Player dossier
Premiership · 2025/2026
Liam Scales
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
Season snapshot
37 appearances · 3,098 minutesEstablished sampleAll figures cover completed fixtures in this season only.
- Appearances
- 37
- Starts
- 34
- Minutes
- 3,098
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 3
- Yellow cards
- 12
- Red cards
- Not available
1 unused substitute matchday
Counted from match events
Counted from match events
Counted from match events
Provider rating & details
Provider match ratingAverage rating across 36 rated matches.Third-party match rating. Not used in FootyCabin scores.
7.10
FootyCabin performance
FootyCabin scores compare this player with others in the same role, league and season. Higher scores indicate stronger statistical performance.
Impact Score
68.8/ 100
Above average for their role
Established-sample estimate · 37 appearances · 3,098 minutes as centre back
Defensive Activity Score
40.9/ 100
Close to average for their role
Compared with centre backs (55)
Defensive Reliability Score
75.7/ 100
Clearly above average for their role
Compared with centre backs (55)
Ball Security Score
90.0/ 100
Among the best in their role
Compared with centre backs (55)
How the Impact Score is built
- Duelweight 25%
- 59.1
- 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.
Playing style
How this player tends to contribute, compared with players in the same role and season. Style, not quality.
Ball-Playing Defender
Strong matchHeavily involved in build-up for a defender, with high passing volume, accuracy and passes into the final third.
Why this style
- Passes in the final third per 9099th
- Passes per 9097th
- Pass accuracy94th
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 centre back are shown.
| Family | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Passing | 96.7 |
| Defensive | 48.6 |
| Ball retention | 85.8 |
| Duel | 59.1 |
| Creation | 77.7 |
Dashed ring marks the centre back median (50th percentile) across 55 comparable players.
Percentile detail
Compared with Centre back players in this season55 in reference group
- Passing96.7pctl
- Defensive48.6pctl
- Ball retention85.8pctl
- Duel59.1pctl
- Creation77.7pctl
Similar players
Players with the most similar statistical playing styles. This compares style, not player quality.
- Auston TrustyVery similar style100 / 100
Celtic · Centre back · Premiership 2025/2026 · Ball-Playing Defender
Similar in attacking involvement, passing, ball security. Different in defensive duels, chance creation.
- Cameron Carter-Vickers Very similar style97 / 100
Celtic · Centre back · Premiership 2025/2026 · Ball-Playing Defender
Similar in attacking involvement, passing, ball security. Different in chance creation, dribbling.
- John SouttarVery similar style96 / 100
Rangers · Centre back · Premiership 2025/2026 · Ball-Playing Defender
Similar in defensive duels, ball security, chance creation. Different in attacking involvement, dribbling.
Show 2 more similar players
- Frederik Tingager Similar style88 / 100
AGF · Centre back · Superliga 2025/2026
Similar in aerial play, chance creation, defensive activity. Different in attacking involvement, shooting.
- Stipe RadicSimilar style85 / 100
Viborg FF · Centre back · Superliga 2025/2026 · Ball-Playing Defender
Similar in ball security, defensive duels, shooting. Different in attacking involvement, chance creation.
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
Steady form
Detail
Momentum ScoreLast 2 scored matches 70.7 vs earlier 65.0 (+5.7).61.5/ 100
Development
Some upward signs
Detail
Breakout ScoreLooks at recent performances, playing time and starts to spot signs that a player is improving. It is not a prediction.Minutes 0 · Starts 0pp62.0/ 100
Decline
No clear decline
Detail
Decline ScoreLooks for signs that the player's performances and playing time are dropping. It is not a prediction.34 scored matches38.0/ 100
Opposition strength
Around average
Detail
Opposition Difficulty ScoreShows how strong the opponents have been. It is context only and does not change the Impact Score.37 rated opponents47.4/ 100
Efficiency
Too few recorded actions to score
Detail
Efficiency ScoreShows how often the player's actions lead to successful results.Coverage 60%Insufficient sample
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: +0.74 points per match. This is a description of results only and does not mean the player caused them.
| Metric | Rate |
|---|---|
| Pass accuracy | 91.3% |
| Dribble success rate | 66.7% |
| Duel win rate | 61.2% |
| Aerial duel win rate | Not available |
| Tackle success rate | Not available |
| Shot on target rate | 23.1% |
| Long ball accuracy | 53.3% |
Liam Scales · 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.