Hearts are averaging 14.7 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 27.5 total tackles on average. That puts them 2nd of 12 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 Sturm Graz, and a full match-by-match log.
Marc Leonard leads with 18 tackles across 6 qualifying appearances (3/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Hearts player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Hearts are averaging 14.7 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 12.8 for a match-total of 27.5. That ranks 2nd of 12 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 18.38 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 0.89 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 Sturm Graz, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Hearts's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Hearts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Steinwender | defender | 7 | 17 | 2.43 | 100% |
| Marc Leonard | midfielder | 6 | 18 | 3 | 100% |
| Cammy Devlin | midfielder | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 100% |
| Tómas Bent Magnússon | midfielder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Alan Forrest | attacker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Blair Spittal | midfielder | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 88% |
| Lawrence Shankland | attacker | 8 | 11 | 1.38 | 88% |
| Beni Baningime | midfielder | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 83% |
| Pierre Landry Kabore | attacker | 5 | 5 | 1 | 80% |
| Frankie Kent | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 75% |
| Craig Halkett | defender | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 67% |
| Jordi Altena | defender | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 67% |
| Jamie McCart | defender | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Stephen Kingsley | defender | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 57% |
| Cláudio Braga | attacker | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 56% |
| Alexandros Kyziridis | attacker | 9 | 13 | 1.44 | 56% |
| Stuart Findlay | defender | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| Oisin McEntee | defender | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 50% |
| Harry Milne | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Islam Chesnokov | attacker | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Alexander Schwolow | goalkeeper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sabah Kerjota | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jul 2026 | Sturm Graz | Away | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 May 2026 | Celtic | Away | 3-1 | 16 | 7 | 23 | Pierre Landry Kabore (2) |
| 13 May 2026 | Falkirk | Home | 3-0 | 17 | 22 | 39 | Michael Steinwender (5) |
| 9 May 2026 | Motherwell | Away | 1-1 | 24 | 8 | 32 | Beni Baningime (5) |
| 4 May 2026 | Rangers | Home | 2-1 | 20 | 16 | 36 | Michael Steinwender (4) |
| 26 Apr 2026 | Hibernian | Away | 1-2 | 9 | 19 | 28 | Marc Leonard (5) |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Motherwell | Home | 3-1 | 15 | 10 | 25 | Craig Halkett (2) |
| 5 Apr 2026 | Livingston | Away | 2-2 | 11 | 9 | 20 | Cammy Devlin (6) |
| 21 Mar 2026 | Dundee | Home | 1-0 | 21 | 17 | 38 | Alexandros Kyziridis (4) |
| 14 Mar 2026 | Kilmarnock | Away | 1-0 | 14 | 20 | 34 | Marc Leonard (3) |