Russia are averaging 12.2 tackles per game in 2026, 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 Iran, and a full match-by-match log.
Ilya Vakhania leads with 11 tackles across 7 qualifying appearances (1.57/g, 71% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Russia player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Russia are averaging 12.2 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 12.7 for a match-total of 24.9. They average 24.4 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 0.63 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 Iran, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Russia's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Russia fixtures in the active window for 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maksim Osipenko | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| Dmitri Barinov | midfielder | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 100% |
| Kirill Glebov | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Zelimkhan Bakaev | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Ruslan Litvinov | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Y. Gladyshev | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Kirill Danilov | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Maksim Glushenkov | attacker | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 83% |
| Viktor Melekhin | defender | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 80% |
| Ivan Oblyakov | midfielder | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 80% |
| Ilya Vakhania | defender | 7 | 11 | 1.57 | 71% |
| Matvey Kislyak | midfielder | 7 | 10 | 1.43 | 71% |
| Mingiyan Beveev | defender | 7 | 9 | 1.29 | 71% |
| Aleksey Batrakov | midfielder | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 67% |
| Alexander Silyanov | defender | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Evgeniy Morozov | defender | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Danil Krugovoy | midfielder | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 63% |
| Lechi Sadulaev | attacker | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 60% |
| Aleksandr Golovin | midfielder | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 60% |
| Aleksey Miranchuk | midfielder | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 57% |
| Igor Diveev | defender | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Maksim Petrov | midfielder | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Dmitry Vorobyev | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Nikolay Komlichenko | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Daniil Fomin | midfielder | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 50% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 2026 | Trinidad and Tobago | Home | 3-0 | 15 | 13 | 28 | Ivan Oblyakov (5) |
| 5 Jun 2026 | Burkina Faso | Home | 3-0 | 10 | 3 | 13 | Maksim Glushenkov (4) |
| 28 May 2026 | Egypt | Away | 1-0 | 16 | 10 | 26 | Ilya Vakhania (3) |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Mali | Home | 0-0 | 17 | 17 | 34 | Viktor Melekhin (4) |
| 27 Mar 2026 | Nicaragua | Home | 3-1 | 14 | 14 | 28 | Ilya Vakhania (3) |
| 15 Nov 2025 | Chile | Home | 0-2 | 14 | 11 | 25 | Matvey Kislyak (4) |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Peru | Home | 1-1 | 6 | 18 | 24 | Aleksandr Golovin (3) |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Bolivia | Home | 3-0 | 21 | 19 | 40 | Lechi Sadulaev (5) |
| 10 Oct 2025 | Iran | Home | 2-1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | Maksim Osipenko (1) |
| 7 Sep 2025 | Qatar | Away | 1-4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | Maksim Osipenko (1) |