Ryan Watson

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

Ryan Watson is a Deep playmaker at Tranmere Rovers. In the 2025/2026 League Two (ENG) season, the Xilytics score is 26 out of 100 against defensive midfielders in the same league and season — 14 once adjusted for league strength. He produced 0 goals and 0 assists in 331 minutes, at a 6.54 match rating. His profile leans on Passing Quality (85) and Dribbling (69), while Winning (0) is his clearest area to improve. Across 5 seasons of 900+ minutes — 13,275 minutes in all, 2 competitions from 2019/2020 to 2023/2024 — his Xilytics score averages 9. His best season scored 15 (2022/2023) and his weakest 3 (2021/2022). Season to season he lands in much the same place. 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.

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