Freiburg are averaging 11.5 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 24.5 total fouls on average. That puts them 12th 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 Paderborn, a profile of referee Max Burda, and a full match-by-match log.
Igor Matanovic leads with 20 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (2/g, 70% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Freiburg player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Freiburg are averaging 11.5 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 13 for a match-total of 24.5. That ranks 12th of 18 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Freiburg pick up one yellow card every 0.078 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 Paderborn the page weights each Freiburg defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Freiburg 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.
Max Burda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derry Scherhant | attacker | 6 | 12 | 2 | 100% |
| Lukas Kübler | defender | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 100% |
| Yannik Engelhardt | midfielder | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 100% |
| Keisuke Goto | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Igor Matanovic | attacker | 10 | 20 | 2 | 70% |
| Niklas Beste | attacker | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 67% |
| Philipp Treu | defender | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 67% |
| Nicolas Höfler | midfielder | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 60% |
| Yuito Suzuki | attacker | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Jordy Makengo | defender | 5 | 5 | 1 | 60% |
| Johan Manzambi | midfielder | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Cyriaque Irié | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Lucas Höler | attacker | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 40% |
| Vincenzo Grifo | attacker | 8 | 3 | 0.38 | 38% |
| Philipp Lienhart | defender | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 33% |
| Matthias Ginter | defender | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 33% |
| Christian Günter | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Maximilian Eggestein | midfielder | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Max Rosenfelder | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Noah Atubolu | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Bruno Ogbus | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mio Backhaus | goalkeeper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Maximilian Philipp | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026 | Werder Bremen | Home | 4-1 | 13 | 16 | 29 | Derry Scherhant (4) |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Motherwell | Home | 4-1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | Yannik Engelhardt (3) |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Motherwell | Away | 1-3 | 15 | 14 | 29 | Yannik Engelhardt (3) |
| 20 May 2026 | Aston Villa | Home | 0-3 | 15 | 15 | 30 | Igor Matanovic (4) |
| 16 May 2026 | RB Leipzig | Home | 4-1 | 13 | 7 | 20 | Nicolas Höfler (3) |
| 10 May 2026 | Hamburger SV | Away | 3-2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | Lukas Kübler (2) |
| 7 May 2026 | Sporting Braga | Home | 3-1 | 16 | 10 | 26 | Igor Matanovic (6) |
| 3 May 2026 | VfL Wolfsburg | Home | 1-1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | Yuito Suzuki (1) |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Sporting Braga | Away | 2-1 | 14 | 12 | 26 | Philipp Lienhart (3) |
| 26 Apr 2026 | Borussia Dortmund | Away | 4-0 | 10 | 19 | 29 | Derry Scherhant (3) |