Motherwell Tackles Stats 2026/2027

Motherwell Tackles Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Motherwell are averaging 11.6 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 26.2 total tackles on average. That puts them 7th of 12 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 Celtic, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Motherwell players make the most tackles?

Tom Sparrow leads with 15 tackles across 8 qualifying appearances (1.88/g, 88% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Motherwell 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 Motherwell's tackle profile look this season?

Motherwell are averaging 11.6 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 14.6 for a match-total of 26.2. That ranks 7th of 12 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 9.67 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.71 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 Celtic, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Motherwell's defenders.

Where do these tackle stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Motherwell 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.

Motherwell player tackles rates

Player	Position	Apps	Tackles	Per game	1+ hit rate
Joe Hodge	midfielder	7	14	2	100%
Stephen O'Donnell	defender	2	3	1.5	100%
D. Williams	defender	1	1	1	100%
Tom Sparrow	midfielder	8	15	1.88	88%
Lukas Fadinger	midfielder	10	14	1.4	70%
Ibrahim Said	attacker	8	15	1.88	63%
Tawanda Maswanhise	attacker	10	12	1.2	60%
Martin Moormann	defender	9	7	0.78	56%
Jardell Kanga	midfielder	4	3	0.75	50%
John Koutroumbis	defender	2	3	1.5	50%
Mikey Booth	midfielder	2	2	1	50%
S. Palmer-Houlden	attacker	7	3	0.43	43%
Emmanuel Longelo	defender	10	5	0.5	40%
Willy Vogt	attacker	6	2	0.33	33%
Oscar Priestman	midfielder	3	3	1	33%
Olly Whyte	midfielder	3	2	0.67	33%
Alex Lowry	midfielder	10	5	0.5	30%
Jake Girdwood-Reich	midfielder	9	5	0.56	22%
Regan Charles-Cook	attacker	7	1	0.14	14%
Alex Paulsen	goalkeeper	10	0	0	0%
Jamie Knight-Lebel	defender	6	0	0	0%
Dylan Levitt	midfielder	2	0	0	0%
Ewan Wilson	defender	2	0	0	0%
Eythor Bjørgolfsson	attacker	1	0	0	0%

Motherwell tackles match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team tackles	Opposition tackles	Match total	Top player
19 Sep 2026	Scottish Premiership	Dundee	Away	2-1	12	17	29	Tawanda Maswanhise (3)
15 Sep 2026	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen	Home	0-4	9	16	25	Martin Moormann (3)
5 Sep 2026	Scottish Premiership	Rangers	Away	1-0	17	24	41	Joe Hodge (5)
2 Sep 2026	Scottish Premiership	Dundee United	Home	3-0	18	18	36	Tawanda Maswanhise (3)
30 Aug 2026	Scottish Premiership	St. Mirren	Away	3-3	17	20	37	Tom Sparrow (4)
27 Aug 2026	Europa Conference League	SC Freiburg	Away	4-1	8	12	20	Olly Whyte (2)
20 Aug 2026	Europa Conference League	SC Freiburg	Home	1-3	18	23	41	Ibrahim Said (5)
13 Aug 2026	Europa Conference League	HJK	Home	2-0	0	0	0
9 Aug 2026	Scottish Premiership	Falkirk	Home	0-0	17	16	33	Tom Sparrow (3)
6 Aug 2026	Europa Conference League	HJK	Away	1-1	0	0	0

Motherwell tackles 2026/2027: last 10 games

Tackles for per game: 14.5
Tackles against per game: 18.25
Match total tackles per game: 32.75
Games: 8
League rank for match tackles: 7 of 12

Motherwell 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	4	15.5	75%	75%	75%	0%	0%
Away	4	13.5	50%	50%	50%	0%	0%
Overall	8	14.5	63%	63%	63%	0%	0%

Motherwell 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	4	18.25	100%	100%	50%	25%	25%
Away	4	18.25	75%	75%	75%	50%	25%
Overall	8	18.25	88%	88%	63%	38%	25%

Motherwell 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	4	33.75	75%	75%	75%	50%	25%
Away	4	31.75	75%	50%	50%	50%	25%
Overall	8	32.75	75%	63%	63%	50%	25%

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

Team tackles	Overall	Home	Away
Tackles / match	14.5	15.5	13.5
Tackles over 12.5	63%	75%	50%
Tackles over 14.5	63%	75%	50%
Tackles over 16.5	63%	75%	50%
Tackles over 18.5	0%	0%	0%
Tackles over 20.5	0%	0%	0%

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

Tackles against	Overall	Home	Away
Tackles against / match	18.25	18.25	18.25
Tackles against over 12.5	88%	100%	75%
Tackles against over 14.5	88%	100%	75%
Tackles against over 16.5	63%	50%	75%
Tackles against over 18.5	38%	25%	50%
Tackles against over 20.5	25%	25%	25%

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

Match tackles	Overall	Home	Away
Match tackles / match	32.75	33.75	31.75
Match tackles over 26.5	75%	75%	75%
Match tackles over 30.5	63%	75%	50%
Match tackles over 32.5	63%	75%	50%
Match tackles over 34.5	50%	50%	50%
Match tackles over 38.5	25%	25%	25%

Motherwell tackles match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Tackles for	Tackles against	Match total	1st-half total
19 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Dundee (A)	2-1	12	17	29	-
15 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen (H)	0-4	9	16	25	-
5 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Rangers (A)	1-0	17	24	41	-
2 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Dundee Utd (H)	3-0	18	18	36	-
30 Aug	Scottish Premiership	St. Mirren (A)	3-3	17	20	37	-
27 Aug	Europa Conference League	Freiburg (A)	4-1	8	12	20	-
20 Aug	Europa Conference League	Freiburg (H)	1-3	18	23	41	-
9 Aug	Scottish Premiership	Falkirk (H)	0-0	17	16	33	-

Scottish Premiership 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	St. Mirren	7	20.86	20.43	41.29	100%
2	Hearts	7	17.14	20.14	37.29	86%
3	Rangers	7	17.57	19	36.57	71%
4	Dundee United	7	18.29	15.86	34.14	71%
5	Kilmarnock	7	15.14	18.57	33.71	43%
6	Falkirk	7	17.29	16.29	33.57	57%
7	Motherwell	7	14.71	18.86	33.57	71%
8	Hibernian	7	17.86	15.57	33.43	57%
9	Aberdeen	7	19.71	13.57	33.29	57%
10	Celtic	7	16	16.86	32.86	29%
11	Dundee	7	14.43	15.43	29.86	29%
12	St. Johnstone	7	13.57	12	25.57	14%

Motherwell 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	23	15.3	21.52	36.83	74%
Vs top half	23	15.3	21.52	36.83	74%
Vs bottom half	22	13.55	19.32	32.86	59%
Vs bottom six	22	13.55	19.32	32.86	59%

Motherwell tackles per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 32.5 %
Scottish Premiership	2026/2027	7	14.71	18.86	33.57	71%
Europa Conference League	2026/2027	2	13	17.5	30.5	50%
Scottish Premiership	2025/2026	38	14.39	20.74	35.13	66%
Scottish Premiership	2024/2025	38	16.34	15.18	31.53	45%

Motherwell 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 11:00	Celtic (home)	32.86	16	16.86	32.67	14.67	18
Sat 17 Oct 14:00	Kilmarnock (away)	33.71	15.14	18.57	36.75	17	19.75
Sun 25 Oct 14:00	Hearts (home)	37.29	17.14	20.14	36.75	17.5	19.25

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Tom Sparrow	midfielder	8	11	73%
2	Lukas Fadinger	midfielder	8	13	62%
3	Joe Hodge	midfielder	7	7	100%
4	Martin Moormann	defender	6	12	50%
5	Tawanda Maswanhise	attacker	6	12	50%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Tom Sparrow	midfielder	6	11	55%
2	Ibrahim Said	attacker	5	11	45%
3	Lukas Fadinger	midfielder	5	13	38%
4	Tawanda Maswanhise	attacker	4	12	33%
5	Joe Hodge	midfielder	3	7	43%

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

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Ibrahim Said	attacker	3	11	27%
2	Lukas Fadinger	midfielder	3	13	23%
3	Joe Hodge	midfielder	2	7	29%
4	Tom Sparrow	midfielder	2	11	18%
5	Tawanda Maswanhise	attacker	2	12	17%

Celtic tackles match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Tackles for	Tackles against	Match total	1st-half total
20 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Rangers (H)	0-1	27	19	46	-
17 Sep	Europa League	Ferencvárosi (H)	1-3	18	9	27	-
9 Sep	Scottish Premiership	St. Johnstone (A)	0-1	9	10	19	-
5 Sep	Scottish Premiership	St. Mirren (A)	1-2	19	28	47	-
2 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen (H)	3-0	14	18	32	-
29 Aug	Scottish Premiership	Falkirk (H)	2-1	13	15	28	-
25 Aug	Champions League	LASK Linz (A)	5-1	20	20	40	-
19 Aug	Champions League	LASK Linz (H)	3-0	12	17	29	-
9 Aug	Scottish Premiership	Kilmarnock (A)	1-5	16	16	32	-
3 Aug	Scottish Premiership	Dundee (H)	1-0	14	12	26	-