Northern Ireland are averaging 11.7 fouls drawn per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 23.3 total fouls drawn on average. That puts them 7th of 54 for team fouls drawn per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player foul-drawn-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Georgia, and a full match-by-match log.
Conor Bradley leads with 15 fouls drawn across 5 qualifying appearances (3/g, 100% hit rate). The fouls-drawn-rate table below ranks every Northern Ireland player by fouls drawn per qualifying appearance and six-game form.
Northern Ireland are averaging 11.7 fouls drawn per game over 10 games and concede 11.6 for a match-total of 23.3. That ranks 7th of 54 for team fouls drawn. They commit 11.9 fouls per game themselves (drawn/committed ratio of 0.98).
Player fouls-drawn prices are not yet wired up; the chip will read “no priced market” until that's added.
Fouls-drawn matchup blends our attackers' draw rate (50%) with the opposition's fouls-committed rate (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Georgia, the page weights Northern Ireland's ball-carriers against the opposition's last-season fouls-committed rate.
Northern Ireland's ratio is currently 0.98 - that means they draw 0.98 fouls for every one they commit. Above 1.0 is good for forward foul-draw markets; below 1.0 is the reverse.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Northern Ireland fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Team-level fouls drawn is aggregated from per-player rows since Sportmonks doesn't always populate it directly.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their fouls-drawn rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls drawn | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conor Bradley | defender | 5 | 15 | 3 | 100% |
| Paul Patrick Smyth | attacker | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 100% |
| Dan Ballard | defender | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 100% |
| Dion Elie Raymond Charles | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Patrick Kelly | midfielder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Luke Kevin Southwood | goalkeeper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Ceadach O'Neill | attacker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Shea Emmanuel Charles | midfielder | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 88% |
| Alistair Edward McCann | midfielder | 6 | 6 | 1 | 83% |
| James Tyrrell Reid | attacker | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 71% |
| Isaac Price | midfielder | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 70% |
| Jamie Paul Donley | midfielder | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 60% |
| Ruairi McConville | defender | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 60% |
| Justin Devenny | midfielder | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 56% |
| Ciaron Maurice Brown | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50% |
| Conor William Hazard | goalkeeper | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Jamie Carson McDonnell | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| George Alan Saville | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Bailey Peacock-Farrell | goalkeeper | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Brodie Gilmore Spencer | defender | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Trai Hume | defender | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 33% |
| Eoin Toal | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Terry Devlin | defender | 3 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| Brad Joseph Lyons | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Patrick James Coleman McNair | defender | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 29% |
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls drawn | Opposition fouls drawn | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jun 2026 | Friendly International | France | Away | 3-1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | Patrick Kelly (1) |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Friendly International | Guinea | Home | 1-0 | 15 | 11 | 26 | Jamie Paul Donley (3) |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Friendly International | Wales | Away | 1-1 | 12 | 8 | 20 | Terry Devlin (3) |
| 26 Mar 2026 | WC Qualification Europe | Italy | Away | 2-0 | 10 | 8 | 18 | Jamie Paul Donley (3) |
| 17 Nov 2025 | WC Qualification Europe | Luxembourg | Home | 1-0 | 19 | 11 | 30 | Paul Patrick Smyth (4) |
| 14 Nov 2025 | WC Qualification Europe | Slovakia | Away | 1-0 | 13 | 17 | 30 | Conor Bradley (5) |
| 13 Oct 2025 | WC Qualification Europe | Germany | Home | 0-1 | 14 | 19 | 33 | Shea Emmanuel Charles (4) |
| 10 Oct 2025 | WC Qualification Europe | Slovakia | Home | 2-0 | 10 | 14 | 24 | Conor Bradley (4) |
| 7 Sep 2025 | WC Qualification Europe | Germany | Away | 3-1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | Conor Bradley (2) |
| 4 Sep 2025 | WC Qualification Europe | Luxembourg | Away | 1-3 | 11 | 9 | 20 | Trai Hume (3) |
| Scope | Games | Average | Over 8.5 % | Over 9.5 % | Over 10.5 % | Over 11.5 % | Over 12.5 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Away | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scope | Games | Average | Over 8.5 % | Over 9.5 % | Over 10.5 % | Over 11.5 % | Over 12.5 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Away | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scope | Games | Average | Over 18.5 % | Over 20.5 % | Over 22.5 % | Over 24.5 % | Over 26.5 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Away | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kick-off | Opponent | Their match total | Their fouls drawn for | Their fouls drawn against | Match total at that venue | For at that venue | Against at that venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 25 Sep 16:00 | Georgia (away) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mon 28 Sep 18:45 | Hungary (home) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fri 2 Oct 18:45 | Ukraine (away) | - | - | - | - | - | - |