About Matthew Craig
Matthew Craig closed the 2025/2026 Premier League 2 Division One with 2 assists, without scoring, over 10 appearances (785 minutes) — 0.23 goal involvements per 90. His average match rating for that season computes to 7.28. By match rating he ranks in the 67th percentile of a cohort of 132 Premier League 2 Division One midfielders with a minimum of 450 minutes in 2025/2026 — better than half the group, and 96th of 132 for goals scored.
He is at his recorded peak: 2025/2026's 7.28 tops every previous season, with 2024/2025 (6.86) the low mark.
By competition, the recorded league record breaks down across 4 domestic leagues: Premier League 2 Division One (63 appearances, 0 goals), Premier League U18 (32 appearances, 0 goals) and League Two (England) (22 appearances, 1 goal) — the three with most games. He reached 25 league appearances in 1 of those 10 campaigns. Three straight seasons stand out for volume — 2021/2022–2023/2024, 73 league games, 24 a year.