Bristol Rovers are averaging 17.1 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 32.5 total tackles on average. That puts them 16th 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 Colchester, and a full match-by-match log.
Shaqai Forde leads with 18 tackles across 10 qualifying appearances (1.8/g, 90% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Bristol Rovers player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Bristol Rovers are averaging 17.1 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 15.4 for a match-total of 32.5. That ranks 16th of 24 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 11.4 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.5 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 Colchester, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Bristol Rovers's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Bristol Rovers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Mola | defender | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 100% |
| Joel Senior | defender | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 100% |
| R. De Havilland | midfielder | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 100% |
| Promise Omochere | attacker | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 100% |
| Keenan Gough | midfielder | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 100% |
| Mees Rijks | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Kane Thompson-Sommers | midfielder | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 100% |
| Thomas James | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| J. Aitchison | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Shaqai Forde | attacker | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 90% |
| Riley Harbottle | defender | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 90% |
| Richard Smallwood | midfielder | 7 | 17 | 2.43 | 86% |
| Jack Sparkes | defender | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 83% |
| Tommy Leigh | midfielder | 10 | 10 | 1 | 70% |
| B. Purrington | defender | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 67% |
| Kofi Balmer | defender | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 60% |
| Yusuf Akhamrich | attacker | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| A. Kilgour | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Josh McEachran | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Macauley Southam | defender | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| Ellis Harrison | attacker | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Joe Quigley | attacker | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Tom Lockyer | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Bobby Kamwa | attacker | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Crawley Town | Away | 0-2 | 22 | 13 | 35 | Richard Smallwood (6) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Newport County | Home | 5-3 | 7 | 20 | 27 | Keenan Gough (2) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | York City | Away | 3-2 | 10 | 12 | 22 | Jack Sparkes (2) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Peterborough United | Home | 0-1 | 30 | 16 | 46 | B. Purrington (7) |
| 2 May 2026 | Notts County | Away | 1-1 | 17 | 17 | 34 | Kofi Balmer (3) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Cheltenham Town | Home | 4-0 | 16 | 16 | 32 | Jack Sparkes (3) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Tranmere Rovers | Away | 1-2 | 25 | 20 | 45 | Jack Sparkes (4) |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Crawley Town | Home | 3-1 | 15 | 11 | 26 | Joel Senior (3) |
| 6 Apr 2026 | Harrogate Town | Away | 2-3 | 18 | 15 | 33 | Joel Senior (3) |
| 3 Apr 2026 | Fleetwood Town | Home | 1-0 | 11 | 14 | 25 | Kane Thompson-Sommers (2) |