United Arab Emirates Fouls Stats 2026

United Arab Emirates Fouls Stats 2026 - season overview

United Arab Emirates are averaging 8.27 fouls per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 17.6 total fouls on average. Below you'll find player foul-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Vietnam, and a full match-by-match log.

United Arab Emirates Fouls Questions

Which United Arab Emirates players commit the most fouls?

Marcus Meloni leads with 15 fouls across 11 qualifying appearances (1.36/g, 82% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every United Arab Emirates player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.

How does United Arab Emirates's foul profile look this season?

United Arab Emirates are averaging 8.27 fouls per game over 15 games and concede 9.33 for a match-total of 17.6. On average United Arab Emirates pick up one yellow card every 0.185 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 Vietnam the page weights each United Arab Emirates 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 United Arab Emirates 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.

United Arab Emirates player fouls rates

Player	Position	Apps	Fouls	Per game	1+ hit rate
Caio	attacker	7	10	1.43	100%
Majed Hassan	midfielder	2	4	2	100%
Abdulla Idrees	defender	1	1	1	100%
Abdulla Hamad	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Majid Rashid	midfielder	1	1	1	100%
Khalid Hashemi	defender	1	2	2	100%
Junior Ndiaye	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Mohammed Abbas	midfielder	1	5	5	100%
Bader Abaelaziz	defender	1	1	1	100%
Abdulrahman Saleh	defender	1	1	1	100%
Marcus Meloni	defender	11	15	1.36	82%
Nicolás Giménez	midfielder	5	8	1.6	80%
Ala Zhir	defender	4	3	0.75	75%
Caio Canedo	attacker	7	6	0.86	71%
Yahya Alghassani	attacker	9	8	0.89	67%
Khalifa Al-Hammadi	defender	3	2	0.67	67%
Khaled Aldhanhani	defender	5	4	0.8	60%
Kouame Kouadio	defender	9	6	0.67	56%
Yahia Nader	midfielder	9	7	0.78	56%
Abdallah Ramadan	midfielder	6	4	0.67	50%
Ali Saleh	attacker	6	8	1.33	50%
Khalifa Mubarak	defender	4	2	0.5	50%
Issam Faiz	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Zayed Sultan	defender	2	4	2	50%
Mackenzie Hunt	defender	2	1	0.5	50%

United Arab Emirates fouls match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team fouls	Opposition fouls	Match total	Top player
30 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Faroe Islands	Home	0-0	0	0	0
26 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Armenia	Home	0-0	0	0	0
18 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Asia	Iraq	Away	2-1	12	8	20	Nicolás Giménez (3)
13 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Asia	Iraq	Home	1-1	9	11	20	Nicolás Giménez (2)
14 Oct 2025	WC Qualification Asia	Qatar	Away	2-1	12	8	20	Ali Saleh (3)
11 Oct 2025	WC Qualification Asia	Oman	Home	2-1	12	12	24	Ali Saleh (3)
8 Sep 2025	Friendly International	Bahrain	Home	1-0	0	0	0
4 Sep 2025	Friendly International	Syria	Home	3-1	0	0	0
10 Jun 2025	WC Qualification Asia	Kyrgyz Republic	Away	1-1	8	13	21	Marcus Meloni (2)
5 Jun 2025	WC Qualification Asia	Uzbekistan	Home	0-0	12	13	25	Majed Hassan (3)
25 Mar 2025	WC Qualification Asia	Korea DPR	Away	1-2	11	14	25	Luan Pereira (4)
20 Mar 2025	WC Qualification Asia	Iran	Away	2-0	8	12	20	Yahya Alghassani (2)

United Arab Emirates fouls 2026: last 15 games

Fouls for per game: 11.27
Fouls against per game: 12.73
Match total fouls per game: 24
Games: 11

United Arab Emirates Fouls for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	5	13.4	100%	80%	80%	80%	40%
Away	6	9.5	50%	50%	50%	33%	0%
Overall	11	11.27	73%	64%	64%	55%	18%

United Arab Emirates Fouls against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %	Over 12.5 %
Home	5	15.2	100%	100%	100%	80%	60%
Away	6	10.67	67%	50%	50%	50%	33%
Overall	11	12.73	82%	73%	73%	64%	45%

United Arab Emirates Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %	Over 24.5 %	Over 26.5 %
Home	5	28.6	100%	80%	80%	60%	40%
Away	6	20.17	83%	33%	17%	17%	0%
Overall	11	24	91%	55%	45%	36%	18%

United Arab Emirates Team fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Team fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls / match	11.27	13.4	9.5
Yellow cards / match	1.82	1.4	2.17
Fouls per yellow card	6.2	9.6	4.4
Cards per foul	16%	10%	23%
Fouls over 8.5	73%	100%	50%
Fouls over 9.5	64%	80%	50%
Fouls over 10.5	64%	80%	50%
Fouls over 11.5	55%	80%	33%
Fouls over 12.5	18%	40%	0%

United Arab Emirates Fouls against 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Fouls against	Overall	Home	Away
Fouls against / match	12.73	15.2	10.67
Fouls against over 8.5	82%	100%	67%
Fouls against over 9.5	73%	100%	50%
Fouls against over 10.5	73%	100%	50%
Fouls against over 11.5	64%	80%	50%
Fouls against over 12.5	45%	60%	33%

United Arab Emirates Match fouls 2026: overall, home and away (last 15 games)

Match fouls	Overall	Home	Away
Match fouls / match	24	28.6	20.17
Match fouls over 18.5	91%	100%	83%
Match fouls over 20.5	55%	80%	33%
Match fouls over 22.5	45%	80%	17%
Match fouls over 24.5	36%	60%	17%
Match fouls over 26.5	18%	40%	0%

United Arab Emirates 1st-half fouls for 2026 (from 11 of 11 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	6.8	100%	100%	80%	20%
Away	6	3.33	50%	17%	17%	0%
Overall	11	4.91	73%	55%	45%	9%

United Arab Emirates 1st-half fouls against 2026 (from 11 of 11 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	6.8	80%	60%	40%	40%
Away	6	3.5	67%	33%	0%	0%
Overall	11	5	73%	45%	18%	18%

United Arab Emirates 1st-half match total 2026 (from 11 of 11 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 11.5 %
Home	5	13.6	80%	80%	60%	40%
Away	6	6.83	33%	17%	0%	0%
Overall	11	9.91	55%	45%	27%	18%

United Arab Emirates fouls match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Nov	WC Qualification Asia	Iraq (A)	2-1	12	8	20	10
13 Nov	WC Qualification Asia	Iraq (H)	1-1	9	11	20	10
14 Oct	WC Qualification Asia	Qatar (A)	2-1	12	8	20	9
11 Oct	WC Qualification Asia	Oman (H)	2-1	12	12	24	8
10 Jun	WC Qualification Asia	Kyrgyz Republic (A)	1-1	8	13	21	8
5 Jun	WC Qualification Asia	Uzbekistan (H)	0-0	12	13	25	11
25 Mar	WC Qualification Asia	Korea DPR (A)	1-2	11	14	25	1
20 Mar	WC Qualification Asia	Iran (A)	2-0	8	12	20	6
19 Nov	WC Qualification Asia	Qatar (H)	5-0	21	19	40	22
14 Nov	WC Qualification Asia	Kyrgyz Republic (H)	3-0	13	21	34	17
15 Oct	WC Qualification Asia	Uzbekistan (A)	1-0	6	9	15	7

AFC Asian Cup 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	Tajikistan	3	14.33	12.33	26.67	67%
2	Uzbekistan	6	14.83	10	24.83	83%
3	Thailand	3	13	11.33	24.33	67%
4	Qatar	5	12.4	11.4	23.8	80%
5	Australia	10	13	10.3	23.3	60%
6	Korea Republic	9	10.78	12.11	22.89	33%
7	Iran	5	11.6	10.4	22	40%
8	Iraq	5	11.4	10.2	21.6	40%
9	Saudi Arabia	7	10.57	10.71	21.29	57%
10	China PR	6	11.17	9.83	21	67%
11	Japan	9	12.89	7.89	20.78	44%
12	Singapore	3	8.67	11	19.67	33%
13	Jordan	6	9.5	7.33	16.83	17%

United Arab Emirates 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	3	9	15.33	24.33	67%
Vs top half	3	9	15.33	24.33	67%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

United Arab Emirates fouls per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 21.5 %
WC Qualification Asia	2026	13	11.08	13.23	24.31	54%

United Arab Emirates 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 10 Jan 10:00	Vietnam (home)	16.83	8.67	8.17	21.5	11.5	10
Fri 15 Jan 10:00	Yemen (away)	13.6	6	7.6	12.33	6.33	6
Wed 20 Jan 10:00	South Korea (away)	23	10.9	12.1	25.43	12	13.43

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

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Fouls for	Fouls against	Match total	1st-half total
31 Mar	Asian Cup Qualification	Malaysia (H)	3-1	11	9	20	-
19 Nov	Asian Cup Qualification	Laos (A)	0-2	7	9	16	-
14 Oct	Asian Cup Qualification	Nepal (A)	0-1	16	11	27	-
9 Oct	Asian Cup Qualification	Nepal (H)	3-1	6	6	12	-
25 Mar	Asian Cup Qualification	Laos (H)	5-0	5	7	12	-
19 Mar	Friendly International	Cambodia (H)	2-1	7	7	14	1