Rangers are averaging 12.9 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 25.4 total fouls on average. That puts them 9th of 12 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 Motherwell, a profile of referee Duncan Nicolson, and a full match-by-match log.
Emmanuel Fernandez leads with 12 fouls across 9 qualifying appearances (1.33/g, 78% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Rangers player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Rangers are averaging 12.9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 12.5 for a match-total of 25.4. That ranks 9th of 12 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Rangers pick up one yellow card every 0.116 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 Motherwell the page weights each Rangers defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Rangers 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.
Duncan Nicolson is the referee for this fixture. The referee profile module above shows their full season trend.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Penrice | defender | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Connor Barron | midfielder | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Min-su Kim | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| John Souttar | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Ryan Don Naderi | attacker | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 80% |
| Emmanuel Fernandez | defender | 9 | 12 | 1.33 | 78% |
| Cammy Devlin | midfielder | 6 | 12 | 2 | 67% |
| Dujon Sterling | defender | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 67% |
| Djeidi Gassama | attacker | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 63% |
| Tochi Chukwuani | midfielder | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Lawrence Shankland | attacker | 6 | 6 | 1 | 50% |
| Findlay Curtis | attacker | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| Dan Neil | midfielder | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Chermiti | attacker | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Tuur Rommens | defender | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Ross McCrorie | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Nicolas Raskin | midfielder | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50% |
| Vanja Dragojevic | midfielder | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 50% |
| Kosta Nedeljkovic | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Thelo Aasgaard | midfielder | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Mohamed Diomandé | midfielder | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Daisuke Yokota | attacker | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Olwethu Makhanya | defender | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Ivor Pandur | goalkeeper | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jack Butland | goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | St. Mirren | Home | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 Sep 2026 | Falkirk | Away | 1-2 | 16 | 12 | 28 | Nicolas Raskin (3) |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Aberdeen | Away | 0-1 | 15 | 21 | 36 | Lawrence Shankland (3) |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Jablonec | Away | 1-0 | 17 | 16 | 33 | Dujon Sterling (3) |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Jablonec | Home | 1-0 | 18 | 10 | 28 | Dan Neil (3) |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Jagiellonia Białystok | Home | 1-1 | 13 | 18 | 31 | |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Hibernian | Home | 1-2 | 12 | 12 | 24 | Cammy Devlin (3) |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Jagiellonia Białystok | Away | 2-1 | 15 | 9 | 24 | |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Dundee United | Away | 1-1 | 14 | 16 | 30 | Cammy Devlin (4) |
| 16 May 2026 | Falkirk | Away | 2-5 | 9 | 11 | 20 | Connor Barron (2) |