Matthew Smith

€800KMarket Value

Newport County•Midfielder•

Wales

Matthew Smith

€800KMarket Value

Newport County•Midfielder•

Wales

6.5

Season Score

Nov 22, 1999

175 cm

Height

Shirt Number

Card stats based on

2026/2027

6.5

Season Score

Nov 22, 1999

175 cm

Height

Shirt Number

Card stats based on

2026/2027

Season Performance 26/27

All Competitions

Matches: 5
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Goal Contributions: 0
Mins/game: 29
Avg Rating: 6.50

rating

6.62+1.10(+17.3%)

Last 20 matches

Sep 26, 2025 — Sep 26, 2026

High

7.43

Low

6.29

Avg

6.62

G+A

Wins7

Draws4

Losses9

Month	Matches	Mins	A	G+A	Rating
Sep 2026	2	91	0	0	7.43
Aug 2026	4	112	0	0	6.33
May 2026	1	1	0	0	-
Apr 2026	1	36	0	0	6.29
Mar 2026	5	209	0	0	6.51
Feb 2026	1	11	0	0	6.57
Jan 2026	3	270	1	1	-
Dec 2025	3	170	0	0	6.58

8 months • 20 matches

Career

Club Career

MGAGxGMinRtg

St. Johnstone

2023/2024 - 2024/2025

2021/2022 - 2022/2023

Total

2226170.0314,729

National Team

MGAGxGMinRtg

Wales

2016 - 2022

19000.001,0676.80

Youth Career

MGAGxGMinRtg

Manchester City U23

2016/2017 - 2017/2018

18200.111,493-

Manchester City U19

2016/2017 - 2017/2018

2017/2018 - 2021/2022

4000.003397.04

Club Career

MGAMinG+A/90YCRCRtg

Newport County

26/27

5001430.00006.50

Newport County

25/26

22029930.18306.73

St. Johnstone

24/25

25011,6240.06206.82

St. Johnstone

23/24

35132,7260.13407.00

Milton Keynes Dons

22/23

29221,3810.26006.74

Hull City

21/22

100—6710.00006.78

Milton Keynes Dons

21/22

4011750.51006.78

Doncaster Rovers

20/21

43153,4370.16507.02

Queens Park Rangers

19/20

12014670.19106.58

FC Twente

18/19

37223,1120.12506.90

National Team

MGAMinG+A/90YCRCRtg

Wales

2022

40—2400.00006.70

Wales

2021

30—2090.0000-

Wales

2020

80—4830.00106.85

Wales

2018

40—1350.0000-

Youth Career

MGAMinG+A/90YCRCRtg

Manchester City U21

20/21

10—900.00007.04

Wales U21

2019

51—3240.2810-

Manchester City U19

17/18

71—5700.1620-

Manchester City U21

17/18

30—2490.0010-

Manchester City U23

17/18

10107980.1150-

Manchester City U23

16/17

8106950.1350-

Manchester City U19

16/17

30—1490.0010-

League seasons, computed

Season	League	Apps	Min	Goals	Assists	G+A / 90	Rating
2017/2018	Premier League 2 Divison Two	10	798	1	0	0.11	—
2017	Premier League 2 Divison Two	8	695	1	0	0.13	—
2018/2019	Eerste Divisie	34	2907	2	1	0.09	—
2019/2020	Championship (England)	10	257	0	0	0	6.56
2020/2021	League One (England)	40	3193	1	3	0.11	7.01
2021/2022	Championship (England)	9	551	0	0	0	6.71
2021/2022	League One (England)	4	175	0	1	0.51	6.78
2022/2023	League One (England)	21	929	2	1	0.29	6.76
2023/2024	Premiership	34	2636	1	2	0.1	7
2024/2025	Premiership	20	896	0	0	0	6.82
2025/2026	League Two (England)	21	947	0	2	0.19	6.73
2026/2027	League Two (England)	3	19	0	0	—	6.2

Career Progress

Appearances per Season

Appearance Distribution

Full match

Substituted off

From Bench

Matthew Smith — computed career insights

Career figures, computed

Best-rated season: 2020/2021 · 7.01League One (England)
Lowest-rated season: 2019/2020 · 6.56Championship (England)
Rating trend: -0.03last 2 rated seasons vs career average before them
Career involvement (league): 0.12 G+A per 908 goals + 10 assists across 12 league seasons (per-90 from 14003 minutes on record)
League seasons on record: 12 (2017–2026)
Clubs with recorded appearances: 11

Among position peers, computed

Rating percentile: 50thrating 6.73 vs 195 rated peers
Goals rank: #152 of 1950 goals
G+A per 90 percentile: 53rd0.19 per 90

Cohort: 195 League Two (England) midfielders, 2025/2026, min. 450 minutes.

How we calculate this

Rival Clubs(50)

Player stats against each opponent club

Team	MP	W	D	L	G	A		Last
Hibernian	7	2	1	4	0	1	0	Mar 2025
Motherwell	7	2	3	2	0	0	0	Jan 2025
Celtic	6	1	1	4	0	0	1	Apr 2025
Ross County	6	3	2	1	0	1	0	Feb 2025
Aberdeen	6	1	3	2	0	0	1	Dec 2024
Dundee	6	1	2	3	1	0	1	Mar 2025
St. Mirren	6	2	0	4	0	0	0	Feb 2025
Ipswich Town	5	1	1	3	0	0	0	Feb 2023
Kilmarnock	5	3	0	2	0	0	1	Nov 2024
Lincoln City	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	Feb 2023
Hearts	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	Feb 2025
Wigan Athletic	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	Mar 2022
Peterborough United	4	0	1	3	1	0	1	Dec 2022
Livingston	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	May 2024
Morecambe	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	Mar 2023
Sunderland	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	Feb 2022
Portsmouth	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	Mar 2021
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	Feb 2023
Hull City	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	Feb 2021
Sheffield Wednesday	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	Feb 2023

1–20 of 50

Transfers

Transfer History

Jul 1, 2025

Aug 5, 2023

Jan 31, 2022

Jan 30, 2022

Aug 6, 2021

May 31, 2021

Oct 16, 2020

Jul 31, 2020

Jan 31, 2020

Jan 30, 2020

Jul 1, 2019

Jun 30, 2019

Jul 3, 2018

Jul 1, 2017

Trophies & Awards

1 title won

Championships

Eerste Divisie

1x Winner(2018/2019)

Player Information

Newport County

Current Team

Date of Birth

Nov 22, 1999

Nationality

Wales

Height

175 cm

Weight

69 kg

Shirt Number

Age

26 years

Position

Midfielder

Market Value

€800K

Performance Overview

Season Rating

6.70

Highest: 7.4 | Lowest: 6.2

Goals/Game

0.00

Mins/Game

Pass Acc.

25%

Matches

Total played5

Started (Lineups)1

From Bench0

Total Minutes143

Minutes per game29

Attacking

Goals0

Penalties scored0

Scoring frequency-

Goals per game0.00

Shots total-

Shots on target-

Shots off target-

Shots per game-

Shots on target/game-

Hit Woodwork-

Big Chances Missed-

Passes

Assists0

Key passes1

Pass accuracy25%

Total passes58

Long Balls-

Long Balls Won-

Crosses0

Accurate Crosses0

Big Chances Created-

Defense

Tackles5

Interceptions2

Clearances-

Blocks-

Clean Sheets-

Goals Conceded-

Duels

Total Duels16

Duels Won10

Aerials Won-

Succ. Dribbles0

Cards

Yellow0

Yellow Red0

Red0

Career Statistics

career goals

career assists

222

total appearances

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About Matthew Smith

21 League Two (England) appearances in 2025/2026 brought Matthew Smith 2 assists, though no goals (947 minutes) — 0.19 goal involvements per 90. That season graded out at an average match rating of 6.73. Among a cohort of 195 League Two (England) midfielders with a minimum of 450 minutes in 2025/2026, his match rating sits in the 50th percentile, above the median, and 152nd of 195 for goals scored.

Season ratings peak at 7.01 in 2020/2021, League One (England) and bottom out at 6.56 in 2019/2020.

By competition, the recorded league record breaks down across 6 domestic leagues: League One (England) (65 appearances, 3 goals), Premiership (54 appearances, 1 goal) and Eerste Divisie (34 appearances, 2 goals) — the three with most games. In 3 of the 12 campaigns on record he played at least 25 league games. His busiest three-season stretch was 2018/2019–2020/2021: 84 league appearances, 28 a season.