AZ are averaging 16.2 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 32.6 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 Heerenveen, and a full match-by-match log.
Peer Koopmeiners leads with 20 tackles across 7 qualifying appearances (2.86/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every AZ player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
AZ are averaging 16.2 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 16.4 for a match-total of 32.6. That ranks 8th of 18 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 16.2 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.11 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 Heerenveen, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight AZ's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 AZ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wouter Goes | defender | 8 | 14 | 1.75 | 100% |
| Peer Koopmeiners | midfielder | 7 | 20 | 2.86 | 100% |
| Sven Mijnans | midfielder | 5 | 10 | 2 | 100% |
| Mees de Wit | defender | 3 | 6 | 2 | 100% |
| Billy van Duijl | defender | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Seiya Maikuma | defender | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Maxim Dekker | defender | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Rio Robbemond | midfielder | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Jizz Hornkamp | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Mateo Chávez | defender | 7 | 14 | 2 | 86% |
| Alexandre Penetra | defender | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 80% |
| Elijah Dijkstra | defender | 9 | 18 | 2 | 78% |
| Lewis Schouten | defender | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 75% |
| Dave Kwakman | midfielder | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 75% |
| Jordy Clasie | midfielder | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 67% |
| Ro-Zangelo Daal | attacker | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Isak Jensen | attacker | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| C. Stengs | midfielder | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Rion Ichihara | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Denso Kasius | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Matej Sin | midfielder | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 50% |
| Ayoub Oufkir | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Weslley Patati | attacker | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 44% |
| Troy Parrott | attacker | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Kees Smit | midfielder | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 29% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Go Ahead Eagles | Home | 5-2 | 11 | 9 | 20 | Mateo Chávez (3) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Fortuna Sittard | Away | 0-2 | 14 | 12 | 26 | Peer Koopmeiners (3) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | FC Utrecht | Away | 1-4 | 19 | 22 | 41 | Dave Kwakman (5) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | ADO Den Haag | Home | 2-0 | 15 | 19 | 34 | Peer Koopmeiners (3) |
| 17 May 2026 | NAC Breda | Home | 3-3 | 18 | 19 | 37 | Elijah Dijkstra (5) |
| 10 May 2026 | Feyenoord | Away | 1-1 | 16 | 22 | 38 | Peer Koopmeiners (4) |
| 3 May 2026 | FC Twente | Home | 2-2 | 18 | 22 | 40 | Elijah Dijkstra (4) |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Go Ahead Eagles | Away | 0-0 | 13 | 13 | 26 | Mateo Chávez (3) |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Home | 2-2 | 21 | 13 | 34 | Seiya Maikuma (3) |
| 12 Apr 2026 | SC Heerenveen | Home | 3-0 | 17 | 13 | 30 | Kees Smit (5) |