Richard Smallwood

Defensive midfielders · Tranmere Rovers · League Two (ENG) · 2025/2026

Richard Smallwood is a Anchor / Ball winner at Tranmere Rovers. In the 2025/2026 League Two (ENG) season, the Xilytics score is 90 out of 100 against defensive midfielders in the same league and season — 47 once adjusted for league strength. He produced 0 goals and 1 assists in 1,783 minutes, at a 6.78 match rating. His profile leans on Involvement (87) and Passing Quality (83), while Dribbling (23) is his clearest area to improve. Across 7 seasons of 900+ minutes — 20,722 minutes in all, 3 competitions from 2018/2019 to 2025/2026 — his Xilytics score averages 37. His best season scored 56 (2021/2022) and his weakest 16 (2023/2024). His seasons move about as much as most players' do. A career figure of this length repeats at 0.79 for defensive midfielders — measured by correlating each player's odd seasons against his even ones. See his full ability radar, percentile ranking on every metric, role fit and most-similar players below.

Richard Smallwood scouting report: Defensive midfielders at Tranmere Rovers, League Two (ENG), 2025/2026. Radar analysis, strengths, similar players and season stats.