Belgium are averaging 13.8 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 30.7 total tackles on average. Below you'll find player tackle-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Italy, and a full match-by-match log.
Timothy Castagne leads with 19 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (2.11/g, 67% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Belgium player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Belgium are averaging 13.8 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 16.9 for a match-total of 30.7. They average 27.6 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 0.71 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 Italy, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Belgium's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Saelemaekers | midfielder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| Diego Moreira | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Matías Fernández-Pardo | attacker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Youri Tielemans | midfielder | 9 | 15 | 1.67 | 89% |
| Nicolas Raskin | midfielder | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 75% |
| Nathan Ngoy | defender | 8 | 8 | 1 | 75% |
| Maxim De Cuyper | defender | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 67% |
| Charles De Ketelaere | midfielder | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 67% |
| Timothy Castagne | defender | 9 | 19 | 2.11 | 67% |
| Joaquin Seys | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Koni De Winter | defender | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Leandro Trossard | attacker | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 57% |
| Thomas Meunier | defender | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 57% |
| Brandon Mechele | defender | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 56% |
| Kevin De Bruyne | midfielder | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 56% |
| Jérémy Doku | attacker | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 56% |
| Amadou Onana | midfielder | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Dodi Lukébakio | attacker | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Arthur Theate | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Axel Witsel | midfielder | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Hans Vanaken | midfielder | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 29% |
| Thibaut Courtois | goalkeeper | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Romelu Lukaku | attacker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Senne Lammens | goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Zeno Debast | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jul 2026 | Spain | Away | 2-1 | 10 | 11 | 21 | Brandon Mechele (2) |
| 7 Jul 2026 | United States | Away | 1-4 | 23 | 21 | 44 | Maxim De Cuyper (4) |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Senegal | Home | 3-2 | 12 | 12 | 24 | Timothy Castagne (5) |
| 27 Jun 2026 | New Zealand | Away | 1-5 | 13 | 10 | 23 | Charles De Ketelaere (2) |
| 21 Jun 2026 | Iran | Home | 0-0 | 11 | 20 | 31 | Youri Tielemans (2) |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Egypt | Home | 1-1 | 16 | 28 | 44 | Timothy Castagne (4) |
| 6 Jun 2026 | Tunisia | Home | 5-0 | 19 | 16 | 35 | Timothy Castagne (5) |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Croatia | Away | 0-2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | Amadou Onana (2) |
| 1 Apr 2026 | Mexico | Away | 1-1 | 12 | 20 | 32 | Maxim De Cuyper (2) |
| 28 Mar 2026 | United States | Away | 2-5 | 14 | 15 | 29 | Thomas Meunier (3) |