.88	11.57
Yellow cards / match	1.92	1.6	2.14
Fouls per yellow card	5.6	6.2	5.4
Cards per foul	18%	16%	18%
Fouls over 9.5	73%	63%	86%
Fouls over 10.5	47%	38%	57%
Fouls over 11.5	33%	25%	43%
Fouls over 12.5	27%	13%	43%
Fouls over 13.5	13%	13%	14%

Start Fouls against 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	10.8	11.25	10.29
Fouls against over 9.5	67%	75%	57%
Fouls against over 10.5	53%	63%	43%
Fouls against over 11.5	40%	50%	29%
Fouls against over 12.5	27%	38%	14%
Fouls against over 13.5	20%	25%	14%

Start Match fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	21.47	21.13	21.86
Match fouls over 18.5	73%	75%	71%
Match fouls over 20.5	60%	50%	71%
Match fouls over 22.5	47%	50%	43%
Match fouls over 24.5	33%	25%	43%
Match fouls over 26.5	7%	13%	0%

Start 1st-half fouls for 2026 (from 15 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %
Home	8	5.38	88%	50%	38%	38%	25%
Away	7	6	86%	71%	57%	57%	14%
Overall	15	5.67	87%	60%	47%	47%	20%

Start 1st-half fouls against 2026 (from 15 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %
Home	8	5.5	100%	75%	38%	25%	13%
Away	7	5	86%	71%	57%	0%	0%
Overall	15	5.27	93%	73%	47%	13%	7%

Start 1st-half match total 2026 (from 15 of 15 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 13.5 %
Home	8	10.88	63%	50%	50%	25%	25%
Away	7	11	71%	57%	29%	29%	14%
Overall	15	10.93	67%	53%	40%	27%	20%

Start fouls match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Oct	Eliteserien	Molde (A)	6-1	10	6	16	9
11 Oct	Eliteserien	HamKam (H)	2-4	10	10	20	10
20 Sep	Eliteserien	Sandefjord (A)	3-0	11	10	21	11
13 Sep	Eliteserien	Brann (H)	2-0	10	15	25	9
4 Sep	Eliteserien	Aalesund (A)	2-0	9	9	18	8
30 Aug	Eliteserien	KFUM (H)	4-1	11	12	23	14
8 Aug	Eliteserien	Fredrikstad (H)	0-1	8	5	13	8
1 Aug	Eliteserien	Viking (H)	0-3	12	11	23	12
25 Jul	Eliteserien	Kristiansund (A)	1-2	15	11	26	13
18 Jul	Eliteserien	Rosenborg (H)	0-3	15	15	30	14
12 Jul	Eliteserien	Brann (A)	2-1	13	9	22	11
29 May	Eliteserien	Fredrikstad (A)	2-1	10	15	25	10
25 May	Eliteserien	Vålerenga (H)	2-0	6	13	19	12
20 May	Eliteserien	Bodø / Glimt (H)	1-4	7	9	16	8
16 May	Eliteserien	Viking (A)	6-3	13	12	25	15

Eliteserien fouls table 2026: every team's fouls per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
1	Rosenborg	23	13.04	13.26	26.3	74%
2	Sandefjord	23	12.87	12.74	25.61	74%
3	Viking	23	12.61	12.3	24.91	65%
4	Kristiansund	23	11.83	12.91	24.74	65%
5	Lillestrøm	23	10.83	13.17	24	65%
6	Brann	23	11.13	12.65	23.78	61%
7	Aalesund	23	13.09	10.52	23.61	61%
8	HamKam	23	12.09	11.52	23.61	52%
9	Molde	23	11.26	12.09	23.35	48%
10	Tromsø	23	11.91	11.3	23.22	61%
11	Sarpsborg 08	23	10.91	12.22	23.13	61%
12	Start	23	11.83	10.7	22.52	61%
13	Fredrikstad	23	10.74	11.22	21.96	52%
14	Vålerenga	23	11.87	9.74	21.61	35%
15	KFUM	23	11.52	9.74	21.26	43%
16	Bodø / Glimt	23	9.13	10.57	19.7	26%

Start fouls against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Vs top six	9	12.78	10.67	23.44	67%
Vs top half	13	12	10.77	22.77	69%
Vs bottom half	10	11.6	10.6	22.2	50%
Vs bottom six	7	11.29	11	22.29	43%

Start fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
Eliteserien	2026	23	11.83	10.7	22.52	61%

Start 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
Sun 25 Oct 16:00	Sandefjord (home)	25.61	12.87	12.74	23.18	11.55	11.64
Sun 1 Nov 16:00	Lillestrøm (home)	24	10.83	13.17	22.33	10.42	11.92
Sat 7 Nov 17:00	Rosenborg (away)	26.3	13.04	13.26	26.42	12.67	13.75

Start players with the most games of 1+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	M. Ugland	midfielder	16	21	76%
2	Erlend Segberg	midfielder	16	22	73%
3	S. Mvoué	midfielder	13	16	81%
4	E. Schulze	midfielder	13	18	72%
5	Ousmane Diallo Toure	defender	13	20	65%

Start players with the most games of 2+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	S. Mvoué	midfielder	8	16	50%
2	Erlend Segberg	midfielder	7	22	32%
3	J. Cornelius	attacker	6	22	27%
4	J. Ampofo	attacker	5	15	33%
5	M. Ugland	midfielder	5	21	24%

Start players with the most games of 3+ fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	S. Mvoué	midfielder	3	16	19%
2	Erlend Segberg	midfielder	3	22	14%
3	J. Cornelius	attacker	3	22	14%
4	D. Dasjajev	defender	2	11	18%
5	T. Strannegård	midfielder	2	17	12%

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Oct	Eliteserien	Lillestrøm (H)	0-2	12	11	23	9
10 Oct	Eliteserien	Rosenborg (A)	1-1	14	16	30	23
20 Sep	Eliteserien	Start (H)	3-0	10	11	21	11
14 Sep	Eliteserien	Bodø / Glimt (A)	3-2	12	9	21	12
4 Sep	Eliteserien	Viking (H)	1-1	17	19	36	15
30 Aug	Eliteserien	Brann (H)	0-0	19	20	39	18
16 Aug	Eliteserien	Sarpsborg 08 (A)	1-2	12	12	24	11
7 Aug	Eliteserien	KFUM (H)	0-1	11	19	30	16
1 Aug	Eliteserien	Fredrikstad (A)	1-0	7	13	20	6
26 Jul	Eliteserien	Bodø / Glimt (H)	0-3	11	12	23	12