Bulgaria are averaging 9.5 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 15.9 total tackles on average. Below you'll find player tackle-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Luxembourg, and a full match-by-match log.
Marin Petkov leads with 10 tackles across 8 qualifying appearances (1.25/g, 63% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Bulgaria player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Bulgaria are averaging 9.5 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 6.4 for a match-total of 15.9. They average 5 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 3.17 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 Luxembourg, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Bulgaria's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Bulgaria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabian Nürnberger | midfielder | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Anton Nedyalkov | defender | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 100% |
| Atanas Chernev | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Georgi Milanov | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Viktor Popov | midfielder | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Stanislav Shopov | midfielder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Ilia Gruev | midfielder | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 80% |
| Radoslav Kirilov | attacker | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Martin Georgiev | defender | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 75% |
| Ivaylo Chochev | midfielder | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Georgi Rusev | attacker | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Kristiyan Stoyanov | midfielder | 3 | 6 | 2 | 67% |
| Petko Hristov | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Marin Petkov | attacker | 8 | 10 | 1.25 | 63% |
| Filip Krastev | midfielder | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 60% |
| Andrian Kraev | midfielder | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Aleksandar Kolev | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Nikolay Minkov | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Rosen Bozhinov | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Svetoslav Vutsov | goalkeeper | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Ivan Turitsov | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Zdravko Dimitrov | attacker | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 29% |
| Hristiyan Petrov | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 25% |
| Kiril Despodov | attacker | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Martin Yankov | attacker | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 25% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jun 2026 | Moldova | Away | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Montenegro | Home | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 Mar 2026 | Indonesia | Away | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 Mar 2026 | Solomon Islands | Away | 2-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Georgia | Home | 2-1 | 23 | 11 | 34 | Filip Krastev (6) |
| 15 Nov 2025 | Turkey | Away | 2-0 | 11 | 22 | 33 | Georgi Rusev (2) |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Spain | Away | 4-0 | 11 | 8 | 19 | Martin Yankov (3) |
| 11 Oct 2025 | Turkey | Home | 1-6 | 21 | 9 | 30 | Viktor Popov (3) |
| 7 Sep 2025 | Georgia | Away | 3-0 | 12 | 9 | 21 | Ilia Gruev (2) |
| 4 Sep 2025 | Spain | Home | 0-3 | 17 | 5 | 22 | Anton Nedyalkov (4) |