Player dossier
Premiership · 2025/2026
James Forrest
James Forrest- Team
- Celtic
- Role
- Winger
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Date of birth
- 07 Jul 1991 (age 35)
- Shirt number
- 49
- Competition
- Premiership (Scotland)
- Season
- 2025/2026
Season snapshot
27 appearances · 766 minutesEstablished sampleAll figures cover completed fixtures in this season only.
- Appearances
- 27
- Starts
- 3
- Minutes
- 766
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 1
- Yellow cards
- 1
- Red cards
- Not available
6 unused substitute matchdays
Counted from match events
Counted from match events
Counted from match events
Provider rating & details
Provider match ratingAverage rating across 26 rated matches.Third-party match rating. Not used in FootyCabin scores.
6.71
FootyCabin performance
FootyCabin scores compare this player with others in the same role, league and season. Higher scores indicate stronger statistical performance.
Impact Score
59.7/ 100
Above average for their role
Established-sample estimate · 27 appearances · 766 minutes as winger
Attacking Threat Score
45.4/ 100
Slightly above average for their role
Compared with wingers (52)
Creative Impact Score
58.5/ 100
Above average for their role
Compared with wingers (52)
Non-Penalty Finishing Score
17.7/ 100
Below average for their role
Compared with wingers (52)
How the Impact Score is built
- Duelweight 10%
- 66.0
- Passingweight 15%
- 83.7
- Creationweight 25%
- 53.2
- Shootingweight 20%
- 37.3
- Dribblingweight 20%
- 61.2
- Ball retentionweight 10%
- 76.0
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.
Playing style
How this player tends to contribute, compared with players in the same role and season. Style, not quality.
Direct Winger
Strong matchTakes defenders on: high dribble volume, completed dribbles and fouls drawn.
Why this style
- Dribble attempts per 9091th
- Successful dribbles per 9088th
- Fouls drawn per 9039th
Archetypes describe statistical playing style, not player quality. How this is built
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 winger are shown.
| Family | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Creation | 53.2 |
| Dribbling | 61.2 |
| Passing | 83.7 |
| Shooting | 37.3 |
| Ball retention | 76.0 |
| Duel | 66.0 |
| Defensive | 24.0 |
Dashed ring marks the winger median (50th percentile) across 52 comparable players.
Percentile detail
Compared with Winger players in this season52 in reference group
- Creation53.2pctl
- Dribbling61.2pctl
- Passing83.7pctl
- Shooting37.3pctl
- Ball retention76.0pctl
- Duel66.0pctl
- Defensive24.0pctl
Similar players
Players with the most similar statistical playing styles. This compares style, not player quality.
- Sebastian TounektiVery similar style97 / 100
Celtic · Winger · Premiership 2025/2026 · Direct Winger
Similar in attacking involvement, dribbling, ball security. Different in defensive duels, chance creation.
- Callum SlatteryVery similar style91 / 100
Motherwell · Attacking midfielder · Premiership 2025/2026 · Direct Winger
Similar in aerial play, ball security, shooting. Different in defensive activity, defensive duels.
- Oliver AntmanSimilar style88 / 100
Rangers · Winger · Premiership 2025/2026 · Creative Winger
Similar in defensive activity, aerial play, ball security. Different in defensive duels, chance creation.
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- Clement BischoffSimilar style86 / 100
Brøndby IF · Winger · Superliga 2025/2026
Similar in attacking involvement, dribbling, shooting. Different in defensive activity, ball security.
- Djeidi GassamaSimilar style85 / 100
Rangers · Winger · Premiership 2025/2026 · Direct Winger
Similar in aerial play, shooting, dribbling. Different in attacking involvement, passing.
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.
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
Form is falling
Detail
Momentum ScoreLast 2 scored matches 61.8 vs earlier 80.5 (−18.6).12.7/ 100
Development
No clear upward trend
Detail
Breakout ScoreLooks at recent performances, playing time and starts to spot signs that a player is improving. It is not a prediction.Minutes +10 · Starts +25pp29.1/ 100
Decline
Strong downward trend
Detail
Decline ScoreLooks for signs that the player's performances and playing time are dropping. It is not a prediction.10 scored matches70.9/ 100
Opposition strength
Easier than average
Detail
Opposition Difficulty ScoreShows how strong the opponents have been. It is context only and does not change the Impact Score.27 rated opponents44.9/ 100
Efficiency
Around average
Detail
Efficiency ScoreShows how often the player's actions lead to successful results.Coverage 100%49.7/ 100
Team effect and success rates
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.
Difference: +0.91 points per match. This is a description of results only and does not mean the player caused them.
Efficiency Score components
- Dribble success rateweight 35%
- 47.4%
- Pass accuracyweight 25%
- 86.5%
- Shot on target rateweight 25%
- 16.0%
- Duel win rateweight 15%
- 50.0%
| Metric | Rate |
|---|---|
| Pass accuracy | 86.5% |
| Dribble success rate | 47.4% |
| Duel win rate | 50.0% |
| Aerial duel win rate | Not available |
| Tackle success rate | 88.9% |
| Shot on target rate | 16.0% |
| Long ball accuracy | 60.0% |
James Forrest · 0–100% scale
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.