Villa are averaging 14.9 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 30.8 total tackles on average. That puts them 14th 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 Club Brugge, and a full match-by-match log.
Matty Cash leads with 18 tackles across 10 qualifying appearances (1.8/g, 60% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Villa player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Villa are averaging 14.9 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 15.9 for a match-total of 30.8. That ranks 14th of 20 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 10.64 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.4 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 Club Brugge, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Villa's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Villa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youri Tielemans | midfielder | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 100% |
| Lucas Digne | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| Boubacar Kamara | midfielder | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 100% |
| George Lawrence Hemmings | midfielder | 3 | 6 | 2 | 100% |
| Jadon Sancho | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Andrés García | defender | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Douglas Luiz | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Leon Bailey | attacker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| João Gomes | midfielder | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Emiliano Buendía | midfielder | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 88% |
| Ian Maatsen | defender | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 83% |
| Morgan Rogers | midfielder | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 83% |
| John McGinn | midfielder | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 75% |
| Pau Torres | defender | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Lamare Bogarde | midfielder | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 67% |
| Matty Cash | defender | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 60% |
| Ezri Konsa | defender | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 60% |
| Ross Barkley | midfielder | 7 | 7 | 1 | 57% |
| Tyrone Mings | defender | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Amadou Onana | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Victor Lindelöf | defender | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 44% |
| Ollie Watkins | attacker | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 29% |
| Emiliano Martínez | goalkeeper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Marco Bizot | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Zion Suzuki | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sep 2026 | Hull City | Away | 0-0 | 7 | 17 | 24 | John McGinn (2) |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Arsenal | Home | 0-1 | 20 | 13 | 33 | Matty Cash (4) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Away | 4-0 | 19 | 21 | 40 | João Gomes (4) |
| 24 May 2026 | Manchester City | Away | 1-2 | 28 | 10 | 38 | Emiliano Buendía (8) |
| 20 May 2026 | SC Freiburg | Away | 0-3 | 10 | 15 | 25 | John McGinn (2) |
| 15 May 2026 | Liverpool | Home | 4-2 | 11 | 8 | 19 | Matty Cash (2) |
| 10 May 2026 | Burnley | Away | 2-2 | 13 | 21 | 34 | Ian Maatsen (3) |
| 7 May 2026 | Nottingham Forest | Home | 4-0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | Youri Tielemans (2) |
| 3 May 2026 | Tottenham Hotspur | Home | 1-2 | 19 | 23 | 42 | Matty Cash (7) |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Nottingham Forest | Away | 1-0 | 15 | 17 | 32 | Emiliano Buendía (3) |