Birmingham are averaging 14.2 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 28.8 total tackles on average. That puts them 6th of 24 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 S'oton, and a full match-by-match log.
Bright Osayi-Samuel leads with 25 tackles across 10 qualifying appearances (2.5/g, 80% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Birmingham player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Birmingham are averaging 14.2 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 14.6 for a match-total of 28.8. That ranks 6th of 24 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 12.91 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.1 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 S'oton, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Birmingham's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Birmingham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Neumann | defender | 9 | 14 | 1.56 | 100% |
| Lee Buchanan | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Dael Fry | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Kristoffer Lund | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Luis Vázquez | attacker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Jhon Solís | midfielder | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 89% |
| Jay Stansfield | attacker | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 89% |
| Bright Osayi-Samuel | defender | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 80% |
| Kai Wagner | defender | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 80% |
| Alex Cochrane | defender | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 80% |
| Ibrahim Osman | attacker | 4 | 8 | 2 | 75% |
| Ethan Laird | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 75% |
| Christoph Klarer | defender | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 70% |
| Carlos Vicente | attacker | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 70% |
| Tomoki Iwata | midfielder | 9 | 13 | 1.44 | 67% |
| Seung-ho Paik | midfielder | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 63% |
| Tommy Doyle | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Patrick Roberts | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| August Priske | attacker | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Demarai Gray | attacker | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 29% |
| James Beadle | goalkeeper | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Marvin Ducksch | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ryan Allsop | goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Kanya Fujimoto | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2026 | Wrexham | Away | 1-2 | 12 | 7 | 19 | Bright Osayi-Samuel (3) |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Brentford | Home | 1-6 | 21 | 12 | 33 | Carlos Vicente (3) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Bristol City | Home | 2-2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | Tomoki Iwata (2) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Sheffield United | Away | 0-0 | 19 | 11 | 30 | Bright Osayi-Samuel (4) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Swansea City | Away | 0-1 | 13 | 21 | 34 | Jhon Solís (3) |
| 2 May 2026 | Portsmouth | Away | 1-1 | 15 | 18 | 33 | Bright Osayi-Samuel (5) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Bristol City | Home | 2-1 | 13 | 13 | 26 | Phil Neumann (3) |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Preston North End | Home | 2-1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | Tomoki Iwata (2) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Hull City | Away | 1-1 | 20 | 26 | 46 | Tomoki Iwata (4) |
| 12 Apr 2026 | Wrexham | Home | 2-0 | 13 | 15 | 28 | Bright Osayi-Samuel (3) |