Bristol City are averaging 9.7 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 20.4 total fouls on average. That puts them 20th 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 Burnley, a profile of referee Gavin Ward, and a full match-by-match log.
Lorent Tolaj leads with 11 fouls across 5 qualifying appearances (2.2/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Bristol City player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Bristol City are averaging 9.7 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 10.7 for a match-total of 20.4. That ranks 20th of 24 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Bristol City pick up one yellow card every 0.134 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 Burnley the page weights each Bristol City defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Bristol City 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.
Gavin Ward is the referee for this fixture — they average 21 fouls and 2.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorent Tolaj | attacker | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 100% |
| Mark Sykes | midfielder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Cameron Pring | defender | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 83% |
| Lisav Naif Eissat | defender | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 80% |
| Yu Hirakawa | attacker | 5 | 5 | 1 | 80% |
| Ross McCrorie | defender | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 75% |
| Delano Burgzorg | attacker | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 75% |
| Sam Greenwood | midfielder | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Emil Riis | attacker | 5 | 5 | 1 | 60% |
| Rob Dickie | defender | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 57% |
| Noah Eile | defender | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| George Tanner | defender | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Rio Cardines | defender | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Max Bird | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Scott Twine | midfielder | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 44% |
| Adam Randell | midfielder | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 43% |
| Neto Borges | defender | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Sam Morsy | midfielder | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Jason Knight | midfielder | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 30% |
| Sam Bell | attacker | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Dominic Ballard | attacker | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 25% |
| Jed Wallace | attacker | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Tomi Horvat | midfielder | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Radek Vitek | goalkeeper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sam Tickle | goalkeeper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2026 | Preston North End | Away | 1-3 | 13 | 4 | 17 | Lisav Naif Eissat (3) |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Portsmouth | Home | 2-1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | Jason Knight (3) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Birmingham City | Away | 2-2 | 12 | 13 | 25 | Yu Hirakawa (2) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Millwall | Home | 0-2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | Lorent Tolaj (3) |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Walsall | Home | 0-1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | Lorent Tolaj (2) |
| 2 May 2026 | Stoke City | Home | 2-0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | Ross McCrorie (2) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Birmingham City | Away | 2-1 | 8 | 10 | 18 | Scott Twine (2) |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Southampton | Away | 2-2 | 10 | 14 | 24 | Ross McCrorie (3) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Norwich City | Home | 2-4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | Ross McCrorie (2) |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Queens Park Rangers | Away | 0-0 | 13 | 10 | 23 | Cameron Pring (2) |