Benfica Tackles Stats 2026/2027

Benfica Tackles Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Benfica are averaging 16 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 30.3 total tackles on average. That puts them 1st of 18 for team tackles per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player tackle-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Vitória SC, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Benfica players make the most tackles?

João Palhinha leads with 21 tackles across 6 qualifying appearances (3.5/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Benfica player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.

How does Benfica's tackle profile look this season?

Benfica are averaging 16 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 14.3 for a match-total of 30.3. That ranks 1st of 18 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 26.67 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.2 take-ons/g).

How is the tackle matchup read calculated?

Tackle matchup blends the defender's tackles per game (50%), the opposition attacker's take-on rate (30%), and the defender's underlying tackle propensity (20%). For the upcoming fixture against Vitória SC, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Benfica's defenders.

Where do these tackle stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Benfica fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.

What counts as a qualifying appearance?

A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their tackle rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted by 5-minute substitutions.

Do tackles count attempted or only successful?

We count attempted tackles per Sportmonks' definition. That matches what Bet365 settles 1+ tackles markets on, so the page's hit-rate and the bookmaker's pricing are aligned.

Benfica player tackles rates

Player	Position	Apps	Tackles	Per game	1+ hit rate
João Palhinha	midfielder	6	21	3.5	100%
Enzo Barrenechea	midfielder	6	13	2.17	100%
Daniel Banjaqui	defender	3	10	3.33	100%
Amar Dedić	defender	1	2	2	100%
José Neto	defender	1	6	6	100%
Souffian El Karouani	defender	1	2	2	100%
Tomás Araújo	defender	10	17	1.7	80%
Alexander Bah	defender	5	7	1.4	80%
Georgiy Sudakov	midfielder	8	9	1.13	75%
Rafa Silva	attacker	8	9	1.13	75%
Andreas Schjelderup	attacker	7	8	1.14	71%
Clément Lenglet	defender	9	9	1	67%
Alessandro Circati	defender	3	2	0.67	67%
Richard Ríos	midfielder	3	5	1.67	67%
Samuel Dahl	defender	8	10	1.25	63%
Gianluca Prestianni	attacker	10	13	1.3	60%
Vangelis Pavlidis	attacker	8	7	0.88	50%
Fredrik Aursnes	midfielder	4	4	1	50%
Jhon Durán	attacker	4	2	0.5	50%
Jakub Kamiński	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Manu Silva	midfielder	2	6	3	50%
Leandro Barreiro	midfielder	9	4	0.44	44%
Dodi Lukébakio	attacker	3	3	1	33%
Samuel Soares	goalkeeper	9	2	0.22	22%
Gonçalo Moreira	midfielder	1	0	0	0%

Benfica tackles match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team tackles	Opposition tackles	Match total	Top player
20 Sep 2026	Liga Portugal	Porto	Away	3-1	19	13	32	João Palhinha (5)
16 Sep 2026	Europa League	AC Milan	Away	0-2	23	9	32	Daniel Banjaqui (6)
13 Sep 2026	Liga Portugal	Gil Vicente	Home	3-1	14	28	42	Gianluca Prestianni (4)
9 Sep 2026	Liga Portugal	Moreirense	Away	0-4	8	14	22	João Palhinha (4)
5 Sep 2026	Liga Portugal	Marítimo	Away	0-3	22	17	39	João Palhinha (4)
31 Aug 2026	Liga Portugal	Estoril	Home	2-1	15	16	31	Alexander Bah (3)
27 Aug 2026	Europa League	AGF	Away	1-3	12	15	27	Georgiy Sudakov (3)
20 Aug 2026	Europa League	AGF	Home	3-1	14	7	21	Richard Ríos (3)
17 Aug 2026	Liga Portugal	Casa Pia	Away	0-7	13	14	27	Enzo Barrenechea (4)
13 Aug 2026	Europa League	Hearts	Away	1-1	20	10	30	Manu Silva (6)

Benfica tackles 2026/2027: last 10 games

Tackles for per game: 16
Tackles against per game: 14.3
Match total tackles per game: 30.3
Games: 10
League rank for match tackles: 11 of 18

Benfica Tackles for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 12.5 %	Over 14.5 %	Over 16.5 %	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %
Home	3	14.33	100%	33%	0%	0%	0%
Away	7	16.71	71%	57%	57%	57%	29%
Overall	10	16	80%	50%	40%	40%	20%

Benfica Tackles against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 12.5 %	Over 14.5 %	Over 16.5 %	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %
Home	3	17	67%	67%	33%	33%	33%
Away	7	13.14	71%	29%	14%	0%	0%
Overall	10	14.3	70%	40%	20%	10%	10%

Benfica Match total 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 26.5 %	Over 30.5 %	Over 32.5 %	Over 34.5 %	Over 38.5 %
Home	3	31.33	67%	67%	33%	33%	33%
Away	7	29.86	86%	43%	14%	14%	14%
Overall	10	30.3	80%	50%	20%	20%	20%

Benfica Team tackles 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team tackles	Overall	Home	Away
Tackles / match	16	14.33	16.71
Tackles over 12.5	80%	100%	71%
Tackles over 14.5	50%	33%	57%
Tackles over 16.5	40%	0%	57%
Tackles over 18.5	40%	0%	57%
Tackles over 20.5	20%	0%	29%

Benfica Tackles against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Tackles against	Overall	Home	Away
Tackles against / match	14.3	17	13.14
Tackles against over 12.5	70%	67%	71%
Tackles against over 14.5	40%	67%	29%
Tackles against over 16.5	20%	33%	14%
Tackles against over 18.5	10%	33%	0%
Tackles against over 20.5	10%	33%	0%

Benfica Match tackles 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match tackles	Overall	Home	Away
Match tackles / match	30.3	31.33	29.86
Match tackles over 26.5	80%	67%	86%
Match tackles over 30.5	50%	67%	43%
Match tackles over 32.5	20%	33%	14%
Match tackles over 34.5	20%	33%	14%
Match tackles over 38.5	20%	33%	14%

Benfica tackles match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Tackles for	Tackles against	Match total	1st-half total
20 Sep	Liga Portugal	Porto (A)	3-1	19	13	32	-
16 Sep	Europa League	AC Milan (A)	0-2	23	9	32	-
13 Sep	Liga Portugal	Gil Vicente (H)	3-1	14	28	42	-
9 Sep	Liga Portugal	Moreirense (A)	0-4	8	14	22	-
5 Sep	Liga Portugal	Marítimo (A)	0-3	22	17	39	-
31 Aug	Liga Portugal	Estoril (H)	2-1	15	16	31	-
27 Aug	Europa League	AGF (A)	1-3	12	15	27	-
20 Aug	Europa League	AGF (H)	3-1	14	7	21	-
17 Aug	Liga Portugal	Casa Pia (A)	0-7	13	14	27	-
13 Aug	Europa League	Hearts (A)	1-1	20	10	30	-

Liga Portugal tackles table 2026/2027: every team's tackles per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 32.5 %
1	Alverca	7	19.43	16.14	35.57	71%
2	Vitória Guimarães	7	17.14	18.29	35.43	57%
3	Famalicão	7	17.71	17.43	35.14	71%
4	Sporting CP	7	15.86	19.29	35.14	86%
5	Rio Ave	7	14.71	18.86	33.57	57%
6	Estrela Amadora	7	18.43	15	33.43	57%
7	Santa Clara	7	18.29	15.14	33.43	29%
8	Estoril	7	16.43	16	32.43	43%
9	Nacional	7	16.29	15.43	31.71	43%
10	Moreirense	7	17	14.43	31.43	43%
11	Benfica	7	14.86	15.71	30.57	29%
12	Arouca	7	14.86	15.71	30.57	29%
13	Porto	7	13.29	16.57	29.86	14%
14	Casa Pia	7	16.29	13.43	29.71	29%
15	Sporting Braga	6	14.17	15.5	29.67	17%
16	Marítimo	7	14.71	14.29	29	29%
17	Academico Viseu	7	12.86	15.57	28.43	14%
18	Gil Vicente	6	14.33	14	28.33	33%

Benfica tackles against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026/2027

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 32.5 %
Vs top six	11	18.55	17.36	35.91	64%
Vs top half	19	16.74	16.74	33.47	47%
Vs bottom half	22	16.05	17.77	33.82	50%
Vs bottom six	14	14.57	18.5	33.07	43%

Benfica tackles per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 32.5 %
Europa League	2026/2027	7	14.71	12.86	27.57	14%
Liga Portugal	2026/2027	7	14.86	15.71	30.57	29%
Liga Portugal	2025/2026	34	16.68	17.62	34.29	53%
Champions League	2025/2026	14	17.29	17.07	34.36	57%
FIFA Club World Cup	2025	4	18	17.75	35.75	100%

Benfica next three opponents: tackles per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their tackles for	Their tackles against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sun 11 Oct 17:00	Vitória SC (home)	35.43	17.14	18.29	31	18	13
Thu 15 Oct 19:00	Celtic (home)	32.6	16.2	16.4	34.5	16	18.5
Thu 22 Oct 19:00	Omonia (away)	19	9.67	9.33	16	8.5	7.5

Benfica players with the most games of 1+ tackles 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Tomás Araújo	defender	10	12	83%
2	Clément Lenglet	defender	9	13	69%
3	Enzo Barrenechea	midfielder	8	11	73%
4	Georgiy Sudakov	midfielder	8	13	62%
5	Gianluca Prestianni	attacker	7	12	58%

Benfica players with the most games of 2+ tackles 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Tomás Araújo	defender	6	12	50%
2	João Palhinha	midfielder	5	6	83%
3	Enzo Barrenechea	midfielder	5	11	45%
4	Samuel Dahl	defender	5	13	38%
5	Rafa Silva	attacker	4	13	31%

Benfica players with the most games of 3+ tackles 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	João Palhinha	midfielder	5	6	83%
2	Samuel Dahl	defender	3	13	23%
3	Manu Silva	midfielder	2	4	50%
4	Alexander Bah	defender	2	10	20%
5	Enzo Barrenechea	midfielder	2	11	18%

Vitória SC tackles match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Tackles for	Tackles against	Match total	1st-half total
20 Sep	Liga Portugal	Moreirense (H)	1-1	20	29	49	-
12 Sep	Liga Portugal	Ac. Viseu (A)	2-1	14	13	27	-
6 Sep	Liga Portugal	Casa Pia (H)	0-0	13	25	38	-
31 Aug	Liga Portugal	Braga (A)	1-0	14	9	23	-
23 Aug	Liga Portugal	Nacional (H)	1-0	15	15	30	-
14 Aug	Liga Portugal	Sporting (A)	3-2	26	17	43	-
8 Aug	Liga Portugal	Arouca (H)	0-1	18	20	38	-
16 May	Liga Portugal	Nacional (A)	2-0	11	9	20	-
11 May	Liga Portugal	Casa Pia (H)	0-1	17	14	31	-
4 May	Liga Portugal	Sporting (A)	5-1	14	21	35	-