Excelsior Tackles Stats 2026/2027

Excelsior Tackles Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Excelsior are averaging 14.1 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 27.7 total tackles on average. That puts them 12th of 18 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 Fortuna, and a full match-by-match log.

Excelsior Tackles Questions

Which Excelsior players make the most tackles?

Jan Plug leads with 20 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (2.22/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Excelsior player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.

How does Excelsior's tackle profile look this season?

Excelsior are averaging 14.1 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 13.6 for a match-total of 27.7. That ranks 12th of 18 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 7.83 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 2 take-ons/g).

How is the tackle matchup read calculated?

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 Fortuna, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Excelsior's defenders.

Where do these tackle stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Excelsior 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.

What counts as a qualifying appearance?

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.

Do tackles count attempted or only successful?

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.

Excelsior player tackles rates

Player	Position	Apps	Tackles	Per game	1+ hit rate
Jan Plug	defender	9	20	2.22	100%
Kasey Bos	defender	4	7	1.75	100%
Noah Naujoks	midfielder	2	4	2	100%
Gyan de Regt	attacker	2	2	1	100%
Nolan Martens	defender	2	2	1	100%
Arthur Zagré	defender	1	1	1	100%
Rick Meissen	defender	10	15	1.5	90%
Eric da Silva Moreira	defender	7	10	1.43	86%
Irakli Yegoian	midfielder	10	18	1.8	80%
Lennard Hartjes	midfielder	10	14	1.4	70%
Simon Janssen	defender	9	12	1.33	67%
Valentin Sulzbacher	midfielder	3	2	0.67	67%
Nesto Groen	attacker	3	2	0.67	67%
Aymen Sliti	attacker	8	5	0.63	63%
Ilano Silva Timas	attacker	5	6	1.2	60%
Daniel van Vianen	midfielder	5	3	0.6	60%
Osman Turay	defender	2	2	1	50%
Casper Widell	defender	9	6	0.67	44%
Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson	midfielder	7	4	0.57	43%
Mario Dominguez	attacker	3	1	0.33	33%
David Garden	attacker	9	1	0.11	11%
Stijn van Gassel	goalkeeper	10	0	0	0%
Ilias Bronkhorst	defender	1	0	0	0%
Lewis Schouten	defender	1	0	0	0%
Mike van Duinen	attacker	1	0	0	0%

Excelsior tackles match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team tackles	Opposition tackles	Match total	Top player
16 Oct 2026	Eredivisie	SC Heerenveen	Away	4-0	14	10	24	Irakli Yegoian (3)
11 Oct 2026	Eredivisie	FC Groningen	Home	1-5	13	13	26	Jan Plug (3)
19 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Ajax	Away	2-2	10	11	21	Simon Janssen (3)
13 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht	Home	1-2	12	6	18	Rick Meissen (2)
8 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	NEC Nijmegen	Away	2-2	27	21	48	Jan Plug (5)
5 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Willem II	Away	0-3	9	11	20	Jan Plug (2)
29 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	Sparta Rotterdam	Home	2-1	10	13	23	Rick Meissen (2)
15 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	PSV	Home	1-2	16	18	34	Irakli Yegoian (4)
7 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	SC Cambuur	Away	0-4	19	21	40	Simon Janssen (5)
17 May 2026	Eredivisie	Sparta Rotterdam	Away	2-3	11	12	23	Lennard Hartjes (3)

Excelsior tackles 2026/2027: last 10 games

Tackles for per game: 14.1
Tackles against per game: 13.6
Match total tackles per game: 27.7
Games: 10
League rank for match tackles: 12 of 18

Excelsior Tackles for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 12.5 %	Over 14.5 %	Over 16.5 %	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %
Home	4	12.75	50%	25%	0%	0%	0%
Away	6	15	50%	33%	33%	33%	17%
Overall	10	14.1	50%	30%	20%	20%	10%

Excelsior Tackles against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 12.5 %	Over 14.5 %	Over 16.5 %	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %
Home	4	12.5	75%	25%	25%	0%	0%
Away	6	14.33	33%	33%	33%	33%	33%
Overall	10	13.6	50%	30%	30%	20%	20%

Excelsior Match total 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 26.5 %	Over 30.5 %	Over 32.5 %	Over 34.5 %	Over 38.5 %
Home	4	25.25	25%	25%	25%	0%	0%
Away	6	29.33	33%	33%	33%	33%	33%
Overall	10	27.7	30%	30%	30%	20%	20%

Excelsior Team tackles 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team tackles	Overall	Home	Away
Tackles / match	14.1	12.75	15
Tackles over 12.5	50%	50%	50%
Tackles over 14.5	30%	25%	33%
Tackles over 16.5	20%	0%	33%
Tackles over 18.5	20%	0%	33%
Tackles over 20.5	10%	0%	17%

Excelsior Tackles against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Tackles against	Overall	Home	Away
Tackles against / match	13.6	12.5	14.33
Tackles against over 12.5	50%	75%	33%
Tackles against over 14.5	30%	25%	33%
Tackles against over 16.5	30%	25%	33%
Tackles against over 18.5	20%	0%	33%
Tackles against over 20.5	20%	0%	33%

Excelsior Match tackles 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match tackles	Overall	Home	Away
Match tackles / match	27.7	25.25	29.33
Match tackles over 26.5	30%	25%	33%
Match tackles over 30.5	30%	25%	33%
Match tackles over 32.5	30%	25%	33%
Match tackles over 34.5	20%	0%	33%
Match tackles over 38.5	20%	0%	33%

Excelsior tackles match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Tackles for	Tackles against	Match total	1st-half total
16 Oct	Eredivisie	Heerenveen (A)	4-0	14	10	24	-
11 Oct	Eredivisie	FC Groningen (H)	1-5	13	13	26	-
19 Sep	Eredivisie	Ajax (A)	2-2	10	11	21	-
13 Sep	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht (H)	1-2	12	6	18	-
8 Sep	Eredivisie	NEC Nijmegen (A)	2-2	27	21	48	-
5 Sep	Eredivisie	Willem II (A)	0-3	9	11	20	-
29 Aug	Eredivisie	Sparta (H)	2-1	10	13	23	-
15 Aug	Eredivisie	PSV (H)	1-2	16	18	34	-
7 Aug	Eredivisie	SC Cambuur (A)	0-4	19	21	40	-
17 May	Eredivisie	Sparta (A)	2-3	11	12	23	-

Eredivisie tackles table 2026/2027: every team's tackles per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 32.5 %
1	SC Cambuur	9	18	17.78	35.78	78%
2	NEC Nijmegen	9	16.33	18.56	34.89	67%
3	AZ	9	17.67	17.11	34.78	67%
4	PSV	9	16.67	17.78	34.44	44%
5	Feyenoord	9	15	18	33	44%
6	PEC Zwolle	9	17.56	13.67	31.22	44%
7	Sparta Rotterdam	9	16.67	14.11	30.78	22%
8	Telstar	9	14.22	15.56	29.78	56%
9	ADO Den Haag	9	18.44	11	29.44	22%
10	FC Utrecht	9	15.78	13.67	29.44	22%
11	Ajax	9	13.56	15.78	29.33	33%
12	Excelsior	9	14.44	13.78	28.22	33%
13	FC Groningen	9	14.33	13.78	28.11	22%
14	FC Twente	9	12.44	14.78	27.22	22%
15	SC Heerenveen	9	11.67	15.44	27.11	11%
16	Willem II	9	14	12.44	26.44	0%
17	Fortuna Sittard	9	12.67	12.78	25.44	22%
18	Go Ahead Eagles	9	10.89	14.33	25.22	11%

Excelsior tackles against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026/2027

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 32.5 %
Vs top six	14	16.64	16.93	33.57	50%
Vs top half	22	15.41	15.95	31.36	36%
Vs bottom half	21	13.05	13.43	26.48	19%
Vs bottom six	13	12.62	12.85	25.46	8%

Excelsior tackles per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 32.5 %
Eredivisie	2026/2027	9	14.44	13.78	28.22	33%
Eredivisie	2025/2026	34	14.21	14.97	29.18	26%
Eredivisie	2023/2024	34	18.44	16.62	35.06	62%

Excelsior next three opponents: tackles per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their tackles for	Their tackles against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sun 25 Oct 11:15	Fortuna (away)	25.44	12.67	12.78	25.5	13.75	11.75
Sun 1 Nov 13:30	FC Twente (home)	27.22	12.44	14.78	28.75	12.75	16
Sat 7 Nov 20:00	GA Eagles (home)	25.22	10.89	14.33	26.8	12.4	14.4

Excelsior players with the most games of 1+ tackles 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Jan Plug	defender	9	9	100%
2	Rick Meissen	defender	8	9	89%
3	Irakli Yegoian	midfielder	7	9	78%
4	Eric da Silva Moreira	defender	6	7	86%
5	Lennard Hartjes	midfielder	6	9	67%

Excelsior players with the most games of 2+ tackles 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Jan Plug	defender	6	9	67%
2	Irakli Yegoian	midfielder	4	9	44%
3	Lennard Hartjes	midfielder	4	9	44%
4	Rick Meissen	defender	4	9	44%
5	Kasey Bos	defender	2	5	40%

Excelsior players with the most games of 3+ tackles 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Irakli Yegoian	midfielder	3	9	33%
2	Jan Plug	defender	3	9	33%
3	Simon Janssen	defender	2	9	22%
4	Noah Naujoks	midfielder	1	2	50%
5	Kasey Bos	defender	1	5	20%

Fortuna tackles match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Tackles for	Tackles against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Oct	Eredivisie	NEC Nijmegen (A)	2-2	20	14	34	-
10 Oct	Eredivisie	FC Twente (H)	1-1	12	10	22	-
19 Sep	Eredivisie	Willem II (A)	0-1	14	17	31	-
12 Sep	Eredivisie	Ajax (H)	1-5	15	6	21	-
6 Sep	Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag (A)	2-3	4	21	25	-
28 Aug	Eredivisie	FC Groningen (A)	2-3	10	4	14	-
22 Aug	Eredivisie	AZ (H)	0-2	12	14	26	-
15 Aug	Eredivisie	SC Cambuur (H)	3-1	16	17	33	-
8 Aug	Eredivisie	PSV (A)	2-2	11	12	23	-
17 May	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht (A)	2-0	16	14	30	-