Player dossier

Premiership · 2025/2026

Brad Lyons

Central midfielder
Role
Central midfielder
Nationality
Northern Ireland
Date of birth
26 May 1997 (age 29)
Shirt number
8
Season
2025/2026

All players

01 / Record

Season snapshot

31 appearances · 2,040 minutesEstablished sampleAll figures cover completed fixtures in this season only.

Player recordCompleted fixtures
Appearances
31
Starts
23

0 unused substitute matchdays

Minutes
2,040
Goals
1

Counted from match events

Assists
1

Counted from match events

Yellow cards
9

Counted from match events

Red cards
Not available
Provider rating & details

Provider match ratingAverage rating across 30 rated matches.Third-party match rating. Not used in FootyCabin scores.

6.77

02 / Performance

FootyCabin performance

FootyCabin scores compare this player with others in the same role, league and season. Higher scores indicate stronger statistical performance.

Impact Score

50.5/ 100

Slightly above average for their role

Established-sample estimate · 31 appearances · 2,040 minutes as central midfielder

Creative Impact Score

17.9/ 100

Below average for their role

Compared with central midfielders (17)

See the attacking data behind this

Ball Security Score

50.0/ 100

Slightly above average for their role

Compared with central midfielders (17)

See the passing & possession data behind this

Defensive Activity Score

38.2/ 100

Close to average for their role

Compared with central midfielders (17)

See the defending data behind this

How the Impact Score is built
Experimental modelCoverage 100%Established sample
Duelweight 15%
73.5
Passingweight 30%
57.8
Creationweight 20%
15.9
Defensiveweight 20%
52.9
Ball retentionweight 15%
55.9

An experimental in-house model based on available match data. It weights role-relative percentile families and is not an official rating, a definitive measure of player quality, or a prediction.

03 / Playing style

Playing style

How this player tends to contribute, compared with players in the same role and season. Style, not quality.

No clear archetype yet. This player's profile does not lean strongly enough towards one style.

04 / Profile

Player profile

See where the player ranks compared with others in the same role. A percentile of 80 means the player ranks higher than 80% of the comparison group. Only areas relevant to central midfielder are shown.

Player profilePercentile 0-100
PASS 58CREA 16RET 56DEF 53DUEL 74DRIB 66SHOT 52
Role-relative percentile values plotted in the profile chart for 2025/2026
FamilyPercentile
Passing57.8
Creation15.9
Ball retention55.9
Defensive52.9
Duel73.5
Dribbling65.7
Shooting51.6

Dashed ring marks the central midfielder median (50th percentile) across 17 comparable players.

Percentile detail

Compared with Central midfielder players in this season17 in reference group

  • Passing57.8pctl
  • Creation15.9pctl
  • Ball retention55.9pctl
  • Defensive52.9pctl
  • Duel73.5pctl
  • Dribbling65.7pctl
  • Shooting51.6pctl
05 / Style match

Similar players

Players with the most similar statistical playing styles. This compares style, not player quality.

  • Laurent MendyVery similar style100 / 100

    Hearts · Defensive midfielder · Premiership 2026/2027

    Similar in aerial play, defensive activity, chance creation. Different in defensive duels, dribbling.

    Compare

  • John BjörkengrenVery similar style100 / 100

    Randers FC · Defensive midfielder · Superliga 2025/2026

    Similar in defensive duels, attacking involvement, ball security. Different in shooting, aerial play.

    Compare

  • Miguel ChaiwaVery similar style100 / 100

    Hibernian · Defensive midfielder · Premiership 2026/2027

    Similar in attacking involvement, chance creation, defensive activity. Different in defensive duels, aerial play.

    Compare

Show 2 more similar players
  • Vicko SeveljVery similar style99 / 100

    Dundee United · Central midfielder · Premiership 2025/2026

    Similar in attacking involvement, defensive duels, chance creation. Different in shooting, ball security.

    Compare

  • Adam HerdonssonVery similar style99 / 100

    Horsens · Defensive midfielder · Superliga 2026/2027

    Similar in chance creation, attacking involvement, aerial play. Different in ball security, shooting.

    Compare

How similarity works

Similarity compares playing profiles inside the same role family. A score of 92 means the pair is closer than 92% of comparable player pairs. It is not a rating of ability, market value or transfer suitability.

06 / Context

Form & context

Recent form, development and match context from completed fixtures. These figures add context to the scores above and are not official ratings or predictions.

Form & contextScore 0-100

Form

Form is falling

DetailMomentum ScoreLast 2 scored matches 48.4 vs earlier 55.8 (−7.4).

35.3/ 100

Development

No clear upward trend

DetailBreakout ScoreLooks at recent performances, playing time and starts to spot signs that a player is improving. It is not a prediction.Minutes −22 · Starts −38pp

28.4/ 100

Decline

Strong downward trend

DetailDecline ScoreLooks for signs that the player's performances and playing time are dropping. It is not a prediction.27 scored matches

71.6/ 100

Opposition strength

Around average

DetailOpposition Difficulty ScoreShows how strong the opponents have been. It is context only and does not change the Impact Score.31 rated opponents

45.9/ 100

Efficiency

Too few recorded actions to score

DetailEfficiency ScoreShows how often the player's actions lead to successful results.Coverage 85%

Insufficient sample

Team effect and success rates
Player intelligenceScore 0–100

Team effect

Compares team points per completed match when the player starts and when he does not. This describes results, not proof that the player caused them.

Started23 fixtures0.61pts/match
Did not start15 fixtures1.73pts/match

Difference: −1.12 points per match. This is a description of results only and does not mean the player caused them.

Efficiency data sheetSuccess rates
Efficiency rates for Brad Lyons 2025/2026
MetricRate
Pass accuracy80.5%
Dribble success rate60.9%
Duel win rate56.5%
Aerial duel win rateNot available
Tackle success rateNot available
Shot on target rate39.1%
Long ball accuracy44.5%
PASSDRIBDUELSHOTLONG

Brad Lyons · 0–100% scale

11 / Method

Methodology

Data source

Match, lineup, event and player statistics come from Sportmonks and are stored per fixture. Only completed fixtures with recorded minutes are aggregated. Announced lineups and future fixtures are excluded.

Per 90 minutes

A per-90 value scales a season total to a full match: total × 90 ÷ minutes played. It is not calculated when minutes are missing or zero.

Missing data

The provider omits some statistics instead of sending a zero. A missing value is shown as "not available" and never converted to 0, so rates and percentiles are only produced where the underlying fields genuinely exist.

Impact Score

The Football Performance Lab Impact Score is an experimental in-house model that combines role-relative percentile families with explicit weights. It is not an official rating and not a measure of transfer value.

Minimum samples

Values are calculated internally from 180 minutes, but a player is only shown publicly with a ranked Impact Score from 360 minutes and 5 appearances, with at least 90% metric coverage and an established role. A single appearance contributes a match impact observation from 30 minutes.

Full methodology