Excelsior are averaging 13.9 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 28.9 total tackles on average. That puts them 12th 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 Willem II, and a full match-by-match log.
Lennard Hartjes leads with 21 tackles across 10 qualifying appearances (2.1/g, 90% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Excelsior player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Excelsior are averaging 13.9 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 15 for a match-total of 28.9. That ranks 12th of 18 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 10.69 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.86 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 Willem II, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Excelsior's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Excelsior 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Plug | defender | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 100% |
| Simon Janssen | defender | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 100% |
| Nolan Martens | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Jerolldino Bergraaf | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Adam Carlén | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Eric da Silva Moreira | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Osman Turay | defender | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Rick Meissen | defender | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 90% |
| Lennard Hartjes | midfielder | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 90% |
| Noah Naujoks | midfielder | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 88% |
| Arthur Zagré | defender | 7 | 9 | 1.29 | 86% |
| Irakli Yegoian | midfielder | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 80% |
| Daniel van Vianen | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Lewis Schouten | defender | 7 | 5 | 0.71 | 57% |
| Derensili Sanches Fernandes | attacker | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 57% |
| Casper Widell | defender | 9 | 5 | 0.56 | 56% |
| Mike van Duinen | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Ilano Silva Timas | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Nesto Groen | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Ilias Bronkhorst | defender | 5 | 5 | 1 | 40% |
| Gyan de Regt | attacker | 8 | 3 | 0.38 | 38% |
| Emil Hansson | attacker | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Stijn van Gassel | goalkeeper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Szymon Wlodarczyk | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Sparta Rotterdam | Home | 2-1 | 10 | 13 | 23 | Rick Meissen (2) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | PSV | Home | 1-2 | 16 | 18 | 34 | Irakli Yegoian (4) |
| 7 Aug 2026 | SC Cambuur | Away | 0-4 | 19 | 21 | 40 | Simon Janssen (5) |
| 17 May 2026 | Sparta Rotterdam | Away | 2-3 | 11 | 12 | 23 | Lennard Hartjes (3) |
| 10 May 2026 | FC Volendam | Home | 1-1 | 15 | 14 | 29 | Noah Naujoks (3) |
| 2 May 2026 | FC Groningen | Away | 2-3 | 9 | 16 | 25 | Arthur Zagré (2) |
| 26 Apr 2026 | FC Utrecht | Home | 5-0 | 14 | 17 | 31 | Noah Naujoks (3) |
| 12 Apr 2026 | PEC Zwolle | Away | 2-2 | 15 | 15 | 30 | Irakli Yegoian (3) |
| 4 Apr 2026 | NEC Nijmegen | Home | 0-2 | 16 | 9 | 25 | Ilias Bronkhorst (3) |
| 20 Mar 2026 | Heracles Almelo | Away | 1-1 | 14 | 15 | 29 | Lennard Hartjes (4) |