Player dossier

Premiership · 2025/2026

Zachary Sapsford

Striker

Team: Dundee United
Role: Striker
Nationality: Australia
Date of birth: 16 Aug 2002 (age 24)
Shirt number: 9
Competition: Premiership (Scotland)
Season: 2025/2026

All players

01 / Record

Performance summary

38 appearances · 2,653 minutesEstablished sampleAll figures cover completed fixtures in this season only.

Player recordCompleted fixtures

Appearances: 38
Starts: 31
Minutes: 2,653
Average rating: 6.76
Goals: 9
Assists: 2
Yellow cards: 4
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	37.32
Passes per 90	19.03
Accurate passes per 90	10.75
Passes in final third per 90	2.99
Key passes per 90	1.02
Chances created per 90	0.85
Shots per 90	2.68
Shots on target per 90	0.92
Successful dribbles per 90	0.54
Tackles per 90	0.88
Interceptions per 90	0.14
Clearances per 90	0.81
Ball recoveries per 90	3.15
Duels per 90	14.52
Goals per 90	0.31
Assists per 90	0.07
Possession lost per 90	16.45
Saves per 90	Not available
Saves inside box per 90	Not available
Goals conceded per 90	1.56

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	56.5%
Dribble success rate	34.8%
Duel win rate	39.3%
Aerial duel win rate	42.9%
Tackle success rate	80.8%
Shot on target rate	34.2%
Long ball accuracy	25.8%

04 / Role telemetry

Performance profile

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

Role-relative telemetryPercentile 0-100

Compared with Striker players in this season52 in reference group

Shooting41.3pctl
Creation37.9pctl
Ball retention30.5pctl
Duel54.2pctl
Dribbling37.5pctl
Passing42.0pctl
Defensive48.0pctl

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

40.5/ 100

Below average

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

Coverage 100%

Opposition Index

45.4/ 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

71.2/ 100

Rising form

Last 2 scored matches 68.6 vs earlier 58.0 (+10.6).

Breakout Index

62.8/ 100

Upward signal

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

Minutes −12Starts +3pp

Decline Index

37.2/ 100

No decline signal

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

32 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	2.99
Key passes per 90	1.02
Chances created per 90	0.85
Big chances created per 90	0.14
Crosses per 90	2.27
Shots per 90	2.68
Successful dribbles per 90	0.54

Team effect

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

Started31 fixtures1.19pts/match

Did not start7 fixtures1.14pts/match

Difference: +0.05 points per match. This is a description of results only and does not establish that the player caused them.

Efficiency Index components

Shot on target rateweight 40%: 34.2%
Aerial duel win rateweight 20%: 42.9%
Pass accuracyweight 20%: 56.5%
Dribble success rateweight 20%: 34.8%

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
Shooting	41.3
Creation	37.9
Ball retention	30.5
Duel	54.2
Dribbling	37.5
Passing	42.0
Defensive	48.0

Dashed ring marks the striker median (50th percentile) across 52 players in the reference group.

06 / Performance index

Football Performance Lab Impact Score

Performance indexExperimental assessment

41.2/ 100

Assessment

Established-sample estimate

38 appearances · 2,653 minutes

Experimental modelCoverage 100%Established sample

Based on available match data — 38 appearances · 2,653 minutes as striker.

Component breakdown

Duelweight 15%: 54.2
Passingweight 10%: 42.0
Creationweight 20%: 37.9
Shootingweight 35%: 41.3
Dribblingweight 10%: 37.5
Ball retentionweight 10%: 30.5

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
17 May 2026	St. Mirren1–1	Away	74	6.99	1	0	0	—
12 May 2026	Livingston0–0	Home	62	6.51	0	0	0	74.3
09 May 2026	Aberdeen0–2	Away	79	6.52	0	0	0	—
02 May 2026	Kilmarnock0–3	Away	71	6.67	0	0	0	63.8
26 Apr 2026	Dundee3–0	Home	90	6.52	0	0	0	—
11 Apr 2026	Livingston3–2	Home	90	6.84	1	0	0	—
04 Apr 2026	Rangers2–4	Away	26sub	6.88	1	0	0	—
22 Mar 2026	Celtic2–0	Home	18sub	6.55	0	0	0	—
15 Mar 2026	Dundee2–2	Away	18sub	6.18	0	0	0	—
03 Mar 2026	St. Mirren2–1	Home	21sub	6.59	0	0	0	—
28 Feb 2026	Motherwell0–2	Away	29sub	6.34	0	0	0	—
24 Feb 2026	Aberdeen0–0	Home	59	6.40	0	0	0	—
21 Feb 2026	Kilmarnock1–1	Home	18sub	6.35	0	0	0	—
14 Feb 2026	Falkirk3–2	Away	90	7.08	0	1	0	55.3
04 Feb 2026	Hibernian2–3	Away	76	6.33	0	0	0	—
31 Jan 2026	Hearts0–3	Home	44sub	6.14	0	0	0	—
10 Jan 2026	Celtic0–4	Away	79	6.59	0	0	0	—
03 Jan 2026	Dundee0–1	Home	90	6.91	0	0	0	—
30 Dec 2025	Livingston3–1	Away	75	8.04	1	0	0	81.3
27 Dec 2025	Aberdeen1–1	Away	73	6.57	0	0	0	53.0
20 Dec 2025	Hibernian1–1	Home	90	6.78	0	0	0	42.1
17 Dec 2025	Celtic2–1	Home	80	7.44	1	0	0	74.6
13 Dec 2025	Motherwell0–0	Home	73	6.92	0	0	0	57.6
06 Dec 2025	St. Mirren0–2	Away	82	6.57	0	0	1	55.0
03 Dec 2025	Rangers2–2	Home	63	7.47	1	0	0	—
29 Nov 2025	Kilmarnock1–1	Away	77	6.73	0	0	0	—
22 Nov 2025	Falkirk0–3	Home	64	6.60	0	0	0	—
09 Nov 2025	Hearts1–1	Away	90	6.73	0	0	0	—
29 Oct 2025	Motherwell0–2	Away	90	6.64	0	0	0	—
25 Oct 2025	St. Mirren3–1	Home	77	7.25	1	0	0	65.8
18 Oct 2025	Rangers2–2	Away	90	7.19	0	1	1	65.7
04 Oct 2025	Livingston1–1	Home	90	7.08	0	0	0	57.4
27 Sept 2025	Kilmarnock0–2	Home	90	5.66	0	0	0	48.4
23 Sept 2025	Aberdeen2–0	Home	90	6.67	0	0	1	—
13 Sept 2025	Hibernian3–3	Away	90	7.11	1	0	0	69.1
31 Aug 2025	Dundee2–0	Away	79	7.43	1	0	0	61.6
10 Aug 2025	Hearts2–3	Home	66	6.62	0	0	0	—
03 Aug 2025	Falkirk2–2	Away	90	6.89	0	0	1	71.5

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: Dundee United
Appearances: 38
Minutes: 2,653
Average opponent strength: 45.4Minutes-weighted, 0–100 team strength scale. Contextual only — it does not adjust the scores above.

Recent opponents: St. Mirren, Livingston, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, Dundee, Rangers.

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
Max Watters	Dundee United	Striker	41.1	Compare
Kevin Nisbet	Aberdeen	Striker	41.3	Compare
Dane Scarlett	Hibernian	Striker	41.8	Compare
Marcus Dackers	Kilmarnock	Striker	40.1	Compare
Jeremy Bokila	Livingston	Striker	39.9	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