The cleanest 😇 and dirtiest 👿 teams in Europe this season | OneFootball

Do bad teams foul a lot more often than good teams?

A study conducted by the CIES Football Observatory in conjunction with InStat Football would suggest there is some correlation between talent and good behaviour, but not always.

Certainly not in Ligue 1, where the dirtiest team in the league this season is Montpellier with 15.85 fouls per game (FPG), while the cleanest is Nice with 10.40.

Montpellier are currently 6th in the table – five places above Nice.

For comparison, league leaders Paris Saint-Germain have so far committed 12.16 fouls per game in 2019/20.

Over in Italy, the naughtiest team in Serie A is Torino (16.79 FPG) while the cleanest is, surprisingly, Gennaro Gattuso’s Napoli (11.89).

Current league leaders Juventus are on 13.63, whereas second-placed Inter aren’t far behind Torino with 15.63.

The dirtiest team in Europe’s top five leagues is Getafe, who commit a whopping 18.58 FPG.

Elswhere in LaLiga, Levante are the cleanest team with a mere 10.63 FPG, followed closely by Barcelona on 10.95.

Real Madrid commit 12.63 FPG whereas local rivals Atlético average 14.

Bayern Munich may have been the bullies of the Bundesliga in terms of titles won over the last eight years but this season, they’re the cleanest team in the league with just 9.47 FPG.

Borussia Dortmund aren’t far behind on 9.53, while the bad boys of the Bundesliga are newly promoted Union Berlin with 16.12.

And in England, Liverpool are both top of the Premier League and top of the fair play table with just 8.14 FPG.

As for the rest of the Big Six it goes Chelsea (9.64), Tottenham (9.73), Manchester City (9.95), Arsenal (11) and Manchester United (11.18).

The worst offenders in the league are Southampton, with 12.09 FPG.

Be good everyone. And if you can’t be good, be careful.