Blackburn are averaging 10.9 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 19.5 total fouls on average. That puts them 10th of 24 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 Preston, a profile of referee Anthony Backhouse, and a full match-by-match log.
Oladapo Afolayan leads with 13 fouls across 6 qualifying appearances (2.17/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Blackburn player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Blackburn are averaging 10.9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 8.6 for a match-total of 19.5. That ranks 10th of 24 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Blackburn pick up one yellow card every 0.239 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 Preston the page weights each Blackburn defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Blackburn 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.
Anthony Backhouse is the referee for this fixture — they average 20.5 fouls and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oladapo Afolayan | attacker | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 100% |
| Eiran Cashin | defender | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 100% |
| Jake Garrett | midfielder | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Andri Gudjohnsen | attacker | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 80% |
| Yuki Ohashi | attacker | 7 | 12 | 1.71 | 71% |
| Yuri Ribeiro | defender | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 67% |
| Moussa Baradji | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Sean McLoughlin | defender | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 60% |
| Harry Pickering | defender | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 60% |
| Tom Atcheson | defender | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 56% |
| Taylor Gardner-Hickman | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50% |
| Ryan Alebiosu | defender | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 44% |
| Adam Forshaw | midfielder | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 43% |
| Kristi Montgomery | midfielder | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 40% |
| Jayden Fevrier | attacker | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Sam Morsy | midfielder | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Todd Cantwell | midfielder | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 38% |
| Ryoya Morishita | midfielder | 10 | 4 | 0.4 | 30% |
| Balázs Tóth | goalkeeper | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mathias Jørgensen | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aynsley Pears | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nathan Redmond | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dion De Neve | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Hayden Carter | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Harvey Pates | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2026 | Lincoln City | Away | 0-0 | 13 | 11 | 24 | Tom Atcheson (4) |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Queens Park Rangers | Home | 1-2 | 12 | 6 | 18 | Yuri Ribeiro (2) |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Sheffield United | Home | 1-2 | 12 | 9 | 21 | Oladapo Afolayan (6) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Middlesbrough | Home | 2-1 | 10 | 10 | 20 | Todd Cantwell (3) |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Away | 2-2 | 16 | 10 | 26 | Yuki Ohashi (3) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Burton Albion | Away | 1-2 | 14 | 12 | 26 | Jake Garrett (3) |
| 2 May 2026 | Leicester City | Home | 0-1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | Eiran Cashin (3) |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Sheffield United | Away | 1-3 | 10 | 5 | 15 | Eiran Cashin (3) |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Coventry City | Home | 1-1 | 10 | 9 | 19 | Taylor Gardner-Hickman (3) |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Southampton | Away | 3-0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | Ryan Alebiosu (1) |