Northern Ireland are averaging 18.5 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 32.2 total tackles on average. Below you'll find player tackle-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Georgia, and a full match-by-match log.
Justin Devenny leads with 34 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (3.78/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Northern Ireland player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Northern Ireland are averaging 18.5 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 13.7 for a match-total of 32.2. They average 14.23 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.3 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 Georgia, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Northern Ireland's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Northern Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Devenny | midfielder | 9 | 34 | 3.78 | 100% |
| Conor Bradley | defender | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 100% |
| Ruairi McConville | defender | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 100% |
| Callum Marshall | attacker | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 100% |
| Paul Patrick Smyth | attacker | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 100% |
| Dan Ballard | defender | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 100% |
| Dion Elie Raymond Charles | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| George Alan Saville | midfielder | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Jamal Piaras Lewis | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Tom Atcheson | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Ceadach O'Neill | attacker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Trai Hume | defender | 9 | 14 | 1.56 | 89% |
| Isaac Price | midfielder | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 80% |
| Brodie Gilmore Spencer | defender | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 80% |
| Alistair Edward McCann | midfielder | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 67% |
| Terry Devlin | defender | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Brad Joseph Lyons | midfielder | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 67% |
| Ethan Galbraith | midfielder | 8 | 10 | 1.25 | 63% |
| Shea Emmanuel Charles | midfielder | 8 | 13 | 1.63 | 63% |
| Jamie Paul Donley | midfielder | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 60% |
| Patrick James Coleman McNair | defender | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 57% |
| Ciaron Maurice Brown | defender | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Jamie Carson McDonnell | midfielder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Patrick Kelly | midfielder | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 50% |
| James Tyrrell Reid | attacker | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jun 2026 | France | Away | 3-1 | 15 | 20 | 35 | Patrick Kelly (3) |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Guinea | Home | 1-0 | 28 | 22 | 50 | Callum Marshall (4) |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Wales | Away | 1-1 | 12 | 14 | 26 | Justin Devenny (4) |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Italy | Away | 2-0 | 17 | 10 | 27 | Justin Devenny (4) |
| 17 Nov 2025 | Luxembourg | Home | 1-0 | 22 | 11 | 33 | Terry Devlin (3) |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Slovakia | Away | 1-0 | 13 | 12 | 25 | Justin Devenny (4) |
| 13 Oct 2025 | Germany | Home | 0-1 | 18 | 9 | 27 | Justin Devenny (5) |
| 10 Oct 2025 | Slovakia | Home | 2-0 | 20 | 24 | 44 | Shea Emmanuel Charles (5) |
| 7 Sep 2025 | Germany | Away | 3-1 | 21 | 9 | 30 | Conor Bradley (7) |
| 4 Sep 2025 | Luxembourg | Away | 1-3 | 19 | 6 | 25 | Alistair Edward McCann (5) |