B. Lyons

Midfielder

4(0)

Apps

315

Min

League Context · Sportmonks, Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership midfielders · minimum 270 minutes · 2026/27 · 55 qualifying players

Key Passes

—

Chances Created

—

Tackles Won

2.009th of 55

Interceptions

2.002nd of 55

Ball Recovery

4.0034th of 55

Accurate Passes

81.6%31st of 55

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Compare vs

What kind of defensive midfielder is Lyons?

Percentiles vs Aberdeen defensive mids · all player-seasons 2021–22 to 2026–27 · min 200 minutes (10 player-seasons)

Strongest on duel win % and pass accuracy; ball rec is the least dominant part of the profile.

Pass Accuracy82%65th

Passes / 9041.15th

Long Ball % 53%65th

Tackles+Ints / 902.335th

Ball Rec / 902.95th

Aerial Win %50%30th

Duel Win %66%95th

Key Passes / 900.8645th

A style profile, not a rating — percentiles are within Aberdeen player pools only, not league-wide.

Chance Creation · WhoScored events

Key Passes

Assists

Pre-Assists

Prog. Passes

Box Entries

Dribbles

Key passes = passes that led to a shot. Pre-assists = the pass before the assist. 4 apps, 332 mins · squad ranks among 300+ min players.

Role fingerprint · style, not ability · vs Aberdeen defensive mids, player-seasons 2021–22 to 2026–27, 450+ minutes

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Not enough minutes yet for a reliable wheel (247 of 450 needed) — raw numbers are on the players table.

A style fingerprint, not a rating — single-club sample. How these numbers work

Rank vs 149 player-seasons, 2021–27 (200+ min)

Shooting

Goals

10.29/90

46th

Open Play

Penalties

0.420.12/90

101st

Shots

82.29/90

81st

Shots on Target

20.57/90

75th

Conversion

13%

32nd

Creation

Assists

00.00/90

79th

0.400.11/90

98th

Key Passes

30.86/90

99th

Big Chances

10.29/90

50th

Passing

Passes

14441.14/90

125th

Pass Accuracy

82%

28th

Receptions

8925.43/90

Crosses

61.71/90

92nd

Long Balls

195.43/90

106th

Defending

Tackles

92.57/90

101st

Interceptions

41.14/90

91st

Recoveries

102.86/90

144th

Duels Won

298.29/90

104th

Aerials Won

82.29/90

102nd

Clearances

92.57/90

103rd

Progression

0.590.17/90

13th

Prog. Passes

257.14/90

10th

Box Entries

41.14/90

13th

High Regains

10.29/90

15th

Dribbles Won

00.00/90

18th

From 4 matches with event data

Shot Map

1 goal: 1 open play

Goal

Saved

Blocked

Post

Off target

8 shots

Touch Heatmap

Season — 4 apps — 175 touches

Style archetype

Metronome / Ball-Winning Midfielder

percentile vs 29 Aberdeen seasons

Metronome63rd

Ball-Winner60th

Progressor51st

Creator41st

How well supported: 82%. Clustering the same 27 seasons without our labels puts 82% of them in the group our archetype names would predict. The lines we drew broadly match the ones in the data. No position separates cleanly into discrete types (silhouette 0.20); these are continua, and the scores describe position along them.

A percentile, not a success rate: 67th means he did more of it than two thirds of the 29 Aberdeen central midfielder seasons on record. Context, not a league benchmark. Style, not rating: goals, assists and conversion feed none of these scores. Evidence behind it: low confidence (62) on 315 minutes, 3 of 4 matches with event data.

Service profile

What suits him

Where he contests headers

Own third2 duels · won 50%

Middle third7 duels · won 43%

Attacking third3 duels · won 33%

won contested

Box touches / 90

0.80

Lay-offs completed

100%

Pass completion

82%

Offsides

Formation fit

Which shape he plays in

No shape reaches 270 minutes this season, so there is nothing here worth ranking.

Aberdeen history

Plays most like

Graeme Shinnie2025/2675
closest on Pass xT, Tackles, Passes into the box
Connor Barron2022/2369
closest on Key passes, Passes into the box, Pass xT
Dennis Geiger2025/2669
closest on Passes, Pass xT, Passes into the box

Nearest style profile among 29 Aberdeen central midfielder seasons, across the model’s on-ball dimensions. Not a ranking: this asks who he plays like, not who was better.

Recruitment & squad role

Summer 2026 window →

Signing window: Summer 2026
Arrival: 1 Jul 2026, free transfer, from Kilmarnock, aged 29
League starts: 3 of 9 (33%)
Appearances: 3, plus 0 unused in a squad
Utilisation: 225 of 810 possible minutes (28%)
Assessment: Provisional: 9 of 76 league matches played

Needs 35 more league starts to reach 50% of the window (67 matches left).

League matches only. The 50% rule tests whether a signing established himself, not whether he was bought to start or was available: injuries and role are not recorded. Utilisation is minutes played as a share of the minutes available.

Match by Match

Match	Min	G	xG	KP	Tkl	Int	Rec
LDundee United(A)	90		0.34	1	2	2	2
WSt. Mirren(H)	45	1	0.02	1			1
LSt. Johnstone(H)	90		0.02	1	3		3
WHearts(H)	90				4	2	4

Data via Sofascore