Italy are averaging 12.1 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 24.9 total tackles on average. Below you'll find player tackle-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Belgium, and a full match-by-match log.
Nicolò Barella leads with 15 tackles across 7 qualifying appearances (2.14/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Italy player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Italy are averaging 12.1 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 12.8 for a match-total of 24.9. They average 15.13 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 0.8 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 Belgium, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Italy's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolò Barella | midfielder | 7 | 15 | 2.14 | 100% |
| Riccardo Calafiori | defender | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Leonardo Spinazzola | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Cher Ndour | midfielder | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 100% |
| Niccolò Pisilli | midfielder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Raoul Bellanova | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Marco Palestra | defender | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Costantino Favasuli | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Niccolò Fortini | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Honest Ahanor | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Manuel Locatelli | midfielder | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 80% |
| Federico Dimarco | defender | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 71% |
| Sandro Tonali | midfielder | 7 | 7 | 1 | 71% |
| Alessandro Bastoni | defender | 6 | 6 | 1 | 67% |
| Davide Frattesi | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Giovanni Di Lorenzo | defender | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 60% |
| Mateo Retegui | attacker | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Pio Esposito | attacker | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Moise Kean | attacker | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Mattia Zaccagni | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Davide Bartesaghi | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Luca Lipani | midfielder | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 50% |
| Luca Koleosho | attacker | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 50% |
| Pietro Comuzzo | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Seydou Fini | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jun 2026 | Greece | Away | 0-1 | 22 | 14 | 36 | Cher Ndour (6) |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Luxembourg | Away | 0-1 | 12 | 16 | 28 | Cher Ndour (3) |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Away | 1-1 | 16 | 18 | 34 | Marco Palestra (3) |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Northern Ireland | Home | 2-0 | 10 | 17 | 27 | Manuel Locatelli (3) |
| 16 Nov 2025 | Norway | Home | 1-4 | 10 | 9 | 19 | Manuel Locatelli (4) |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Moldova | Away | 0-2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | Sandro Tonali (2) |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Israel | Home | 3-0 | 19 | 7 | 26 | Nicolò Barella (7) |
| 11 Oct 2025 | Estonia | Away | 1-3 | 12 | 13 | 25 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo (3) |
| 8 Sep 2025 | Israel | Away | 4-5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | Sandro Tonali (2) |
| 5 Sep 2025 | Estonia | Home | 5-0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo (3) |