Celtic are averaging 13 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 27.8 total tackles on average. That puts them 12th of 12 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 St. Mirren, and a full match-by-match log.
Hyun-jun Yang leads with 20 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (2.22/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Celtic player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Celtic are averaging 13 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 14.8 for a match-total of 27.8. That ranks 12th of 12 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 6.5 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 2.22 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 St. Mirren, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Celtic's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Celtic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyun-jun Yang | attacker | 9 | 20 | 2.22 | 100% |
| Alistair Johnston | defender | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 100% |
| Arne Engels | midfielder | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Reo Hatate | midfielder | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 100% |
| Dane Murray | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Benjamin Nygren | attacker | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 89% |
| Callum McGregor | midfielder | 8 | 16 | 2 | 88% |
| Colby Donovan | defender | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 80% |
| Mika Baur | attacker | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 75% |
| Kasper Høgh | attacker | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Auston Trusty | defender | 9 | 8 | 0.89 | 67% |
| Daizen Maeda | attacker | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 67% |
| Sebastian Tounekti | attacker | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Kieran Tierney | defender | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 50% |
| Liam Scales | defender | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| Cameron Carter-Vickers | defender | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| Kelechi Iheanacho | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Anthony Ralston | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Luke McCowan | midfielder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Haissem Hassan | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Camilo Durán | attacker | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Viljami Sinisalo | goalkeeper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| James Forrest | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oliver Sørensen | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | St. Johnstone | Away | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 Sep 2026 | Aberdeen | Home | 3-0 | 14 | 18 | 32 | Colby Donovan (4) |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Falkirk | Home | 2-1 | 13 | 15 | 28 | Hyun-jun Yang (4) |
| 25 Aug 2026 | LASK Linz | Away | 5-1 | 20 | 20 | 40 | Callum McGregor (3) |
| 19 Aug 2026 | LASK Linz | Home | 3-0 | 12 | 17 | 29 | Auston Trusty (2) |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Kilmarnock | Away | 1-5 | 16 | 16 | 32 | Hyun-jun Yang (4) |
| 3 Aug 2026 | Dundee | Home | 1-0 | 14 | 12 | 26 | Hyun-jun Yang (4) |
| 16 May 2026 | Hearts | Home | 3-1 | 7 | 16 | 23 | Alistair Johnston (3) |
| 13 May 2026 | Motherwell | Away | 2-3 | 19 | 14 | 33 | Kieran Tierney (3) |
| 10 May 2026 | Rangers | Home | 3-1 | 15 | 20 | 35 | Alistair Johnston (3) |