Is Bolton Wanderers a dirty team?

Yellow and red cards per game, against the league average.

Club

Below average Could be chance

1.82 cards/game

avg

League avg: 2.01
Gap: −0.19
Rank: 18th/24
matches: 11

	Bolton Wanderers	Avg
Cards per foul committed	0.168	0.180

Dark Arts Index table

League avg 2.09 cards/game

Club	P	Yel	Red	Fouls	Cards/foul	Cards/g	Verdict
Brentford	7	20	2	103	0.214	3.14	Too few games
Bournemouth	7	21	0	91	0.231	3.00	Too few games
Hull City	7	21	0	76	0.276	3.00	Too few games
Liverpool	7	19	1	97	0.206	2.86	Too few games
Newcastle United	7	19	0	85	0.224	2.71	Too few games
Brighton & Hove Albion	7	15	1	90	0.178	2.29	Too few games
Nottingham Forest	7	16	0	99	0.162	2.29	Too few games
Sunderland	7	14	2	80	0.200	2.29	Too few games
Aston Villa	7	14	1	75	0.200	2.14	Too few games
Fulham	7	14	1	73	0.205	2.14	Too few games
Chelsea	7	13	0	65	0.200	1.86	Too few games
Ipswich Town	7	12	1	82	0.159	1.86	Too few games
Leeds United	7	13	0	89	0.146	1.86	Too few games
Everton	7	12	0	52	0.231	1.71	Too few games
Manchester United	7	12	0	67	0.179	1.71	Too few games
Crystal Palace	7	9	1	70	0.143	1.43	Too few games
Manchester City	7	9	1	75	0.133	1.43	Too few games
Tottenham Hotspur	7	9	1	97	0.103	1.43	Too few games
Arsenal	7	9	0	71	0.127	1.29	Too few games
Coventry City	7	8	1	77	0.117	1.29	Too few games

League avg 2.01 cards/game

#	Club	P	Yel	Red	Fouls	Cards/foul	Cards/g	Verdict
1	Lincoln City	11	27	3	144	0.208	2.73	Well above average
2	Watford	11	30	0	124	0.242	2.73	Well above average
3	Blackburn Rovers	11	27	1	117	0.239	2.55	Well above average
4	Preston North End	11	26	1	131	0.206	2.45	Well above average
5	Norwich City	11	25	1	126	0.206	2.36	Above average
6	Derby County	11	25	0	139	0.180	2.27	Above average
7	Stoke City	11	23	2	151	0.166	2.27	Above average
8	Burnley	11	23	1	112	0.214	2.18	Average
9	West Bromwich Albion	11	23	1	110	0.218	2.18	Average
10	West Ham United	11	23	1	111	0.216	2.18	Average
11	Birmingham City	11	23	0	134	0.172	2.09	Average
12	Millwall	11	22	1	139	0.166	2.09	Average
13	Sheffield United	11	22	1	127	0.181	2.09	Average
14	Charlton Athletic	11	21	1	142	0.155	2.00	Average
15	Queens Park Rangers	11	21	1	96	0.229	2.00	Average
16	Southampton	11	21	1	94	0.234	2.00	Average
17	Cardiff City	11	20	1	111	0.189	1.91	Below average
18	Bolton Wanderers	11	19	1	119	0.168	1.82	Below average
19	Swansea City	11	17	0	104	0.164	1.55	Below average
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	17	0	130	0.131	1.55	Below average
21	Portsmouth	11	16	0	122	0.131	1.45	Well below average
22	Bristol City	11	14	1	129	0.116	1.36	Well below average
23	Wrexham	11	14	0	116	0.121	1.27	Well below average
24	Middlesbrough	11	12	0	111	0.108	1.09	Well below average

League avg 1.90 cards/game

#	Club	P	Yel	Red	Fouls	Cards/foul	Cards/g	Verdict
1	Wigan Athletic	10	27	1	118	0.237	2.80	Well above average
2	Barnsley	10	26	1	141	0.192	2.70	Well above average
3	Notts County	10	26	0	146	0.178	2.60	Well above average
4	Oxford United	9	21	2	126	0.182	2.56	Well above average
5	Mansfield Town	10	22	1	136	0.169	2.30	Above average
6	Doncaster Rovers	10	22	0	112	0.196	2.20	Above average
7	Sheffield Wednesday	10	21	1	122	0.180	2.20	Above average
8	Bradford City	11	23	0	170	0.135	2.09	Above average
9	Leyton Orient	11	22	0	139	0.158	2.00	Average
10	Bromley	10	20	0	137	0.146	2.00	Average
11	Luton Town	10	19	1	127	0.158	2.00	Average
12	Burton Albion	12	22	1	153	0.150	1.92	Average
13	Cambridge United	11	21	0	111	0.189	1.91	Average
14	Blackpool	10	18	1	113	0.168	1.90	Average
15	Leicester City	10	17	1	102	0.176	1.80	Average
16	Peterborough United	11	18	1	111	0.171	1.73	Average
17	Reading	11	18	0	124	0.145	1.64	Below average
18	MK Dons	10	16	0	130	0.123	1.60	Below average
19	Stevenage	10	16	0	128	0.125	1.60	Below average
20	AFC Wimbledon	11	17	0	136	0.125	1.55	Below average
21	Wycombe Wanderers	11	15	0	123	0.122	1.36	Well below average
22	Plymouth Argyle	12	16	0	154	0.104	1.33	Well below average
23	Huddersfield Town	11	13	1	138	0.101	1.27	Well below average
24	Stockport County	11	12	0	98	0.122	1.09	Well below average

League avg 2.09 cards/game

#	Club	P	Yel	Red	Fouls	Cards/foul	Cards/g	Verdict
1	Shrewsbury Town	12	36	2	175	0.217	3.17	Well above average
2	Accrington Stanley	12	33	1	175	0.194	2.83	Well above average
3	Crawley Town	10	26	2	102	0.275	2.80	Well above average
4	Fleetwood Town	12	32	0	148	0.216	2.67	Well above average
5	Bristol Rovers	12	29	2	160	0.194	2.58	Above average
6	Cheltenham Town	12	29	2	147	0.211	2.58	Above average
7	Gillingham	12	29	1	151	0.199	2.50	Above average
8	Tranmere Rovers	12	27	2	137	0.212	2.42	Above average
9	Rotherham United	12	27	0	161	0.168	2.25	Average
10	Walsall	11	23	1	130	0.185	2.18	Average
11	Chesterfield	12	25	0	120	0.208	2.08	Average
12	Port Vale	10	20	0	139	0.144	2.00	Average
13	Rochdale	12	20	3	136	0.169	1.92	Average
14	Crewe Alexandra	12	20	1	147	0.143	1.75	Average
15	Grimsby Town	12	20	1	142	0.148	1.75	Average
16	Salford City	12	20	1	123	0.171	1.75	Average
17	Barnet	10	16	1	128	0.133	1.70	Below average
18	Exeter City	12	20	0	136	0.147	1.67	Below average
19	Newport County	12	20	0	152	0.132	1.67	Below average
20	Swindon Town	12	18	2	113	0.177	1.67	Below average
21	Oldham Athletic	11	17	1	141	0.128	1.64	Well below average
22	York City	11	16	1	95	0.179	1.55	Well below average
23	Northampton Town	10	14	1	118	0.127	1.50	Well below average
24	Colchester United	11	14	1	141	0.106	1.36	Well below average

Average Could be chance

2.05 cards/game

avg

League avg: 1.94
Gap: +0.11
Rank: 9th/24
matches: 103

	Bolton Wanderers	Avg
Cards per foul committed	0.188	0.167

Dark Arts Index table

League avg 2.03 cards/game

#	Club	P	Yel	Red	Fouls	Cards/foul	Cards/g	Verdict
1	Bournemouth	83	206	5	1062	0.199	2.54	Well above average
2	Chelsea	83	200	9	927	0.225	2.52	Well above average
3	Tottenham Hotspur	83	180	5	1006	0.184	2.23	Well above average
4	Sunderland	91	193	9	980	0.206	2.22	Above average
5	Hull City	99	208	5	1145	0.187	2.15	Above average
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	83	173	4	981	0.180	2.13	Above average
7	Ipswich Town	91	184	6	1026	0.185	2.09	Above average
8	Fulham	83	169	4	919	0.188	2.08	Average
9	Everton	83	165	7	887	0.195	2.07	Average
10	Crystal Palace	83	158	7	885	0.186	1.99	Average
11	Manchester United	83	157	6	871	0.187	1.96	Average
12	Nottingham Forest	83	161	2	897	0.183	1.96	Average
13	Brentford	83	151	3	812	0.189	1.86	Average
14	Newcastle United	83	150	3	865	0.176	1.84	Below average
15	Aston Villa	83	144	6	860	0.174	1.81	Below average
16	Liverpool	83	140	5	910	0.158	1.75	Below average
17	Manchester City	83	133	3	729	0.189	1.64	Below average
18	Leeds United	91	145	1	959	0.152	1.60	Well below average
19	Coventry City	99	153	5	1024	0.155	1.60	Well below average
20	Arsenal	83	124	6	862	0.150	1.57	Well below average

League avg 1.94 cards/game

#	Club	P	Yel	Red	Fouls	Cards/foul	Cards/g	Verdict
1	Preston North End	103	228	8	1201	0.197	2.29	Well above average
2	Watford	103	222	9	1192	0.194	2.24	Well above average
3	Derby County	103	224	3	1262	0.180	2.20	Well above average
4	Stoke City	103	218	7	1169	0.193	2.18	Above average
5	Blackburn Rovers	103	219	6	1188	0.191	2.18	Above average
6	Lincoln City	103	212	11	1327	0.168	2.17	Above average
7	Portsmouth	103	216	3	1143	0.191	2.13	Above average
8	Southampton	95	194	5	1037	0.192	2.09	Above average
9	Bolton Wanderers	103	205	6	1118	0.188	2.05	Average
10	Charlton Athletic	103	207	4	1298	0.163	2.05	Average
11	West Ham United	87	168	7	975	0.180	2.01	Average
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	87	169	5	1104	0.157	2.00	Average
13	Queens Park Rangers	103	198	5	1100	0.185	1.97	Average
14	Sheffield United	103	193	9	1115	0.181	1.96	Average
15	Norwich City	103	196	4	1138	0.177	1.94	Average
16	Burnley	95	169	6	1036	0.170	1.84	Average
17	Birmingham City	103	181	6	1224	0.153	1.82	Below average
18	Millwall	103	181	5	1324	0.141	1.81	Below average
19	Cardiff City	103	178	7	1095	0.170	1.80	Below average
20	West Bromwich Albion	103	175	8	1008	0.182	1.78	Below average
21	Swansea City	103	178	2	1042	0.173	1.75	Well below average
22	Bristol City	103	168	5	1038	0.168	1.68	Well below average
23	Wrexham	103	164	1	1092	0.152	1.60	Well below average
24	Middlesbrough	103	148	3	973	0.156	1.47	Well below average

League avg 1.91 cards/game

#	Club	P	Yel	Red	Fouls	Cards/foul	Cards/g	Verdict
1	Bradford City	103	243	5	1324	0.189	2.41	Well above average
2	Plymouth Argyle	104	215	11	1243	0.182	2.17	Well above average
3	Barnsley	102	202	9	1168	0.180	2.07	Well above average
4	Leyton Orient	103	208	4	1263	0.168	2.06	Well above average
5	Leicester City	94	186	5	1017	0.188	2.03	Above average
6	Notts County	102	199	5	1110	0.183	2.00	Above average
7	Peterborough United	103	196	9	998	0.205	1.99	Above average
8	Stevenage	102	199	2	1266	0.159	1.97	Above average
9	Doncaster Rovers	102	190	8	1181	0.168	1.94	Average
10	MK Dons	102	191	7	1250	0.159	1.94	Average
11	Mansfield Town	102	193	4	1253	0.156	1.93	Average
12	Wigan Athletic	102	183	12	1216	0.160	1.91	Average
13	Bromley	102	184	7	1122	0.171	1.87	Average
14	Reading	103	185	3	1180	0.159	1.83	Average
15	Blackpool	102	176	9	1123	0.164	1.81	Average
16	Burton Albion	104	181	7	1133	0.167	1.81	Average
17	AFC Wimbledon	103	181	5	1346	0.137	1.81	Below average
18	Luton Town	102	176	8	1237	0.148	1.80	Below average
19	Huddersfield Town	103	176	8	1195	0.155	1.79	Below average
20	Sheffield Wednesday	102	176	6	1222	0.149	1.78	Below average
21	Cambridge United	103	174	7	1181	0.153	1.76	Well below average
22	Stockport County	103	171	9	1183	0.151	1.75	Well below average
23	Oxford United	101	173	3	1098	0.160	1.74	Well below average
24	Wycombe Wanderers	103	158	4	1137	0.143	1.57	Well below average

League avg 2.02 cards/game

#	Club	P	Yel	Red	Fouls	Cards/foul	Cards/g	Verdict
1	Accrington Stanley	104	254	8	1357	0.193	2.52	Well above average
2	Crawley Town	102	227	9	1113	0.214	2.31	Well above average
3	Gillingham	104	230	9	1359	0.176	2.30	Well above average
4	Shrewsbury Town	104	230	8	1276	0.186	2.29	Above average
5	Salford City	104	229	9	1308	0.181	2.29	Above average
6	Bristol Rovers	104	218	12	1270	0.180	2.21	Above average
7	Fleetwood Town	104	224	3	1251	0.182	2.18	Above average
8	Tranmere Rovers	104	212	10	1235	0.180	2.13	Above average
9	Exeter City	104	206	4	1300	0.161	2.02	Average
10	Crewe Alexandra	104	198	8	1212	0.170	1.98	Average
11	Rochdale	12	20	3	136	0.169	1.92	Average
12	Colchester United	103	192	5	1187	0.167	1.91	Average
13	Walsall	103	190	6	1195	0.164	1.90	Average
14	Newport County	104	181	10	1182	0.162	1.84	Average
15	Swindon Town	104	182	8	1063	0.179	1.83	Average
16	Chesterfield	104	183	7	1030	0.185	1.83	Average
17	Rotherham United	104	186	3	1290	0.146	1.82	Below average
18	Oldham Athletic	57	97	5	741	0.138	1.79	Below average
19	Cheltenham Town	104	176	8	1200	0.153	1.77	Below average
20	Port Vale	102	169	7	1149	0.153	1.73	Below average
21	Grimsby Town	104	172	5	1125	0.157	1.70	Well below average
22	Barnet	56	88	7	646	0.147	1.70	Well below average
23	Northampton Town	102	160	8	1126	0.149	1.65	Well below average
24	York City	11	16	1	95	0.179	1.55	Well below average

Average Could be chance

2.00 cards/game

avg

League avg: 1.96
Gap: +0.04
Rank: 12th/24
matches: 195

	Bolton Wanderers	Avg
Cards per foul committed	0.181	0.173

Dark Arts Index table

League avg 2.02 cards/game

#	Club	P	Yel	Red	Fouls	Cards/foul	Cards/g	Verdict
1	Chelsea	159	381	15	1769	0.223	2.49	Well above average
2	Bournemouth	159	354	8	1959	0.184	2.28	Well above average
3	Tottenham Hotspur	159	343	12	1854	0.192	2.23	Well above average
4	Sunderland	183	373	15	1928	0.201	2.12	Above average
5	Fulham	159	326	9	1714	0.196	2.11	Above average
6	Everton	159	323	10	1740	0.193	2.09	Above average
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	159	321	7	1821	0.180	2.06	Above average
8	Aston Villa	159	318	9	1690	0.193	2.06	Average
9	Nottingham Forest	159	320	5	1770	0.184	2.04	Average
10	Manchester United	159	315	8	1692	0.191	2.03	Average
11	Ipswich Town	183	364	7	2110	0.176	2.03	Average
12	Hull City	191	379	8	2088	0.186	2.03	Average
13	Crystal Palace	159	305	12	1787	0.178	1.99	Average
14	Brentford	159	294	6	1550	0.193	1.89	Below average
15	Newcastle United	159	283	5	1656	0.174	1.81	Below average
16	Coventry City	191	331	11	2035	0.168	1.79	Below average
17	Leeds United	175	300	6	1886	0.161	1.75	Below average
18	Liverpool	159	262	11	1777	0.153	1.72	Well below average
19	Arsenal	159	237	8	1626	0.150	1.54	Well below average
20	Manchester City	159	227	6	1363	0.173	1.47	Well below average

League avg 1.96 cards/game

#	Club	P	Yel	Red	Fouls	Cards/foul	Cards/g	Verdict
1	Preston North End	195	434	13	2291	0.195	2.29	Well above average
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	163	350	14	2044	0.178	2.23	Well above average
3	Watford	195	420	15	2312	0.189	2.23	Well above average
4	Sheffield United	187	386	17	2019	0.199	2.16	Well above average
5	Blackburn Rovers	195	405	14	2127	0.199	2.15	Above average
6	Stoke City	195	406	11	2298	0.182	2.14	Above average
7	Portsmouth	195	402	12	2198	0.188	2.12	Above average
8	Southampton	179	366	8	1920	0.196	2.09	Above average
9	Lincoln City	195	377	22	2293	0.175	2.05	Average
10	Charlton Athletic	195	389	10	2307	0.174	2.05	Average
11	Derby County	195	384	8	2222	0.176	2.01	Average
12	Bolton Wanderers	195	375	15	2142	0.181	2.00	Average
13	Queens Park Rangers	195	377	9	2161	0.179	1.98	Average
14	Birmingham City	195	375	9	2337	0.164	1.97	Average
15	Swansea City	195	372	9	1975	0.193	1.95	Average
16	Norwich City	195	365	10	2058	0.183	1.92	Average
17	Millwall	195	365	7	2421	0.154	1.91	Below average
18	Burnley	179	321	15	1912	0.176	1.88	Below average
19	West Ham United	163	288	10	1726	0.172	1.83	Below average
20	Cardiff City	195	340	13	1981	0.179	1.81	Below average
21	West Bromwich Albion	195	326	10	1831	0.184	1.72	Well below average
22	Bristol City	195	320	8	1926	0.171	1.68	Well below average
23	Middlesbrough	195	313	8	1928	0.166	1.65	Well below average
24	Wrexham	149	231	7	1563	0.153	1.60	Well below average

League avg 1.93 cards/game

#	Club	P	Yel	Red	Fouls	Cards/foul	Cards/g	Verdict
1	Bradford City	195	429	13	2382	0.186	2.27	Well above average
2	Leyton Orient	195	409	14	2336	0.181	2.17	Well above average
3	Wigan Athletic	194	392	18	2250	0.182	2.11	Well above average
4	Barnsley	194	394	14	2171	0.189	2.10	Well above average
5	AFC Wimbledon	195	381	15	2583	0.153	2.03	Above average
6	Plymouth Argyle	196	380	17	2151	0.185	2.03	Above average
7	Notts County	148	287	8	1465	0.206	1.99	Above average
8	Stevenage	194	376	7	2355	0.163	1.97	Above average
9	Burton Albion	196	363	15	2220	0.170	1.93	Average
10	Mansfield Town	194	363	11	2312	0.162	1.93	Average
11	Reading	195	367	7	2222	0.169	1.92	Average
12	MK Dons	194	362	10	2165	0.174	1.92	Average
13	Leicester City	178	327	8	1900	0.176	1.88	Average
14	Bromley	102	184	7	1122	0.171	1.87	Average
15	Sheffield Wednesday	194	348	14	2334	0.155	1.87	Average
16	Luton Town	186	334	12	2252	0.153	1.86	Average
17	Doncaster Rovers	194	347	12	2125	0.169	1.85	Below average
18	Blackpool	194	337	21	2086	0.171	1.85	Below average
19	Huddersfield Town	195	343	13	2155	0.166	1.83	Below average
20	Cambridge United	195	338	10	2097	0.167	1.78	Below average
21	Peterborough United	195	321	13	1916	0.175	1.71	Well below average
22	Oxford United	193	318	11	2093	0.158	1.70	Well below average
23	Wycombe Wanderers	195	316	9	2138	0.153	1.67	Well below average
24	Stockport County	195	296	14	2192	0.141	1.59	Well below average

League avg 1.98 cards/game

#	Club	P	Yel	Red	Fouls	Cards/foul	Cards/g	Verdict
1	Accrington Stanley	196	462	20	2524	0.191	2.46	Well above average
2	Shrewsbury Town	196	424	20	2319	0.192	2.27	Well above average
3	Fleetwood Town	196	418	16	2348	0.185	2.21	Well above average
4	Salford City	196	413	20	2292	0.188	2.21	Well above average
5	Crawley Town	194	408	15	2115	0.202	2.18	Above average
6	Bristol Rovers	196	392	23	2270	0.182	2.12	Above average
7	Gillingham	196	387	12	2367	0.169	2.04	Above average
8	Colchester United	195	380	13	2216	0.179	2.02	Above average
9	Crewe Alexandra	196	378	16	2207	0.180	2.01	Average
10	Exeter City	196	379	11	2322	0.168	1.99	Average
11	Cheltenham Town	196	371	15	2239	0.173	1.97	Average
12	Tranmere Rovers	196	366	19	2181	0.178	1.96	Average
13	Walsall	195	358	17	2232	0.168	1.92	Average
14	Rotherham United	196	357	9	2320	0.158	1.87	Average
15	Swindon Town	196	349	14	1961	0.185	1.85	Average
16	Chesterfield	104	183	7	1030	0.185	1.83	Average
17	Newport County	196	344	13	2226	0.161	1.82	Below average
18	Port Vale	194	339	13	2127	0.166	1.81	Below average
19	Oldham Athletic	57	97	5	741	0.138	1.79	Below average
20	Rochdale	58	96	5	629	0.161	1.74	Below average
21	Grimsby Town	196	331	8	2254	0.151	1.73	Well below average
22	Northampton Town	194	320	13	2116	0.157	1.72	Well below average
23	Barnet	56	88	7	646	0.147	1.70	Well below average
24	York City	11	16	1	95	0.179	1.55	Well below average

How it works

Counts the yellow and red cards a club picks up per league game and compares it with the league. Cards per foul is shown alongside: a pressing side can foul a lot without being dirty, while a side booked for most of its fouls is making the cynical ones.

/ = roughly the top or bottom 15% of the league, / the next 20%, the middle. “Could be chance” means the gap is small enough to be luck. League games only.