Lillestrøm are averaging 13.5 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 26.4 total fouls on average. That puts them 14th of 16 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 Brann, a profile of referee Espen Eskås, and a full match-by-match log.
Gustav Nyheim leads with 12 fouls across 9 qualifying appearances (1.33/g, 56% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Lillestrøm player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Lillestrøm are averaging 13.5 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 12.9 for a match-total of 26.4. That ranks 14th of 16 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Lillestrøm pick up one yellow card every 0.111 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 Brann the page weights each Lillestrøm defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Lillestrøm 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.
Espen Eskås is the referee for this fixture — they average 27.5 fouls and 5.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen | defender | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Camil Jebara | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Markus Karlsbakk | midfielder | 5 | 5 | 1 | 80% |
| Frederik Elkær | defender | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 78% |
| Sturla Ottesen | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Y. Ibrahimaj | midfielder | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 70% |
| Yaw Paintsil | defender | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 63% |
| Lars Ranger | defender | 8 | 8 | 1 | 63% |
| Stian Kristiansen | defender | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Fredrik Gulbrandsen | attacker | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 57% |
| Gustav Nyheim | attacker | 9 | 12 | 1.33 | 56% |
| Linus Alperud | attacker | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Espen Garnås | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Salieu Drammeh | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Thomas Lehne Olsen | attacker | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 43% |
| Felix Vá | attacker | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 40% |
| Henrik Melland | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Sander Moen Foss | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Kevin Krygård | midfielder | 8 | 3 | 0.38 | 25% |
| Pontus Dahlberg | goalkeeper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ruben Gabrielsen | defender | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Eric Kitolano | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Daniel Bassi | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Kparobo Arierhi | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Seun Akanji | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026 | Fredrikstad | Home | 1-4 | 10 | 8 | 18 | Sturla Ottesen (2) |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Egnatia Rrogozhinë | Home | 2-1 | 18 | 9 | 27 | |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Egnatia Rrogozhinë | Away | 0-0 | 17 | 11 | 28 | |
| 15 Aug 2026 | KFUM | Away | 1-1 | 13 | 12 | 25 | Gustav Nyheim (3) |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Rosenborg | Home | 0-2 | 16 | 26 | 42 | Gustav Nyheim (3) |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Bodø / Glimt | Away | 4-0 | 16 | 11 | 27 | Gustav Nyheim (4) |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Viking | Home | 1-2 | 17 | 20 | 37 | Thomas Lehne Olsen (3) |
| 18 Jul 2026 | KFUM | Home | 2-1 | 9 | 13 | 22 | Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen (2) |
| 11 Jul 2026 | Fredrikstad | Away | 0-2 | 10 | 7 | 17 | Linus Alperud (2) |
| 25 May 2026 | HamKam | Away | 2-0 | 9 | 12 | 21 | Lars Ranger (2) |