Brasileirão is the world's second most foul-heavy league, see ranking | OneFootball

The Brasileirão is the second most foul-prone league in the world this season. This is what a study conducted by the CIES Football Observatory, a Swiss sports research organization, indicates.

According to the research, the Brasileirão has an average of 24.6 fouls per game this season. The tournament is only behind the Portuguese League, which has an average of 25.3 infractions per match.

The Brasileirão has a similar average to the Italian League, which has 24.5 fouls per game, just one tenth behind the Brazilian league. The Spanish and Argentinian leagues complete the top 5, with an average of 22.1.

The least foul-prone leagues, with an average below 20 infractions per game, are: the German (19.6); the English (19.5); and the Japanese (19.2).

Check out the ranking of the most foul-prone leagues

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