Rio Ave are averaging 16.9 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 33 total tackles on average. That puts them 8th 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 Santa Clara, and a full match-by-match log.
Tamás Nikitscher leads with 25 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (2.78/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Rio Ave player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Rio Ave are averaging 16.9 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 16.1 for a match-total of 33. That ranks 8th of 18 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 13 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 Santa Clara, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Rio Ave's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Rio Ave 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamás Nikitscher | midfielder | 9 | 25 | 2.78 | 100% |
| Nelson Abbey | defender | 8 | 23 | 2.88 | 100% |
| Marios Vrousai | defender | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 100% |
| Ole Pohlmann | midfielder | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 100% |
| Georgios Liavas | midfielder | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 100% |
| Antonis Papakanellos | midfielder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Omar Richards | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Malik Sellouki | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Jakub Brabec | defender | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 83% |
| Ryan | midfielder | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 80% |
| Andreas Ntoi | defender | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 71% |
| Diogo Bezerra | attacker | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 70% |
| Jalen Blesa | attacker | 9 | 9 | 1 | 67% |
| João Tomé | defender | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Diogo Nascimento | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Dario Spikic | attacker | 8 | 8 | 1 | 63% |
| Tamble Monteiro | attacker | 9 | 6 | 0.67 | 56% |
| Gustavo Mancha | defender | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 56% |
| R. Galčík | attacker | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Francisco Petrasso | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 17% |
| Ennio Van Der Gouw | goalkeeper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Cezary Miszta | goalkeeper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2026 | Sporting CP | Home | 0-4 | 19 | 15 | 34 | Marios Vrousai (9) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Estoril | Away | 0-2 | 17 | 20 | 37 | Nelson Abbey (4) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Porto | Home | 0-2 | 13 | 11 | 24 | Tamás Nikitscher (5) |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Gil Vicente | Away | 1-0 | 17 | 16 | 33 | Nelson Abbey (5) |
| 16 May 2026 | Casa Pia | Away | 1-1 | 15 | 12 | 27 | Tamás Nikitscher (3) |
| 11 May 2026 | Sporting CP | Home | 1-4 | 15 | 11 | 26 | Marios Vrousai (3) |
| 3 May 2026 | Gil Vicente | Home | 0-0 | 20 | 13 | 33 | Ryan (5) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Vitória Guimarães | Away | 2-0 | 19 | 22 | 41 | Nelson Abbey (4) |
| 17 Apr 2026 | AVS | Home | 2-2 | 15 | 21 | 36 | Marios Vrousai (4) |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Santa Clara | Away | 0-2 | 19 | 20 | 39 | Andreas Ntoi (5) |