No participant has dedicated extra fouls within the Premier League this season than Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher.
The 24-year-old has to this point been penalised 82 instances in 36 video games.
With only one spherical of fixtures left to play, Gallagher is eighteen fouls clear on the prime of the naughty checklist.
Second is at the moment Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes with 64 fouls, whereas Nottingham Forest’s Ryan Yates is third on 54.
9 different gamers have dedicated at the least 50 fouls, together with Tottenham’s Dejan Kulusevski (53), Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister (53) and Bournemouth’s Justin Kluivert (52).
Most fouls dedicated within the Premier League this season
Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) – 82 fouls
Joao Gomes (Wolves) – 64 fouls
Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) – 54 fouls
Gallagher is nearly sure to finish the season because the Premier League’s unofficial dirtiest participant for the second time in three years.
He additionally topped the charts in 2021/22 with 65 fouls, earlier than the title was shared by Joelinton and Moises Caicedo in 2022/23 (additionally with 65 fouls every).
Complete Premier League knowledge for fouls solely goes again so far as the 2006/07 season.
Since then, the document for many fouls by a single participant in a single season is held by former Bolton striker Kevin Davies with 123 within the 2010/11 marketing campaign.
Most fouls recorded by a participant in a Premier League season
Kevin Davies – 123 fouls in 2010/11
Kevin Davies – 121 fouls in 2009/10
Kevin Davies – 117 fouls in 2008/09
Marouane Fellaini – 111 fouls in 2008/09
John Carew – 100 fouls in 2007/08
The Premier League has usually change into a cleaner competitors (on the sphere at the least) lately.
No participant has reached the 100-foul mark in over a decade.
Nonetheless, Gallagher’s tally of 82 this season is the very best in a very long time, since Grant Holt (additionally 82) in 2012/13.
Gallagher’s 82 fouls this season have to this point earned him seven yellow playing cards and one purple.
