Player dossier
Premiership · 2025/2026
Liam Scales
- Team
- Celtic
- Role
- Centre back
- Nationality
- Republic of Ireland
- Date of birth
- 08 Aug 1998 (age 28)
- Shirt number
- 5
- Competition
- Premiership (Scotland)
- Season
- 2025/2026
Performance summary
37 appearances · 3,098 minutesEstablished sampleAll figures cover completed fixtures in this season only.
- Appearances
- 37
- Starts
- 34
- Minutes
- 3,098
- Average rating
- 7.10
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 3
- Yellow cards
- 12
- Red cards
- Not available
1 unused substitute matchday
Sportmonks rating · 36 rated matches
Counted from match events
Counted from match events
Counted from match events
Per-90 statistics
Season totals scaled to 90 minutes played. Metrics the provider did not record are marked as not available rather than zero.
| Metric | Per 90 |
|---|---|
| Touches per 90 | 100.92 |
| Passes per 90 | 86.92 |
| Accurate passes per 90 | 79.40 |
| Passes in final third per 90 | 10.52 |
| Key passes per 90 | 0.44 |
| Chances created per 90 | 0.32 |
| Shots per 90 | 0.38 |
| Shots on target per 90 | 0.09 |
| Successful dribbles per 90 | 0.23 |
| Tackles per 90 | 0.93 |
| Interceptions per 90 | 1.13 |
| Clearances per 90 | 6.33 |
| Ball recoveries per 90 | 4.44 |
| Duels per 90 | 9.88 |
| Goals per 90 | Not available |
| Assists per 90 | 0.09 |
| Possession lost per 90 | 8.72 |
| Saves per 90 | Not available |
| Saves inside box per 90 | Not available |
| Goals conceded per 90 | 0.99 |
Efficiency
Success rates computed only where both the numerator and the denominator exist.
| Metric | Rate |
|---|---|
| Pass accuracy | 91.3% |
| Dribble success rate | 66.7% |
| Duel win rate | 61.2% |
| Aerial duel win rate | 80.1% |
| Tackle success rate | 68.8% |
| Shot on target rate | 23.1% |
| Long ball accuracy | 53.3% |
Performance profile
Percentiles compare this player with others in the same role and season. Only families relevant to centre back are shown.
Compared with Centre back players in this season55 in reference group
- Passing96.7pctl
- Defensive48.6pctl
- Ball retention85.8pctl
- Duel60.9pctl
- Creation77.7pctl
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.
Efficiency Index
Highly efficient
Useful output divided by relevant attempted actions, weighted for the player's role.
Opposition Index
Balanced schedule
Minutes-weighted strength of the opponents actually faced. Context only — it does not adjust the Impact Score.
Momentum Index
Slightly improving
Last 2 scored matches 69.7 vs earlier 64.3 (+5.3).
Breakout Index
Upward signal
Signal, not a prediction: recent impact, minutes and starting involvement, read against role-relative standing and opponent strength.
Decline Index
No decline signal
The same development axis read downwards. A signal of sustained negative movement, not a prediction.
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.
| Metric | Per 90 |
|---|---|
| Passes in final third per 90 | 10.52 |
| Key passes per 90 | 0.44 |
| Chances created per 90 | 0.32 |
| Big chances created per 90 | 0.12 |
| Crosses per 90 | 0.38 |
| Shots per 90 | 0.38 |
| Successful dribbles per 90 | 0.23 |
Team effect
Observational, not causal: team points per completed fixture with and without this player in the starting eleven.
Difference: +0.74 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%
- 91.3%
- Duel win rateweight 25%
- 61.2%
- Aerial duel win rateweight 20%
- 80.1%
- Tackle success rateweight 20%
- 68.8%
Role-relative percentiles from the 2025/2026 season. Only metrics relevant to this player's role are shown.
| Family | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Passing | 96.7 |
| Defensive | 48.6 |
| Ball retention | 85.8 |
| Duel | 60.9 |
| Creation | 77.7 |
Dashed ring marks the centre back median (50th percentile) across 55 players in the reference group.
Football Performance Lab Impact Score
69.3/ 100
Assessment
Established-sample estimate
37 appearances · 3,098 minutes
Based on available match data — 37 appearances · 3,098 minutes as centre back.
Component breakdown
- Duelweight 25%
- 60.9
- Passingweight 25%
- 96.7
- Defensiveweight 35%
- 48.6
- Ball retentionweight 15%
- 85.8
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.
Match history
Completed fixtures with recorded minutes, most recent first.
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Min | Rating | G | A | YC | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2026 | Hearts3–1 | Home | 90 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.6 |
| 13 May 2026 | Motherwell3–2 | Away | 90 | 7.08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65.7 |
| 10 May 2026 | Rangers3–1 | Home | 90 | 7.02 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70.1 |
| 03 May 2026 | Hibernian2–1 | Away | 90 | 6.76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57.5 |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Falkirk3–1 | Home | 90 | 6.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.8 |
| 11 Apr 2026 | St. Mirren1–0 | Home | 90 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.2 |
| 05 Apr 2026 | Dundee2–1 | Away | 90 | 6.63 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52.2 |
| 22 Mar 2026 | Dundee United0–2 | Away | 90 | 6.72 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74.4 |
| 14 Mar 2026 | Motherwell3–1 | Home | 90 | 6.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.2 |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Aberdeen2–1 | Away | 90 | 7.15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59.0 |
| 01 Mar 2026 | Rangers2–2 | Away | 90 | 6.78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.6 |
| 22 Feb 2026 | Hibernian1–2 | Home | 90 | 6.91 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77.0 |
| 15 Feb 2026 | Kilmarnock3–2 | Away | 90 | 6.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.2 |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Livingston2–1 | Home | 90 | 7.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69.2 |
| 01 Feb 2026 | Falkirk2–0 | Home | 90 | 8.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.7 |
| 25 Jan 2026 | Hearts2–2 | Away | 90 | 6.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.8 |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Falkirk1–0 | Away | 90 | 7.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.1 |
| 10 Jan 2026 | Dundee United4–0 | Home | 90 | 7.78 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68.7 |
| 03 Jan 2026 | Rangers1–3 | Home | 2sub | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 30 Dec 2025 | Motherwell0–2 | Away | 90 | 6.34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59.3 |
| 21 Dec 2025 | Aberdeen3–1 | Home | 21sub | 6.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Dundee United1–2 | Away | 15sub | 6.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 07 Dec 2025 | Hearts1–2 | Home | 90 | 6.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| 03 Dec 2025 | Dundee1–0 | Home | 90 | 6.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.8 |
| 30 Nov 2025 | Hibernian2–1 | Away | 90 | 6.68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.8 |
| 22 Nov 2025 | St. Mirren1–0 | Away | 90 | 7.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.9 |
| 09 Nov 2025 | Kilmarnock4–0 | Home | 90 | 7.76 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77.7 |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Falkirk4–0 | Home | 90 | 7.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.2 |
| 26 Oct 2025 | Hearts1–3 | Away | 90 | 6.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.1 |
| 19 Oct 2025 | Dundee0–2 | Away | 90 | 7.13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73.8 |
| 05 Oct 2025 | Motherwell3–2 | Home | 90 | 6.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 |
| 27 Sept 2025 | Hibernian0–0 | Home | 90 | 7.68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.1 |
| 14 Sept 2025 | Kilmarnock2–1 | Away | 90 | 7.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 |
| 31 Aug 2025 | Rangers0–0 | Away | 90 | 7.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.2 |
| 23 Aug 2025 | Livingston3–0 | Home | 90 | 7.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| 10 Aug 2025 | Aberdeen2–0 | Away | 90 | 7.42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67.1 |
| 03 Aug 2025 | St. Mirren1–0 | Home | 90 | 7.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.2 |
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.
Season context
- Competition
- Premiership
- Season
- 2025/2026
- Team
- Celtic
- Appearances
- 37
- Minutes
- 3,098
- Average opponent strength
- 47.4Minutes-weighted, 0–100 team strength scale. Contextual only — it does not adjust the scores above.
Recent opponents: Hearts, Motherwell, Rangers, Hibernian, Falkirk, St. Mirren.
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.
Compare similar players
| Player | Team | Role | Impact | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel Fernandez | Rangers | Centre back | 70.3 | Compare |
| Derek Cornelius | Rangers | Centre back | 70.6 | Compare |
| Dane Murray | Celtic | Centre back | 70.9 | Compare |
| Cameron Carter-Vickers | Celtic | Centre back | 71.2 | Compare |
| Auston Trusty | Celtic | Centre back | 65.9 | 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.
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.