FC Groningen are averaging 9.8 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 20.2 total fouls on average. That puts them 8th of 18 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 FC Twente, a profile of referee Danny Desmond Makkelie, and a full match-by-match log.
Jorg Schreuders leads with 15 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (1.5/g, 70% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every FC Groningen player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
FC Groningen are averaging 9.8 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 10.4 for a match-total of 20.2. That ranks 8th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average FC Groningen pick up one yellow card every 0.143 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 FC Twente the page weights each FC Groningen defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 FC Groningen 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.
Danny Desmond Makkelie is the referee for this fixture — they average 24 fouls and 2.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Younes Taha | attacker | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| Mats Seuntjens | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Jorg Schreuders | attacker | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 70% |
| D. Janse | defender | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Marvin Peersman | defender | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 67% |
| Márk Csinger | defender | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Thijmen Blokzijl | defender | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 50% |
| Thom van Bergen | attacker | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 50% |
| Brynjólfur Willumsson | attacker | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| Wouter Prins | defender | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Jacob Ondrejka | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Marco Rente | defender | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 43% |
| Ryan Metu | attacker | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Tika de Jonge | midfielder | 10 | 6 | 0.6 | 30% |
| David van der Werff | midfielder | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Travis Hernes | midfielder | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Pelle Clement | midfielder | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Tygo Land | midfielder | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Etienne Vaessen | goalkeeper | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Elvis van der Laan | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nikolas Brandis | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oskar Zawada | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2026 | Fortuna Sittard | Home | 2-3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | Thijmen Blokzijl (2) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | PSV | Away | 5-1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | Márk Csinger (2) |
| 16 Aug 2026 | ADO Den Haag | Away | 1-4 | 11 | 11 | 22 | Wouter Prins (3) |
| 9 Aug 2026 | FC Utrecht | Home | 2-1 | 12 | 17 | 29 | Jorg Schreuders (5) |
| 21 May 2026 | Ajax | Away | 2-0 | 17 | 13 | 30 | D. Janse (3) |
| 17 May 2026 | Heracles Almelo | Away | 1-2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | Jorg Schreuders (2) |
| 10 May 2026 | NEC Nijmegen | Home | 2-1 | 16 | 12 | 28 | Thom van Bergen (4) |
| 2 May 2026 | Excelsior | Home | 2-3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | D. Janse (1) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Feyenoord | Away | 3-1 | 15 | 10 | 25 | Marvin Peersman (3) |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Go Ahead Eagles | Home | 0-0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | Thom van Bergen (2) |