Mexico2:0South Africa·South Korea2:1Czech Republic·Canada1:1Bosnia·USA4:1Paraguay·Qatar1:1Switzerland·Brazil1:1Morocco·Haiti0:1Scotland·Australia2:0Turkey·Germany7:1Curacao·Netherlands2:2Japan·Ivory Coast1:0Ecuador·Sweden5:1Tunisia·Spain0:0Cape Verde Islands·Belgium1:1Egypt·Saudi Arabia1:1Uruguay·Iran2:2New Zealand·France3:1Senegal·Iraq1:4Norway·Argentina3:0Algeria·Austria3:1Jordan·Portugal1:1Congo DR·England4:2Croatia·Ghana1:0Panama·Uzbekistan1:3Colombia·Czech Republic1:1South Africa·Switzerland4:1Bosnia·Canada6:0Qatar·Mexico1:0South Korea·USA2:0Australia·Scotland0:1Morocco·Brazil3:0Haiti·Turkey0:1Paraguay·Netherlands5:1Sweden·Germany2:1Ivory Coast·Ecuador0:0Curacao·Tunisia0:4Japan·Spain4:0Saudi Arabia·Belgium0:0Iran·Uruguay2:2Cape Verde Islands·New Zealand1:3Egypt·Argentina2:0Austria·France3:0Iraq·Norway3:2Senegal·Jordan1:2Algeria·Portugal5:0Uzbekistan·England0:0Ghana·Panama0:1Croatia·Colombia1:0Congo DR·Switzerland2:1Canada·Bosnia3:1Qatar·Morocco4:2Haiti·Scotland0:3Brazil·South Africa1:0South Korea·Czech Republic0:3Mexico·Ecuador2:1Germany·Curacao0:2Ivory Coast·Tunisia1:3Netherlands·Japan1:1Sweden·Turkey3:2USA·Paraguay0:0Australia·Senegal5:0Iraq·Norway1:4France·Uruguay0:1Spain·Cape Verde Islands0:0Saudi Arabia·New Zealand1:5Belgium·Egypt1:1Iran·Croatia2:1Ghana·Panama0:2England·Colombia0:0Portugal·Congo DR3:1Uzbekistan·Algeria3:3Austria·Jordan1:3Argentina·South Africa0:1Canada·Brazil2:1Japan·Germany1:1pen 3:4Paraguay·Netherlands1:1pen 2:3Morocco·Ivory Coast1:2Norway·France3:0Sweden·Mexico2:0Ecuador·England2:1Congo DR·Belgium2:2ET 3:2Senegal·USA2:0Bosnia·Spain3:0Austria·Portugal1:1ET 2:1Croatia·Switzerland2:0Algeria·Australia1:1pen 2:4Egypt·Argentina1:1ET 3:2Cape Verde Islands·Colombia1:0Ghana·Canada0:3Morocco·Paraguay0:1France·Brazil1:2Norway·Mexico2:3England·Portugal0:1Spain·USA1:4Belgium·Argentina3:2Egypt·Switzerland0:0pen 4:3Colombia·France2:0Morocco·Spain2:1Belgium·Norway1:1ET 1:2England·Argentina1:1ET 3:1Switzerland·France0:2Spain·England1:2Argentina·France4:6England·22:00Spain—Argentina
ScanGoal › Stats › Fouls Per Match Statistics in Europe Top-5 Leagues 2026

Fouls Per Match Statistics in Europe Top-5 Leagues 2026

Updated: 2026-07-19 18:42 UTC
Fouls measure physical contact and refereeing strictness. We sum fouls by both teams from full-time stats and average per match, plus common Over/Under total lines.

Key takeaway: Serie A leads the table — Avg fouls: 22.94. 5 entries in total. 2025/26 season data, updated 2026-07-19.

Data

LeagueMatchesAvg foulsTotal 21.5Total 23.5Total 25.5
Serie A37222.9459.7%45.2%34.1%
La Liga Primera36822.5956.8%44.8%33.7%
Ligue 129520.7843.7%33.2%22.4%
Premier League36319.9241.3%24.5%16.3%
Bundesliga29518.3630.2%22.0%12.2%

Top 5 teams in the world by fouls (last 2 months)

Excludes women's and youth squads. Minimum 5 matches in the period.

By total

Highest

  1. Marica RJ BRAZIL CAMPEONATO CARIOCA A2 143 (8 matches)
  2. Flandria Primera B Metropolitana 141 (11 matches)
  3. Deportivo Liniers Primera B Metropolitana 137 (10 matches)
  4. Defensores Unidos Primera B Metropolitana 134 (10 matches)
  5. America RJ BRAZIL CAMPEONATO CARIOCA A2 130 (9 matches)

Lowest

  1. Hills Brumbies Australia New South Wales League 1 4 (5 matches)
  2. CD Nueva Santa Cruz Bolivia Copa Simon Bolivar 6 (7 matches)
  3. Integracion Del Norte San Juan FC Bolivia Copa Simon Bolivar 6 (7 matches)
  4. Kingston City NPL Victoria League 2 7 (5 matches)
  5. Racing Beirut League 9 (6 matches)

By match average

Highest

  1. Sao Goncalo BRAZIL CAMPEONATO CARIOCA A2 22.6 (5 matches)
  2. Vaynakh Shali Russian Matches 21.8 (5 matches)
  3. JKT Tanzania Tanzania Premier League 20.67 (6 matches)
  4. Stade Malien De Bamako Premiere Division 19.4 (5 matches)
  5. CE Gramadense RS Copa Gaucho 19 (6 matches)

Lowest

  1. Hills Brumbies Australia New South Wales League 1 0.8 (5 matches)
  2. CD Nueva Santa Cruz Bolivia Copa Simon Bolivar 0.86 (7 matches)
  3. Integracion Del Norte San Juan FC Bolivia Copa Simon Bolivar 0.86 (7 matches)
  4. Kingston City NPL Victoria League 2 1.4 (5 matches)
  5. Racing Beirut League 1.5 (6 matches)

Methodology and sources

Data is collected in real time from the ScanGoal live database via multi-source match scraping. Only completed matches (FT period) with non-null values are included. Figures refresh hourly. Metric: average fouls per match. 2025/26 season (from August 1, 2025).

Source of statistical fields: match events are collected by scrapers and normalized in our database. More info — see about.

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