Zenit are averaging 15.2 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 29.3 total tackles on average. That puts them 14th of 15 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 Akron, and a full match-by-match log.
Douglas Santos leads with 32 tackles across 10 qualifying appearances (3.2/g, 80% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Zenit player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Zenit are averaging 15.2 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 14.1 for a match-total of 29.3. That ranks 14th of 15 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 25.33 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1 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 Akron, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Zenit's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Zenit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jhon Jhon | midfielder | 5 | 10 | 2 | 100% |
| Vyacheslav Karavaev | defender | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Nuraly Alip | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Luiz Henrique | attacker | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 90% |
| Vanja Drkusic | defender | 7 | 11 | 1.57 | 86% |
| Douglas Santos | defender | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 80% |
| Wilmar Barrios | midfielder | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 80% |
| Wendel | midfielder | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 80% |
| Nino | defender | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 80% |
| Gustavo Mantuan | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Maksim Glushenkov | attacker | 9 | 7 | 0.78 | 67% |
| Pedro | attacker | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 63% |
| Aleksandr Sobolev | attacker | 10 | 6 | 0.6 | 50% |
| Igor Diveev | defender | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Daniil Kondakov | midfielder | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| Román Vega | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Denis Adamov | goalkeeper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Andrey Mostovoy | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Yuriy Gorshkov | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jhon Durán | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 2026 | Rostov | Away | 0-1 | 10 | 11 | 21 | Wilmar Barrios (3) |
| 10 May 2026 | Sochi | Home | 2-1 | 12 | 19 | 31 | Aleksandr Sobolev (2) |
| 2 May 2026 | CSKA Moskva | Away | 1-3 | 15 | 11 | 26 | Douglas Santos (7) |
| 26 Apr 2026 | Akhmat Grozny | Home | 2-0 | 20 | 17 | 37 | Douglas Santos (4) |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Lokomotiv Moskva | Away | 0-0 | 12 | 15 | 27 | Douglas Santos (3) |
| 19 Apr 2026 | Dynamo Makhachkala | Away | 0-1 | 14 | 13 | 27 | Douglas Santos (5) |
| 12 Apr 2026 | Krasnodar | Home | 1-1 | 14 | 17 | 31 | Douglas Santos (4) |
| 4 Apr 2026 | Krylya Sovetov | Home | 2-1 | 16 | 7 | 23 | Wilmar Barrios (2) |
| 22 Mar 2026 | Dinamo Moskva | Away | 1-3 | 18 | 18 | 36 | Douglas Santos (4) |
| 14 Mar 2026 | Spartak Moskva | Home | 2-0 | 21 | 13 | 34 | Douglas Santos (4) |