Player dossier
Premiership · 2025/2026
Samson Lawal
Samson Lawal- Team
- Livingston
- Role
- Full back
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Date of birth
- 25 Apr 2004 (age 22)
- Shirt number
- 40
- Competition
- Premiership (Scotland)
- Season
- 2025/2026
Season snapshot
15 appearances · 771 minutesEstablished sampleAll figures cover completed fixtures in this season only.
- Appearances
- 15
- Starts
- 7
- Minutes
- 771
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 2
- Red cards
- Not available
8 unused substitute matchdays
Counted from match events
Counted from match events
Counted from match events
Provider rating & details
Provider match ratingAverage rating across 13 rated matches.Third-party match rating. Not used in FootyCabin scores.
6.55
FootyCabin performance
FootyCabin scores compare this player with others in the same role, league and season. Higher scores indicate stronger statistical performance.
Impact Score
50.7/ 100
Slightly above average for their role
Established-sample estimate · 15 appearances · 771 minutes as full back
Defensive Activity Score
93.8/ 100
Among the best in their role
Compared with full backs (40)
How the Impact Score is built
- Duelweight 15%
- 47.5
- Passingweight 20%
- 52.9
- Creationweight 20%
- 33.3
- Defensiveweight 25%
- 63.8
- Dribblingweight 10%
- 63.8
- Ball retentionweight 10%
- 40.4
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.
Attacking Full-Back
Moderate matchFrequently involved in advanced areas, with a high volume of crosses, final-third passes and touches.
Why this style
- Dribble attempts per 9091th
- Passes in the final third per 9069th
- Touches per 9061th
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 full back are shown.
| Family | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Passing | 52.9 |
| Defensive | 63.8 |
| Ball retention | 40.4 |
| Duel | 47.5 |
| Dribbling | 63.8 |
| Creation | 33.3 |
| Shooting | 23.8 |
Dashed ring marks the full back median (50th percentile) across 40 comparable players.
Percentile detail
Compared with Full back players in this season40 in reference group
- Passing52.9pctl
- Defensive63.8pctl
- Ball retention40.4pctl
- Duel47.5pctl
- Dribbling63.8pctl
- Creation33.3pctl
- Shooting23.8pctl
Similar players
Players with the most similar statistical playing styles. This compares style, not player quality.
- Joshua BrenetVery similar style99 / 100
Livingston · Full back · Premiership 2025/2026
Similar in aerial play, attacking involvement, passing. Different in dribbling, defensive duels.
- Jamie BrandonVery similar style98 / 100
Kilmarnock · Full back · Premiership 2025/2026 · Attacking Full-Back
Similar in ball security, attacking involvement, dribbling. Different in aerial play, defensive activity.
- Jamie BrandonVery similar style97 / 100
Kilmarnock · Full back · Premiership 2026/2027 · Attacking Full-Back
Similar in shooting, dribbling, attacking involvement. Different in defensive activity, aerial play.
Show 2 more similar players
- Oskar BuurVery similar style96 / 100
Lyngby Boldklub · Full back · Superliga 2026/2027
Similar in chance creation, defensive duels, attacking involvement. Different in defensive activity, dribbling.
- Lasse FløVery similar style96 / 100
Vejle Boldklub · Full back · Superliga 2025/2026 · Attacking Full-Back
Similar in ball security, passing, attacking involvement. Different in defensive duels, 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
Rising strongly
Detail
Momentum ScoreLast 2 scored matches 63.5 vs earlier 53.3 (+10.2).70.4/ 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 −26 · Starts −25pp56.0/ 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.10 scored matches44.0/ 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.15 rated opponents50.9/ 100
Efficiency
Too few recorded actions to score
Detail
Efficiency ScoreShows how often the player's actions lead to successful results.Coverage 80%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: +0.02 points per match. This is a description of results only and does not mean the player caused them.
| Metric | Rate |
|---|---|
| Pass accuracy | 77.6% |
| Dribble success rate | 68.4% |
| Duel win rate | 49.0% |
| Aerial duel win rate | Not available |
| Tackle success rate | Not available |
| Shot on target rate | Not available |
| Long ball accuracy | 33.3% |
Samson Lawal · 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.