Varaždin are averaging 15 tackles per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 25.5 total tackles on average. That puts them 1st of 10 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 Istra 1961, and a full match-by-match log.
Novak Tepsic leads with 21 tackles across 9 qualifying appearances (2.33/g, 67% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Varaždin player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Varaždin are averaging 15 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 10.5 for a match-total of 25.5. That ranks 1st of 10 for team tackles in their primary competition. They average 25 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 0.86 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 Istra 1961, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Varaždin's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Varaždin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Puclin | midfielder | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 100% |
| Silvio Ilinkovic | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Mario Marina | midfielder | 9 | 17 | 1.89 | 89% |
| Frane Maglica | defender | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 70% |
| Iuri Tavares | attacker | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 70% |
| Novak Tepsic | defender | 9 | 21 | 2.33 | 67% |
| Antonio Borsic | defender | 3 | 5 | 1.67 | 67% |
| Tomislav Duvnjak | midfielder | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 63% |
| Sven Lesjak | defender | 5 | 5 | 1 | 60% |
| Mario Mladenovski | defender | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 60% |
| Gregor Sikosek | defender | 7 | 7 | 1 | 57% |
| Ivan Canjuga | attacker | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 50% |
| Roberto Puncec | defender | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 50% |
| Elvir Durakovic | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Aleksa Latkovic | midfielder | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 40% |
| Luka Mamic | midfielder | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 40% |
| Luka Skaricic | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 25% |
| Matej Vuk | attacker | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 17% |
| Ivan Mamut | attacker | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Josip Silic | goalkeeper | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oliver Zelenika | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Luka Posinković | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ivan Posavec | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Rudeš | Home | 2-0 | 10 | 12 | 22 | Mario Marina (3) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Dinamo Zagreb | Away | 3-1 | 18 | 21 | 39 | Novak Tepsic (5) |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Rijeka | Home | 2-0 | 21 | 19 | 40 | Frane Maglica (5) |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Slaven Koprivnica | Away | 1-4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | Frane Maglica (3) |
| 2 Aug 2026 | Hajduk Split | Home | 2-1 | 13 | 11 | 24 | Luka Skaricic (3) |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Jablonec | Away | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Jablonec | Home | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 May 2026 | Istra 1961 | Home | 2-0 | 24 | 15 | 39 | Roberto Puncec (4) |
| 15 May 2026 | Vukovar | Away | 0-2 | 18 | 8 | 26 | Novak Tepsic (4) |
| 9 May 2026 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Home | 1-1 | 38 | 12 | 50 | Frane Maglica (6) |