Football Betting Guides: Player Tackles market

The emphasis on player proposition markets only continues to grow among bookmakers, with firms now opting to include more niche offerings such as player fouls, or in this case, player tackles.

Here we've focused our attention on the player tackles market, identifying which bookmakers offer this type of bet, where is best to bet on this market and also how to place a bet on player tackles.

Bookmakers Who Offer Betting On Player Tackles

Instead of searching for which bookmakers offer player tackles, we've done the work for you instead by providing you with a list of these five operators who currently price up player tackles as a market.

William Hill

British mainstay William Hill are one of multiple firms to offer player tackles, with a number of different starting players and suspected substitutes priced up to complete a number of Over tackles lines.

It's worth noting with William Hill that their phrasing can be quite confusing. When they say 'at least one tackle' this means 1+ and when they state 'over one tackle' this requires 2+. This is a shift from the usual 'over 0.5' or '1+' wording that most use.

BoyleSports

Irish firm BoyleSports have massively increased their range of markets, with their refined Bet Builder features allowing users to combine different prop markets to increase their odds, including the ability for player tackles.

BoyleSports usually offer these markets for the televised Premier League and Champions League matches, as well as for major international tournaments.

bet365

The Stoke-on-Trent based bet365, one of the most popular firms in the country, offer player tackles, with players able to place bets on this market as a single or as part of a Bet Builder.

Depending on the significance of the match and the particular player, punters can expect to be able to back some individuals to make up to 6 tackles in one fixture.

Ladbrokes

Another of Britain's first-rate bookmakers, Ladbrokes, also offer player tackles markets. Like competitors, Ladbrokes have a number of players from both teams priced up across multiple Over tackles lines, ranging from 1+ to 6+.

In comparison to some, Ladbrokes' player offering is quite limited, however, punters can often find better value with some of the selections that the operator provide in this market.

How is the Player Tackles Market Decided?

As with most football player prop markets, bookmakers settle their tackles markets based on data provided by Opta. 

Opta define a tackle as, ‘Where a player connects with the ball in a ground challenge where he successfully takes the ball away from the player in possession. The tackled player must clearly be in possession of the ball before the tackle is made. It is not a tackle, when a player cuts out a pass by any means.'

Which is Our Favourite Bookmaker To Use For Player Tackles Betting?

When it comes to player tackles, BoyleSports are up there with the very best offering this market. It helps that they have this included in their developed Bet Builder feature and is a worthy inclusion when betting on the big fixtures considering the generous prices they often display on player tackles.

How To Bet On Player Tackles

As a guide, here is the simple process for placing a player fouls bet, as both a new or existing customer with any of the aforementioned bookmakers:

1. Either create an account or log in to one of the mentioned bookies
2. Navigate to the game you wish to bet on
3. Select the player and the number of tackles you expect them to complete in the game
4. Enter your stake and place the bet