Preston are averaging 15.6 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 28 total tackles on average. That puts them 4th of 24 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 Blackburn, and a full match-by-match log.
Pol Valentín leads with 17 tackles across 5 qualifying appearances (3.4/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Preston player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Preston are averaging 15.6 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 12.4 for a match-total of 28. That ranks 4th of 24 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 13 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.33 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 Blackburn, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Preston's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Preston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odeluga Offiah | defender | 6 | 11 | 1.83 | 100% |
| Pol Valentín | defender | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 100% |
| Léo Leroy | midfielder | 5 | 10 | 2 | 100% |
| Thierry Small | defender | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 100% |
| Brad Potts | defender | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Alistair Edward McCann | midfielder | 4 | 12 | 3 | 100% |
| Stanley Mills | attacker | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Robbie Brady | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Ben Whiteman | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Caleb Wiley | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Alfie Devine | midfielder | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 80% |
| Lewis Dobbin | attacker | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 75% |
| Jordan Storey | defender | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 71% |
| Jordan Andrew Thompson | midfielder | 9 | 11 | 1.22 | 67% |
| Andrew Hughes | defender | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 67% |
| Andrew Moran | midfielder | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 67% |
| Liam Lindsay | defender | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 50% |
| Jusef Erabi | attacker | 6 | 5 | 0.83 | 50% |
| Delano Burgzorg | attacker | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 50% |
| Harry Clarke | defender | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 50% |
| Andrija Vukcevic | defender | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 43% |
| Lewis Gibson | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Callum Lang | attacker | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Daniel Iversen | goalkeeper | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Milutin Osmajic | attacker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2026 | Bristol City | Home | 1-3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | Stanley Mills (2) |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Charlton Athletic | Away | 1-0 | 14 | 12 | 26 | Liam Lindsay (3) |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Everton | Home | 0-4 | 26 | 16 | 42 | Pol Valentín (5) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Home | 1-3 | 15 | 8 | 23 | Harry Clarke (3) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Bolton Wanderers | Away | 2-1 | 16 | 14 | 30 | Alistair Edward McCann (4) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Huddersfield Town | Home | 1-1 | 22 | 14 | 36 | Pol Valentín (6) |
| 2 May 2026 | Southampton | Home | 1-3 | 9 | 17 | 26 | Liam Lindsay (2) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Sheffield United | Away | 2-3 | 19 | 8 | 27 | Jordan Andrew Thompson (4) |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Birmingham City | Away | 2-1 | 13 | 8 | 21 | Pol Valentín (3) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | West Bromwich Albion | Home | 0-2 | 16 | 14 | 30 | Ben Whiteman (2) |