Villarreal are averaging 15.3 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 35.1 total tackles on average. That puts them 15th of 20 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 Deportivo, and a full match-by-match log.
Santiago Mouriño leads with 26 tackles across 7 qualifying appearances (3.71/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Villarreal player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Villarreal are averaging 15.3 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 19.8 for a match-total of 35.1. That ranks 15th of 20 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 13.91 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.38 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 Deportivo, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Villarreal's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Villarreal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Mouriño | defender | 7 | 26 | 3.71 | 100% |
| Alex Freeman | defender | 4 | 11 | 2.75 | 100% |
| Rafa Marín | defender | 4 | 8 | 2 | 100% |
| Alfonso Pedraza | defender | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 100% |
| Dani Parejo | midfielder | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 100% |
| Carlos Romero | defender | 3 | 6 | 2 | 100% |
| Alassane Diatta | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Carlos Macià | midfielder | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Pape Gueye | midfielder | 8 | 8 | 1 | 88% |
| Pau Navarro | defender | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 75% |
| Alberto Moleiro | attacker | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 70% |
| Tani Oluwaseyi | attacker | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Juan Foyth | defender | 3 | 6 | 2 | 67% |
| Santi Comesaña | midfielder | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 63% |
| Tajon Buchanan | attacker | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 57% |
| Renato Veiga | defender | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Sergi Cardona | defender | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 50% |
| Nicolas Pépé | attacker | 9 | 6 | 0.67 | 44% |
| Gerard Moreno | attacker | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 43% |
| Ayoze Pérez | attacker | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 38% |
| Alfon González | attacker | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Georges Mikautadze | attacker | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Arnau Tenas | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Thomas Partey | midfielder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Luiz Júnior | goalkeeper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2026 | Deportivo Alavés | Away | 1-0 | 19 | 22 | 41 | Juan Foyth (5) |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Atlético Madrid | Away | 2-2 | 11 | 26 | 37 | Santiago Mouriño (4) |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Racing Santander | Away | 2-2 | 23 | 21 | 44 | Santiago Mouriño (5) |
| 24 May 2026 | Atlético Madrid | Home | 5-1 | 15 | 13 | 28 | Dani Parejo (3) |
| 17 May 2026 | Rayo Vallecano | Away | 2-0 | 14 | 30 | 44 | Santiago Mouriño (3) |
| 13 May 2026 | Sevilla | Home | 2-3 | 12 | 22 | 34 | Alex Freeman (5) |
| 10 May 2026 | Mallorca | Away | 1-1 | 11 | 21 | 32 | Santiago Mouriño (3) |
| 2 May 2026 | Levante | Home | 5-1 | 16 | 11 | 27 | Dani Parejo (3) |
| 26 Apr 2026 | Celta de Vigo | Home | 2-1 | 12 | 12 | 24 | Rafa Marín (3) |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Real Oviedo | Away | 1-1 | 20 | 20 | 40 | Santiago Mouriño (6) |