Shrewsbury are averaging 13.3 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 27.1 total tackles on average. That puts them 4th of 24 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 Rochdale, and a full match-by-match log.
Josh Ruffels leads with 17 tackles across 10 qualifying appearances (1.7/g, 90% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Shrewsbury player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Shrewsbury are averaging 13.3 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 13.8 for a match-total of 27.1. That ranks 4th of 24 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 11.08 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.33 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 Rochdale, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Shrewsbury's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Shrewsbury 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luca Hoole | defender | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 100% |
| N. Freeman | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Temple Ojinnaka | defender | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Mal Benning | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Tommy McDermott | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Josh Ruffels | defender | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 90% |
| Kevin Berkoe | defender | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 80% |
| Taylor Perry | midfielder | 5 | 10 | 2 | 80% |
| Jay Turner-Cooke | midfielder | 5 | 5 | 1 | 80% |
| Isaac Fletcher | midfielder | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 80% |
| Will Boyle | defender | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 75% |
| Tom Anderson | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 75% |
| Ismeal Kabia | attacker | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 75% |
| Sam Stubbs | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 75% |
| A. Jude-Boyd | defender | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 75% |
| Iwan Morgan | attacker | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 60% |
| Tom Sang | defender | 7 | 11 | 1.57 | 57% |
| Will Gray | midfielder | 8 | 8 | 1 | 50% |
| B. Ihionvien | attacker | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Josh Davison | attacker | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Isaac Lee | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| John Marquis | attacker | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Joseph Gbode | attacker | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| George Lloyd | attacker | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 17% |
| Will Brook | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Salford City | Home | 1-0 | 21 | 19 | 40 | Luca Hoole (5) |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Fleetwood Town | Away | 4-0 | 7 | 18 | 25 | Josh Ruffels (2) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Barnet | Home | 1-3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | A. Jude-Boyd (2) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Tranmere Rovers | Away | 2-0 | 14 | 14 | 28 | Luca Hoole (5) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Salford City | Away | 1-1 | 28 | 10 | 38 | Tom Sang (7) |
| 2 May 2026 | Gillingham | Away | 1-0 | 8 | 10 | 18 | Taylor Perry (3) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Fleetwood Town | Home | 2-2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | Taylor Perry (2) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Crawley Town | Away | 0-0 | 15 | 11 | 26 | Taylor Perry (4) |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Oldham Athletic | Home | 1-0 | 8 | 15 | 23 | Anthony Scully (1) |
| 7 Apr 2026 | Bromley | Away | 2-1 | 16 | 12 | 28 | Ismeal Kabia (4) |