West Ham are averaging 10.2 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 21.7 total fouls on average. That puts them 24th of 24 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 Derby, a profile of referee Oliver Langford, and a full match-by-match log.
Taty Castellanos leads with 20 fouls across 10 qualifying appearances (2/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every West Ham player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
West Ham are averaging 10.2 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 11.5 for a match-total of 21.7. That ranks 24th of 24 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average West Ham pick up one yellow card every 0.186 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 Derby the page weights each West Ham defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 West Ham 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.
Oliver Langford is the referee for this fixture — they average 23.5 fouls and 3.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taty Castellanos | attacker | 10 | 20 | 2 | 100% |
| Edson Álvarez | midfielder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Mateus Fernandes | midfielder | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Tomáš Souček | midfielder | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Arne Engels | midfielder | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 75% |
| Divine Mukasa | midfielder | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 75% |
| Mohamadou Kanté | midfielder | 7 | 7 | 1 | 71% |
| Aaron Wan-Bissaka | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Lewis Orford | midfielder | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 60% |
| Kyle Walker-Peters | defender | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 57% |
| Pablo Felipe Pereira de Jesus | attacker | 7 | 9 | 1.29 | 57% |
| Konstantinos Mavropanos | defender | 8 | 8 | 1 | 50% |
| Maximilian Kilman | defender | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Crysencio Summerville | attacker | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| El Hadji Malick Diouf | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Oliver Scarles | defender | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Joël Piroe | attacker | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Jean-Clair Todibo | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Keiber Lamadrid | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Jarrod Bowen | attacker | 10 | 4 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Manor Solomon | attacker | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 40% |
| Callum Wilson | attacker | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Joël Veltman | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Mads Hermansen | goalkeeper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Axel Disasi | defender | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2026 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Home | 4-2 | 9 | 9 | 18 | Pablo Felipe Pereira de Jesus (3) |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Watford | Away | 1-1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | Maximilian Kilman (1) |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Southampton | Away | 1-4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | Keiber Lamadrid (2) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Charlton Athletic | Home | 1-2 | 9 | 16 | 25 | Manor Solomon (3) |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Burnley | Away | 2-2 | 9 | 12 | 21 | Taty Castellanos (2) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Portsmouth | Home | 3-1 | 12 | 19 | 31 | Taty Castellanos (3) |
| 24 May 2026 | Leeds United | Home | 3-0 | 11 | 14 | 25 | Konstantinos Mavropanos (4) |
| 17 May 2026 | Newcastle United | Away | 3-1 | 11 | 8 | 19 | Taty Castellanos (4) |
| 10 May 2026 | Arsenal | Home | 0-1 | 14 | 12 | 26 | Crysencio Summerville (2) |
| 2 May 2026 | Brentford | Away | 3-0 | 12 | 8 | 20 | Pablo Felipe Pereira de Jesus (3) |