Riga are averaging 2.8 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 5.1 total tackles on average. That puts them 55th of 81 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 Kairat, and a full match-by-match log.
Ahmed Ankrah leads with 7 tackles across 10 qualifying appearances (0.7/g, 20% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Riga player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Riga are averaging 2.8 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 2.3 for a match-total of 5.1. That ranks 55th of 81 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 9.33 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.5 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 Kairat, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Riga's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Riga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iago Siqueira | midfielder | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 25% |
| Salah Oulad M'Hand | midfielder | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Karl Gameni Wassom | midfielder | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Reginaldo Ramires | attacker | 9 | 3 | 0.33 | 22% |
| Ahmed Ankrah | midfielder | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 20% |
| Orlando Galo | midfielder | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Meïssa Diop | attacker | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 14% |
| Raki Aouani | attacker | 8 | 2 | 0.25 | 13% |
| Andrés Salazar | defender | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| Paulo Eduardo | defender | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| Baba Musah | defender | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 10% |
| Raivis Jurkovskis | defender | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Frenks Orols | goalkeeper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mohamed Badamosi | attacker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Caio | attacker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Krisjanis Zviedris | goalkeeper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Maksims Tonisevs | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Antonijs Cernomordijs | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mouhamed El Bachir Ngom | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Anthony Contreras | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Joao Grimaldo | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Gauthier Mankenda | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Abdulrahman Taiwo | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Aug 2026 | KÍ | Home | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 Aug 2026 | KÍ | Away | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Győri ETO | Away | 1-1 | 18 | 15 | 33 | Meïssa Diop (4) |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Győri ETO | Home | 1-0 | 10 | 8 | 18 | Ahmed Ankrah (4) |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Vardar | Home | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Vardar | Away | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Ararat-Armenia | Home | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Ararat-Armenia | Away | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 Aug 2025 | Sparta Praha | Home | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 Aug 2025 | Sparta Praha | Away | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |