Arsenal are averaging 12.9 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 28.3 total tackles on average. That puts them 17th of 20 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 Villa, and a full match-by-match log.
Declan Rice leads with 20 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (2.22/g, 78% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Arsenal player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Arsenal are averaging 12.9 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 15.4 for a match-total of 28.3. That ranks 17th of 20 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 8.6 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.67 take-ons/g).
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 Villa, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Arsenal's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Arsenal 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.
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.
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.
| Player | Position | Apps | Tackles | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Nørgaard | midfielder | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Jurriën Timber | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Christos Tzolis | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Cristhian Mosquera | defender | 6 | 12 | 2 | 83% |
| Piero Hincapié | defender | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 83% |
| Declan Rice | midfielder | 9 | 20 | 2.22 | 78% |
| Martín Zubimendi | midfielder | 8 | 13 | 1.63 | 75% |
| Gabriel Magalhães | defender | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 70% |
| Martin Ødegaard | midfielder | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 63% |
| Gabriel Martinelli | attacker | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 60% |
| Bukayo Saka | attacker | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 57% |
| William Saliba | defender | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 50% |
| Ben White | defender | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Riccardo Calafiori | defender | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | defender | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| Noni Madueke | attacker | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 38% |
| Leandro Trossard | attacker | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 33% |
| Kai Havertz | attacker | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 29% |
| Eberechi Eze | midfielder | 8 | 2 | 0.25 | 25% |
| David Raya | goalkeeper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Viktor Gyökeres | attacker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Gabriel Jesus | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Kepa Arrizabalaga | goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mikel Merino | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Max Dowman | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2026 | Coventry City | Home | 3-0 | 9 | 4 | 13 | Martin Ødegaard (3) |
| 30 May 2026 | Paris Saint Germain | Away | 1-1 | 18 | 11 | 29 | Piero Hincapié (4) |
| 24 May 2026 | Crystal Palace | Away | 1-2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | Christian Nørgaard (3) |
| 18 May 2026 | Burnley | Home | 1-0 | 17 | 21 | 38 | Bukayo Saka (5) |
| 10 May 2026 | West Ham United | Away | 0-1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | William Saliba (2) |
| 5 May 2026 | Atlético Madrid | Home | 1-0 | 18 | 21 | 39 | Leandro Trossard (4) |
| 2 May 2026 | Fulham | Home | 3-0 | 6 | 22 | 28 | Myles Lewis-Skelly (2) |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Atlético Madrid | Away | 1-1 | 9 | 21 | 30 | Piero Hincapié (2) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Newcastle United | Home | 1-0 | 15 | 14 | 29 | Piero Hincapié (5) |
| 19 Apr 2026 | Manchester City | Away | 2-1 | 22 | 12 | 34 | Martín Zubimendi (4) |