Young Boys are averaging 11.6 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 21.6 total fouls on average. That puts them 3rd of 12 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 Lugano, and a full match-by-match log.
Samuel Essende leads with 20 fouls across 9 qualifying appearances (2.22/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Young Boys player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Young Boys are averaging 11.6 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 10 for a match-total of 21.6. That ranks 3rd of 12 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Young Boys 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 Lugano the page weights each Young Boys defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Young Boys 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Essende | attacker | 9 | 20 | 2.22 | 100% |
| Gregory Wüthrich | defender | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 100% |
| Cédric Zesiger | defender | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 100% |
| Yan Valery | defender | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Darian Males | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Tanguy Zoukrou | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Armin Gigovic | midfielder | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 89% |
| Lewin Blum | defender | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 83% |
| Dominik Pech | midfielder | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 75% |
| Jaouen Hadjam | defender | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 75% |
| Alvyn Sanches | midfielder | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 67% |
| Kaly Sène | attacker | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Kastriot Imeri | midfielder | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Loris Benito | defender | 5 | 5 | 1 | 60% |
| Edimilson Fernandes | midfielder | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 57% |
| Joël Monteiro | midfielder | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 50% |
| Ebrima Colley | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Christian Fassnacht | midfielder | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 43% |
| Stefan Bukinac | defender | 8 | 3 | 0.38 | 38% |
| Alan Virginius | midfielder | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Sandro Lauper | midfielder | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 29% |
| Isaac Schmidt | defender | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Marvin Keller | goalkeeper | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Saidy Janko | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Chris Bedia | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sep 2026 | Luzern | Home | 3-3 | 11 | 13 | 24 | Samuel Essende (3) |
| 1 Sep 2026 | Zürich | Away | 2-4 | 13 | 6 | 19 | Alvyn Sanches (2) |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Basel | Home | 3-3 | 14 | 7 | 21 | Joël Monteiro (4) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Vaduz | Home | 4-2 | 12 | 11 | 23 | Gregory Wüthrich (2) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Lausanne Sport | Away | 2-2 | 13 | 14 | 27 | Samuel Essende (3) |
| 1 Aug 2026 | Thun | Away | 0-6 | 15 | 15 | 30 | Samuel Essende (4) |
| 26 Jul 2026 | Sion | Home | 4-2 | 18 | 9 | 27 | Jaouen Hadjam (3) |
| 17 May 2026 | Sion | Home | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 May 2026 | Sion | Home | 3-3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | Tanguy Zoukrou (2) |
| 14 May 2026 | Thun | Away | 3-8 | 13 | 17 | 30 | Yan Valery (4) |