Villa are averaging 11.5 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 22.8 total fouls on average. That puts them 14th 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 Hull, a profile of referee Michael Oliver, and a full match-by-match log.
Morgan Rogers leads with 14 fouls across 7 qualifying appearances (2/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Villa player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Villa are averaging 11.5 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 11.3 for a match-total of 22.8. That ranks 14th of 20 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Villa pick up one yellow card every 0.157 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 Hull the page weights each Villa defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Villa 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.
Michael Oliver is the referee for this fixture — they average 27.5 fouls and 4.25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Rogers | midfielder | 7 | 14 | 2 | 100% |
| Boubacar Kamara | midfielder | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 100% |
| Tammy Abraham | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Andrés García | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Leon Bailey | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| João Gomes | midfielder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Emiliano Buendía | midfielder | 8 | 14 | 1.75 | 88% |
| Ollie Watkins | attacker | 8 | 8 | 1 | 88% |
| Lucas Digne | defender | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 80% |
| Ian Maatsen | defender | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 80% |
| Youri Tielemans | midfielder | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 71% |
| Matty Cash | defender | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 70% |
| Tyrone Mings | defender | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| John McGinn | midfielder | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 63% |
| Ross Barkley | midfielder | 6 | 6 | 1 | 50% |
| Lamare Bogarde | midfielder | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Amadou Onana | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| George Lawrence Hemmings | midfielder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Pau Torres | defender | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 43% |
| Victor Lindelöf | defender | 8 | 3 | 0.38 | 25% |
| Ezri Konsa | defender | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Emiliano Martínez | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Marco Bizot | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jadon Sancho | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Douglas Luiz | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2026 | Arsenal | Home | 0-1 | 17 | 6 | 23 | Ian Maatsen (5) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Away | 4-0 | 11 | 12 | 23 | Emiliano Buendía (3) |
| 24 May 2026 | Manchester City | Away | 1-2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | Emiliano Buendía (1) |
| 20 May 2026 | SC Freiburg | Away | 0-3 | 15 | 15 | 30 | Morgan Rogers (3) |
| 15 May 2026 | Liverpool | Home | 4-2 | 12 | 9 | 21 | Emiliano Buendía (3) |
| 10 May 2026 | Burnley | Away | 2-2 | 8 | 18 | 26 | Tyrone Mings (2) |
| 7 May 2026 | Nottingham Forest | Home | 4-0 | 13 | 12 | 25 | John McGinn (3) |
| 3 May 2026 | Tottenham Hotspur | Home | 1-2 | 12 | 12 | 24 | Ross Barkley (3) |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Nottingham Forest | Away | 1-0 | 11 | 7 | 18 | Morgan Rogers (3) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Fulham | Away | 1-0 | 12 | 14 | 26 | Morgan Rogers (3) |