Chelsea are averaging 15.3 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 30.2 total tackles on average. That puts them 10th of 20 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 Arsenal, and a full match-by-match log.
Malo Gusto leads with 15 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (1.67/g, 78% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Chelsea player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Chelsea are averaging 15.3 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 14.9 for a match-total of 30.2. That ranks 10th of 20 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 9.56 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.6 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 Arsenal, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Chelsea's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Chelsea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrey Santos | midfielder | 4 | 12 | 3 | 100% |
| Josh Acheampong | defender | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 100% |
| Maxence Lacroix | defender | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 100% |
| Jesse Derry | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Valentín Barco | midfielder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Danny Welbeck | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Estêvão | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Marc Cucurella | defender | 7 | 11 | 1.57 | 86% |
| Levi Colwill | defender | 6 | 6 | 1 | 83% |
| Malo Gusto | defender | 9 | 15 | 1.67 | 78% |
| Enzo Fernández | midfielder | 8 | 10 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Jorrel Hato | defender | 8 | 14 | 1.75 | 75% |
| Moisés Caicedo | midfielder | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 71% |
| Morgan Rogers | midfielder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Cole Palmer | midfielder | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 63% |
| Pedro Neto | attacker | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 50% |
| Roméo Lavia | midfielder | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 50% |
| Reece James | defender | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Alejandro Garnacho | attacker | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 50% |
| Tosin Adarabioyo | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| João Pedro | attacker | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 43% |
| Liam Delap | attacker | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Trevoh Chalobah | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Wesley Fofana | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 17% |
| Robert Sánchez | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Home | 4-3 | 11 | 9 | 20 | Cole Palmer (2) |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Luton Town | Home | 2-0 | 15 | 16 | 31 | Malo Gusto (3) |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Fulham | Away | 2-3 | 23 | 19 | 42 | Maxence Lacroix (5) |
| 24 May 2026 | Sunderland | Away | 2-1 | 7 | 18 | 25 | Marc Cucurella (2) |
| 19 May 2026 | Tottenham Hotspur | Home | 2-1 | 20 | 13 | 33 | Andrey Santos (5) |
| 16 May 2026 | Manchester City | Home | 0-1 | 15 | 7 | 22 | Enzo Fernández (3) |
| 9 May 2026 | Liverpool | Away | 1-1 | 20 | 10 | 30 | Jorrel Hato (4) |
| 4 May 2026 | Nottingham Forest | Home | 1-3 | 14 | 22 | 36 | Moisés Caicedo (3) |
| 26 Apr 2026 | Leeds United | Home | 1-0 | 21 | 21 | 42 | Alejandro Garnacho (5) |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Away | 3-0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | Jorrel Hato (4) |