Chicago Fire are averaging 15.5 tackles per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 31.4 total tackles on average. That puts them 7th of 30 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 Toronto, and a full match-by-match log.
Philip Zinckernagel leads with 19 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (2.11/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Chicago Fire player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Chicago Fire are averaging 15.5 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 15.9 for a match-total of 31.4. That ranks 7th of 30 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 22.14 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 0.7 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 Toronto, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Chicago Fire's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Chicago Fire fixtures in the active window for 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Zinckernagel | attacker | 9 | 19 | 2.11 | 100% |
| Leonardo Barroso | defender | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 100% |
| Hugo Cuypers | attacker | 3 | 6 | 2 | 100% |
| David Poreba | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Djé D'Avilla | midfielder | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 88% |
| Anton Salétros | midfielder | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 88% |
| Jonathan Bamba | attacker | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 86% |
| Jonathan Dean | defender | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 86% |
| Andrew Gutman | defender | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 75% |
| Viktor Radojević | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Joel Waterman | defender | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 71% |
| Robin Lod | midfielder | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 70% |
| Jack Elliott | defender | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 67% |
| Mauricio Pineda | defender | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 67% |
| Mbekezeli Mbokazi | defender | 3 | 9 | 3 | 67% |
| Sam Rogers | defender | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Maren Haile-Selassie | midfielder | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 44% |
| P. Dithejane | attacker | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Robert Lewandowski | attacker | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Chris Brady | goalkeeper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Chris Mueller | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sam Williams | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Seattle Sounders | Away | 2-2 | 10 | 16 | 26 | Sam Rogers (2) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | New York RB | Away | 1-1 | 18 | 19 | 37 | Robin Lod (5) |
| 19 Aug 2026 | Orlando City | Away | 1-2 | 13 | 13 | 26 | Jack Elliott (2) |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Portland Timbers | Home | 2-1 | 17 | 13 | 30 | Leonardo Barroso (4) |
| 2 Aug 2026 | Charlotte | Home | 2-1 | 18 | 8 | 26 | Leonardo Barroso (5) |
| 25 Jul 2026 | New York City | Away | 3-1 | 21 | 22 | 43 | Philip Zinckernagel (4) |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Inter Miami | Away | 3-2 | 13 | 13 | 26 | Philip Zinckernagel (4) |
| 24 May 2026 | Toronto | Home | 2-1 | 17 | 18 | 35 | Mbekezeli Mbokazi (3) |
| 16 May 2026 | CF Montréal | Away | 0-2 | 20 | 16 | 36 | Mbekezeli Mbokazi (6) |
| 13 May 2026 | DC United | Away | 1-3 | 8 | 21 | 29 | Andrew Gutman (2) |