Heerenveen are averaging 13.3 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 30.2 total tackles on average. That puts them 15th 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 AZ, and a full match-by-match log.
Marcus Linday leads with 21 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (2.33/g, 78% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Heerenveen player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Heerenveen are averaging 13.3 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 16.9 for a match-total of 30.2. That ranks 15th of 18 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 6.65 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 2 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 AZ, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Heerenveen's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Heerenveen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joris van Overeem | midfielder | 5 | 10 | 2 | 100% |
| Mats Egbring | defender | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Sam Kersten | defender | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 90% |
| Oliver Braude | defender | 9 | 20 | 2.22 | 89% |
| Marcus Linday | midfielder | 9 | 21 | 2.33 | 78% |
| Dirk Proper | midfielder | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 75% |
| Vasilios Zagaritis | defender | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 70% |
| Jacob Trenskow | attacker | 10 | 10 | 1 | 70% |
| Ringo Meerveld | midfielder | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 50% |
| Levi Smans | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| L. Machine | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Luca Oyen | attacker | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 43% |
| M. Willemsen | defender | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 40% |
| Luuk Brouwers | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Hristiyan Petrov | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Lasse Nordås | attacker | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Dylan Vente | attacker | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Maxence Rivera | attacker | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Bernt Klaverboer | goalkeeper | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Nolhan Courtens | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026 | Willem II | Away | 2-2 | 8 | 19 | 27 | Jacob Trenskow (2) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | PEC Zwolle | Home | 0-2 | 13 | 12 | 25 | M. Willemsen (4) |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Ajax | Away | 2-2 | 9 | 14 | 23 | Sam Kersten (4) |
| 9 Aug 2026 | FC Twente | Home | 1-0 | 10 | 14 | 24 | Mats Egbring (3) |
| 21 May 2026 | FC Utrecht | Away | 3-2 | 11 | 11 | 22 | Ringo Meerveld (3) |
| 17 May 2026 | Ajax | Home | 0-0 | 20 | 18 | 38 | Oliver Braude (5) |
| 11 May 2026 | NAC Breda | Away | 2-0 | 19 | 19 | 38 | Marcus Linday (3) |
| 3 May 2026 | FC Volendam | Away | 0-2 | 13 | 17 | 30 | Marcus Linday (5) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Fortuna Sittard | Home | 2-1 | 17 | 28 | 45 | Marcus Linday (4) |
| 12 Apr 2026 | AZ | Away | 3-0 | 13 | 17 | 30 | Oliver Braude (4) |