Young Boys are averaging 10.5 fouls per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 19.2 total fouls on average. That puts them 3rd 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 Luzern, and a full match-by-match log.
Samuel Essende leads with 17 fouls across 8 qualifying appearances (2.13/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every Young Boys player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
Young Boys are averaging 10.5 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 8.7 for a match-total of 19.2. That ranks 3rd of 12 for team fouls in their primary competition. On average Young Boys pick up one yellow card every 0.133 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 Luzern the page weights each Young Boys defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Young Boys 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.
Yes — the referee profile module shows the assigned official's average fouls and yellows per match this season. Some referees blow for materially more fouls than others.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Essende | attacker | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 100% |
| Gregory Wüthrich | defender | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 100% |
| Cédric Zesiger | defender | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 100% |
| Kaly Sène | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Yan Valery | defender | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Darian Males | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Tanguy Zoukrou | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Armin Gigovic | midfielder | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 88% |
| Lewin Blum | defender | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 80% |
| Alvyn Sanches | midfielder | 8 | 8 | 1 | 75% |
| Jaouen Hadjam | defender | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 75% |
| Dominik Pech | midfielder | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 71% |
| Kastriot Imeri | midfielder | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Edimilson Fernandes | midfielder | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Christian Fassnacht | midfielder | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Joël Monteiro | midfielder | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 50% |
| Loris Benito | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Ebrima Colley | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Sandro Lauper | midfielder | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 33% |
| Stefan Bukinac | defender | 7 | 2 | 0.29 | 29% |
| Alan Virginius | midfielder | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Marvin Keller | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Isaac Schmidt | defender | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Saidy Janko | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Chris Bedia | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2026 | Zürich | Away | 2-4 | 13 | 6 | 19 | Alvyn Sanches (2) |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Basel | Home | 3-3 | 14 | 7 | 21 | Joël Monteiro (4) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Vaduz | Home | 4-2 | 12 | 11 | 23 | Gregory Wüthrich (2) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Lausanne Sport | Away | 2-2 | 13 | 14 | 27 | Samuel Essende (3) |
| 1 Aug 2026 | Thun | Away | 0-6 | 15 | 15 | 30 | Samuel Essende (4) |
| 26 Jul 2026 | Sion | Home | 4-2 | 18 | 9 | 27 | Jaouen Hadjam (3) |
| 17 May 2026 | Sion | Home | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 May 2026 | Sion | Home | 3-3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | Tanguy Zoukrou (2) |
| 14 May 2026 | Thun | Away | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 May 2026 | Thun | Away | 3-8 | 13 | 17 | 30 | Yan Valery (4) |