Azerbaijan are averaging 11.1 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 19.2 total tackles on average. Below you'll find player tackle-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Tajikistan, and a full match-by-match log.
Abdulakh Khaybulayev leads with 21 tackles across 6 qualifying appearances (3.5/g, 83% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Azerbaijan player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Azerbaijan are averaging 11.1 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 8.1 for a match-total of 19.2. They average 12.33 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.8 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 Tajikistan, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Azerbaijan's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Azerbaijan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceyhun Nuriyev | midfielder | 3 | 6 | 2 | 100% |
| Sabuhi Abdullazada | midfielder | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Ismayil Ibrahimli | midfielder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Anton Kryvotsiuk | defender | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 83% |
| Abdulakh Khaybulayev | midfielder | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 83% |
| Emin Mahmudov | midfielder | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 75% |
| Abbas Hüseynov | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Bahlul Mustafazada | defender | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 67% |
| Elvin Badalov | defender | 8 | 10 | 1.25 | 63% |
| Renat Dadashov | attacker | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Nariman Akhundzada | attacker | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Qismat Aliyev | defender | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Toral Bayramov | defender | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 33% |
| Rahman Dashdamirov | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Mahir Emreli | attacker | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Khayal Aliyev | attacker | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Musa Qurbanly | attacker | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 20% |
| Elvin Cafarquliyev | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 17% |
| Şahruddin Məhəmmədəliyev | goalkeeper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aydyn Bayramov | goalkeeper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Rustam Ahmadzada | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Anatoliy Nuriyev | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Emil Safarov | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Badavi Hüseynov | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ozan Kökcü | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 2026 | San Marino | Home | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 Jun 2026 | Malta | Home | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 Mar 2026 | Sierra Leone | Home | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 Mar 2026 | St. Lucia | Home | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 Nov 2025 | France | Home | 1-3 | 24 | 18 | 42 | Bahlul Mustafazada (4) |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Iceland | Home | 0-2 | 20 | 13 | 33 | Emin Mahmudov (5) |
| 13 Oct 2025 | Ukraine | Away | 2-1 | 15 | 17 | 32 | Emin Mahmudov (6) |
| 10 Oct 2025 | France | Away | 3-0 | 27 | 9 | 36 | Abdulakh Khaybulayev (8) |
| 9 Sep 2025 | Ukraine | Home | 1-1 | 13 | 19 | 32 | Emin Mahmudov (3) |
| 5 Sep 2025 | Iceland | Away | 5-0 | 12 | 5 | 17 | Sabuhi Abdullazada (3) |