Benfica are averaging 13.7 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 27.2 total tackles on average. That puts them 1st of 18 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 Marítimo, and a full match-by-match log.
Samuel Dahl leads with 17 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (1.89/g, 67% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Benfica player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Benfica are averaging 13.7 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 13.5 for a match-total of 27.2. That ranks 1st of 18 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 34.25 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1 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 Marítimo, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Benfica's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Benfica 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| António Silva | defender | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Nicolás Otamendi | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Miguel Figueiredo | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| João Palhinha | midfielder | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| José Neto | defender | 1 | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| Tomás Araújo | defender | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 88% |
| Richard Ríos | midfielder | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 83% |
| Enzo Barrenechea | midfielder | 9 | 15 | 1.67 | 78% |
| Alexander Bah | defender | 9 | 13 | 1.44 | 67% |
| Samuel Dahl | defender | 9 | 17 | 1.89 | 67% |
| Clément Lenglet | defender | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 67% |
| Manu Silva | midfielder | 3 | 9 | 3 | 67% |
| Gianluca Prestianni | attacker | 8 | 8 | 1 | 63% |
| Andreas Schjelderup | attacker | 7 | 7 | 1 | 57% |
| Leandro Barreiro | midfielder | 9 | 9 | 1 | 56% |
| Georgiy Sudakov | midfielder | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 56% |
| Amar Dedić | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Jakub Kamiński | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Rafa Silva | attacker | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 44% |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | attacker | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 33% |
| Jhon Durán | attacker | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Samuel Soares | goalkeeper | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Anatoliy Trubin | goalkeeper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dodi Lukébakio | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Fredrik Aursnes | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2026 | Estoril | Home | 2-1 | 15 | 16 | 31 | Alexander Bah (3) |
| 27 Aug 2026 | AGF | Away | 1-3 | 12 | 15 | 27 | Georgiy Sudakov (3) |
| 20 Aug 2026 | AGF | Home | 3-1 | 14 | 7 | 21 | Richard Ríos (3) |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Casa Pia | Away | 0-7 | 13 | 14 | 27 | Enzo Barrenechea (4) |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Hearts | Away | 1-1 | 20 | 10 | 30 | Manu Silva (6) |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Academico Viseu | Home | 2-2 | 13 | 8 | 21 | Leandro Barreiro (3) |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Hearts | Home | 6-1 | 10 | 15 | 25 | Samuel Dahl (3) |
| 30 Jul 2026 | St. Gallen | Home | 5-0 | 8 | 10 | 18 | António Silva (2) |
| 23 Jul 2026 | St. Gallen | Away | 2-1 | 16 | 24 | 40 | Alexander Bah (3) |
| 16 May 2026 | Estoril | Away | 1-3 | 16 | 16 | 32 | Samuel Dahl (4) |