Villa are averaging 1.8 yellow cards per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 3.4 cards on average. That puts them 2nd of 20 for total cards per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player booking-rate forecasts, the matchup risk read for the upcoming fixture against Hull, a profile of referee Michael Oliver, and a full match-by-match log.
Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each Villa player's yellow cards per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), plus their hit-rate over the last six appearances and current bookmaker odds to be carded.
Matchup risk blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the defender's underlying card rate (20%). Scores above 0.7 are flagged high risk, 0.4–0.7 medium and below 0.4 low.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz. Player odds are taken from Bet365 player markets when priced. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their booking rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.
Yellow cards are inherently noisy — we surface signal (form, matchup, referee profile, market price), not certainties. Use the booking-rate table and matchup risk as inputs, not guarantees.
Yes. The referee profile module shows the assigned official's average yellows per match this season alongside their season fouls and red-card rate so you can adjust expectations for the upcoming fixture.
| Player | Position | Apps | Yellow cards | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| João Gomes | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| John McGinn | midfielder | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Tyrone Mings | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Matty Cash | defender | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Ian Maatsen | defender | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Ross Barkley | midfielder | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Youri Tielemans | midfielder | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Pau Torres | defender | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Morgan Rogers | midfielder | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Emiliano Buendía | midfielder | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| Ollie Watkins | attacker | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| Victor Lindelöf | defender | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Emiliano Martínez | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ezri Konsa | defender | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Lucas Digne | defender | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Lamare Bogarde | midfielder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Marco Bizot | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Amadou Onana | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Boubacar Kamara | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| George Lawrence Hemmings | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Tammy Abraham | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jadon Sancho | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Andrés García | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Douglas Luiz | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Leon Bailey | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team yellow cards | Opposition yellow cards | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2026 | Arsenal | Home | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Away | 4-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 24 May 2026 | Manchester City | Away | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20 May 2026 | SC Freiburg | Away | 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 15 May 2026 | Liverpool | Home | 4-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 10 May 2026 | Burnley | Away | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 May 2026 | Nottingham Forest | Home | 4-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 May 2026 | Tottenham Hotspur | Home | 1-2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Nottingham Forest | Away | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Fulham | Away | 1-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |