Player dossier

Premiership · 2025/2026

Dylan Tait

Defensive midfielder

Team: Falkirk
Role: Defensive midfielder
Nationality: Scotland
Date of birth: 01 Dec 2001 (age 24)
Shirt number: 21
Competition: Premiership (Scotland)
Season: 2025/2026

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01 / Record

Performance summary

38 appearances · 2,725 minutesEstablished sampleAll figures cover completed fixtures in this season only.

Player recordCompleted fixtures

Appearances: 38
Starts: 33
Minutes: 2,725
Average rating: 6.73
Goals: 3
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 10
Red cards: Not available

02 / Telemetry

Per-90 statistics

Season totals scaled to 90 minutes played. Metrics the provider did not record are marked as not available rather than zero.

Per-90 data sheetSeason to date

Per-90 statistics
Metric	Per 90
Touches per 90	67.67
Passes per 90	48.39
Accurate passes per 90	35.77
Passes in final third per 90	12.42
Key passes per 90	0.99
Chances created per 90	0.56
Shots per 90	1.42
Shots on target per 90	0.30
Successful dribbles per 90	0.53
Tackles per 90	1.65
Interceptions per 90	1.09
Clearances per 90	1.35
Ball recoveries per 90	6.41
Duels per 90	11.23
Goals per 90	0.10
Assists per 90	0.03
Possession lost per 90	18.36
Saves per 90	Not available
Saves inside box per 90	Not available
Goals conceded per 90	1.59

03 / Telemetry

Efficiency

Success rates computed only where both the numerator and the denominator exist.

Efficiency data sheetSuccess rates

Efficiency rates
Metric	Rate
Pass accuracy	73.9%
Dribble success rate	39.0%
Duel win rate	49.7%
Aerial duel win rate	86.7%
Tackle success rate	74.0%
Shot on target rate	20.9%
Long ball accuracy	39.9%

04 / Role telemetry

Performance profile

Percentiles compare this player with others in the same role and season. Only families relevant to defensive midfielder are shown.

Role-relative telemetryPercentile 0-100

Compared with Defensive midfielder players in this season47 in reference group

Passing52.8pctl
Ball retention30.9pctl
Defensive42.4pctl
Duel65.2pctl
Creation36.5pctl
Dribbling51.9pctl
Shooting51.1pctl

05 / Intelligence

Player Intelligence

Experimental in-house signals derived from completed fixtures only. They describe what the data shows — they are not official ratings, and they are not predictions.

Performance telemetryExperimental signals

Efficiency Index

69.8/ 100

Above average

Useful output divided by relevant attempted actions, weighted for the player's role.

Coverage 100%

Opposition Index

49.8/ 100

Balanced schedule

Minutes-weighted strength of the opponents actually faced. Context only — it does not adjust the Impact Score.

38 rated opponents

Momentum Index

94.4/ 100

Rising form

Last 2 scored matches 72.8 vs earlier 50.6 (+22.2).

Breakout Index

71.2/ 100

Strong upward signal

Signal, not a prediction: recent impact, minutes and starting involvement, read against role-relative standing and opponent strength.

Minutes −35Starts −50pp

Decline Index

28.8/ 100

No decline signal

The same development axis read downwards. A signal of sustained negative movement, not a prediction.

34 scored matches

Final-third profile

Per-90 attacking output from fields the provider actually records. Expected goals, expected assists and spatial metrics are not available in this data and are not estimated.

Final-third profile per 90
Metric	Per 90
Passes in final third per 90	12.42
Key passes per 90	0.99
Chances created per 90	0.56
Big chances created per 90	0.10
Crosses per 90	1.75
Shots per 90	1.42
Successful dribbles per 90	0.53

Team effect

Observational, not causal: team points per completed fixture with and without this player in the starting eleven.

Started33 fixtures1.30pts/match

Did not start5 fixtures1.20pts/match

Difference: +0.10 points per match. This is a description of results only and does not establish that the player caused them.

Efficiency Index components

Pass accuracyweight 35%: 73.9%
Duel win rateweight 25%: 49.7%
Tackle success rateweight 25%: 74.0%
Aerial duel win rateweight 15%: 86.7%

05.1 / Player telemetry · ProfilePercentile 0-100

Role-relative percentiles from the 2025/2026 season. Only metrics relevant to this player's role are shown.

Role-relative percentile values plotted in the profile chart for 2025/2026
Family	Percentile
Passing	52.8
Ball retention	30.9
Defensive	42.4
Duel	65.2
Creation	36.5
Dribbling	51.9
Shooting	51.1

Dashed ring marks the defensive midfielder median (50th percentile) across 47 players in the reference group.

06 / Performance index

Football Performance Lab Impact Score

Performance indexExperimental assessment

47.2/ 100

Assessment

Established-sample estimate

38 appearances · 2,725 minutes

Experimental modelCoverage 100%Established sample

Based on available match data — 38 appearances · 2,725 minutes as defensive midfielder.

Component breakdown

Duelweight 20%: 65.2
Passingweight 25%: 52.8
Creationweight 10%: 36.5
Defensiveweight 30%: 42.4
Ball retentionweight 15%: 30.9

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.

07 / Match record

Match history

Completed fixtures with recorded minutes, most recent first.

Match recordMost recent first

Recent completed matches with minutes and output
Date	Opponent	Venue	Min	Rating	G	A	YC	Impact
16 May 2026	Rangers2–5	Home	44sub	6.95	0	0	0	77.9
13 May 2026	Hearts0–3	Away	46	6.67	0	0	0	67.6
09 May 2026	Hibernian1–3	Home	70	6.37	0	0	0	57.0
02 May 2026	Motherwell1–0	Home	62	6.43	0	0	1	36.4
25 Apr 2026	Celtic1–3	Away	90	6.05	0	0	1	36.1
12 Apr 2026	Rangers3–6	Home	81	6.15	0	0	1	56.7
04 Apr 2026	Motherwell3–2	Away	90	6.70	0	0	0	64.8
21 Mar 2026	St. Mirren1–2	Home	82	7.37	0	1	0	57.6
14 Mar 2026	Aberdeen1–1	Away	69	7.28	0	0	0	60.2
28 Feb 2026	Kilmarnock5–1	Home	90	8.55	2	0	0	55.2
21 Feb 2026	Hearts0–1	Away	90	7.10	0	0	1	57.0
14 Feb 2026	Dundee United2–3	Home	64	6.64	0	0	0	48.1
11 Feb 2026	Dundee1–0	Home	90	8.03	0	0	0	62.4
04 Feb 2026	Livingston2–1	Away	23sub	6.53	0	0	1	—
01 Feb 2026	Celtic0–2	Away	64	6.78	0	0	0	59.9
24 Jan 2026	Hibernian4–1	Home	90	7.09	0	0	0	58.6
14 Jan 2026	Celtic0–1	Home	74	6.40	0	0	0	24.8
10 Jan 2026	St. Mirren2–0	Away	90	6.78	0	0	0	54.3
03 Jan 2026	Aberdeen1–0	Home	85	7.13	0	0	0	50.2
27 Dec 2025	Dundee0–1	Away	24sub	6.84	0	0	0	—
20 Dec 2025	Kilmarnock1–0	Away	68	6.92	0	0	0	57.9
13 Dec 2025	Hearts0–2	Home	22sub	6.29	0	0	0	—
06 Dec 2025	Hibernian0–3	Away	46	6.28	0	0	1	47.2
03 Dec 2025	Motherwell0–0	Home	90	6.65	0	0	0	50.7
30 Nov 2025	Rangers0–0	Away	90	6.60	0	0	1	50.4
22 Nov 2025	Dundee United3–0	Away	73	6.39	0	0	1	43.1
08 Nov 2025	Livingston1–1	Home	62	6.01	0	0	0	27.2
01 Nov 2025	Kilmarnock3–1	Home	13sub	6.68	0	0	0	—
29 Oct 2025	Celtic0–4	Away	90	5.96	0	0	0	50.4
25 Oct 2025	Dundee2–1	Home	81	7.06	0	0	0	60.1
18 Oct 2025	Motherwell2–1	Away	90	6.82	0	0	1	48.8
05 Oct 2025	Rangers1–1	Home	69	6.34	0	0	0	52.3
27 Sept 2025	Hearts0–3	Away	90	6.17	0	0	0	40.2
23 Sept 2025	Hibernian2–2	Home	74	6.34	0	0	0	46.3
13 Sept 2025	St. Mirren1–2	Home	90	6.87	0	0	0	55.7
31 Aug 2025	Aberdeen1–0	Away	90	7.16	0	0	1	61.1
09 Aug 2025	Livingston1–3	Away	90	6.32	0	0	0	48.7
03 Aug 2025	Dundee United2–2	Home	79	7.12	1	0	0	38.8

Goals, assists and yellow cards are counted from recorded match events, so a 0 means the event did not occur. A dash means the provider sent no value — it never means zero. Match impact is only shown for appearances of at least 30 minutes with sufficient metric coverage.

08 / Season archive

Season context

Competition: Premiership
Season: 2025/2026
Team: Falkirk
Appearances: 38
Minutes: 2,725
Average opponent strength: 49.8Minutes-weighted, 0–100 team strength scale. Contextual only — it does not adjust the scores above.

Recent opponents: Rangers, Hearts, Hibernian, Motherwell, Celtic, St. Mirren.

09 / Season on season

Season on season

Stored season figures for this season next to the previous season of the same competition. Presentation only — no new score is calculated.

No comparable previous season is recorded for this player in this competition.

A comparison is shown only when this player has a published season record in both this season and the previous season of the same competition.

10 / Cross-reference

Compare similar players

Players with a comparable Impact Score profile
Player	Team	Role	Impact	Compare
Mohamad Sylla	Livingston	Defensive midfielder	47.5	Compare
Tochi Chukwuani	Rangers	Defensive midfielder	46.8	Compare
Henry Cartwright	Falkirk	Defensive midfielder	46.7	Compare
Ethan Hamilton	Dundee	Defensive midfielder	46.6	Compare
Afeez Aremu	Aberdeen	Defensive midfielder	47.9	Compare

Comparable players share the same season and, where possible, the same role, ranked by how close their existing Impact Score is. No new metric is calculated here.

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