Stoke are averaging 13.2 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 29.6 total tackles on average. That puts them 15th 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 Charlton, and a full match-by-match log.
Eric-Junior Bocat leads with 14 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (1.56/g, 67% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Stoke player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Stoke are averaging 13.2 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 16.4 for a match-total of 29.6. That ranks 15th of 24 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 7.76 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 1.89 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 Charlton, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Stoke's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Stoke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Pearson | midfielder | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 100% |
| Tatsuki Seko | midfielder | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| Ben Johnson | defender | 4 | 12 | 3 | 100% |
| Ben Gibson | defender | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| Steven N'Zonzi | midfielder | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Raphael Otegbayo | defender | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Luca Bombino | defender | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Freddie Anderson | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Laurence Giani | defender | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Djibril Soumaré | midfielder | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 83% |
| Lamine Cissé | attacker | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 80% |
| Sam Gallagher | attacker | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 70% |
| Eric-Junior Bocat | defender | 9 | 14 | 1.56 | 67% |
| Ben Wilmot | defender | 6 | 6 | 1 | 67% |
| Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | attacker | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 67% |
| Million Manhoef | attacker | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 50% |
| Luke Graham | defender | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 50% |
| Syd Agina | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Junior Tchamadeu | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Tomas Rigo | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Sorba Thomas | attacker | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 44% |
| Jun-ho Bae | midfielder | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 43% |
| Róbert Boženík | attacker | 8 | 3 | 0.38 | 38% |
| Bosun Lawal | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Ethan Galbraith | midfielder | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 33% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2026 | Norwich City | Home | 1-0 | 22 | 19 | 41 | Eric-Junior Bocat (5) |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Away | 4-1 | 20 | 21 | 41 | Ben Johnson (6) |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Hull City | Home | 1-1 | 19 | 12 | 31 | Ben Pearson (5) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Southampton | Away | 3-1 | 11 | 14 | 25 | Ethan Galbraith (2) |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Swansea City | Home | 1-2 | 12 | 21 | 33 | Luke Graham (2) |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Oldham Athletic | Home | 2-0 | 6 | 16 | 22 | Lamine Cissé (2) |
| 2 May 2026 | Bristol City | Away | 2-0 | 11 | 17 | 28 | Ben Pearson (2) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Portsmouth | Home | 1-3 | 13 | 15 | 28 | Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (2) |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Millwall | Home | 1-3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | Eric-Junior Bocat (3) |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Wrexham | Away | 2-0 | 9 | 17 | 26 | Lamine Cissé (3) |