Villarreal are averaging 11 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 23.3 total fouls on average. That puts them 15th of 20 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 Deportivo, and a full match-by-match log.
Santiago Mouriño leads with 12 fouls across 7 qualifying appearances (1.71/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Villarreal player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Villarreal are averaging 11 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 12.3 for a match-total of 23.3. That ranks 15th of 20 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Villarreal pick up one yellow card every 0.155 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 Deportivo the page weights each Villarreal defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Villarreal 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.
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.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Mouriño | defender | 7 | 12 | 1.71 | 100% |
| Carlos Macià | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Renato Veiga | defender | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 88% |
| Santi Comesaña | midfielder | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 88% |
| Rafa Marín | defender | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Dani Parejo | midfielder | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Sergi Cardona | defender | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 75% |
| Alfon González | attacker | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Pape Gueye | midfielder | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 63% |
| Gerard Moreno | attacker | 7 | 7 | 1 | 57% |
| Tajon Buchanan | attacker | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 57% |
| Alberto Moleiro | attacker | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Ayoze Pérez | attacker | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 50% |
| Alfonso Pedraza | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50% |
| Pau Navarro | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50% |
| Nicolas Pépé | attacker | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 33% |
| Thomas Partey | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Juan Foyth | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Carlos Romero | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Alex Freeman | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Georges Mikautadze | attacker | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 22% |
| Arnau Tenas | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Tani Oluwaseyi | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Luiz Júnior | goalkeeper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Willy Kambwala | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2026 | Deportivo Alavés | Away | 1-0 | 8 | 15 | 23 | Pape Gueye (2) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Atlético Madrid | Away | 2-2 | 13 | 12 | 25 | Santi Comesaña (4) |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Racing Santander | Away | 2-2 | 14 | 14 | 28 | Santiago Mouriño (3) |
| 24 May 2026 | Atlético Madrid | Home | 5-1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | Santiago Mouriño (1) |
| 17 May 2026 | Rayo Vallecano | Away | 2-0 | 10 | 12 | 22 | Santiago Mouriño (2) |
| 13 May 2026 | Sevilla | Home | 2-3 | 11 | 9 | 20 | Pau Navarro (3) |
| 10 May 2026 | Mallorca | Away | 1-1 | 13 | 17 | 30 | Sergi Cardona (3) |
| 2 May 2026 | Levante | Home | 5-1 | 14 | 7 | 21 | Gerard Moreno (3) |
| 26 Apr 2026 | Celta de Vigo | Home | 2-1 | 13 | 16 | 29 | Nicolas Pépé (3) |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Real Oviedo | Away | 1-1 | 11 | 9 | 20 | Alfon González (2) |