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Matthew Virtue

Fleetwood Town
175 cm
Height
8
Shirt
27 years
May 2, 1997
Right
Preferred foot
England
Country
€220K
Market value
Position
Primary
Central Midfielder
Others
Defensive Midfielder, Attacking Midfielder
DM
CM
AM

Player traits

Stats compared to other midfielders
Touches9%Shot attempts78%Goals81%
Chances created42%Aerial duels won60%Defensive actions35%

League Two 2024/2025

3
Goals
0
Assists
9
Started
13
Matches
765
Minutes played
6.79
Rating
4
Yellow cards
0
Red cards
Match stats

Nov 2

Reading
2-0
75
0
0
0
0
-

Oct 29

Salford City
2-2
90
0
0
1
0
6.9

Oct 26

Newport County
0-0
71
0
0
1
0
6.3

Oct 22

Crewe Alexandra
0-1
90
0
0
0
0
7.2

Oct 19

Port Vale
3-1
66
0
0
0
0
6.3

Oct 5

Bromley
0-0
68
0
0
0
0
6.7

Oct 1

Walsall
2-6
90
1
0
0
0
7.8

Sep 28

Cheltenham Town
0-2
84
2
0
1
0
8.9

Sep 23

Morecambe
2-2
32
0
0
0
0
6.6

Sep 17

Stoke City
3-2
90
0
0
0
0
6.5
Fleetwood Town

Nov 2

FA Cup
Reading
2-0
75’
-

Oct 29

League Two
Salford City
2-2
90’
6.9

Oct 26

League Two
Newport County
0-0
71’
6.3

Oct 22

League Two
Crewe Alexandra
0-1
90’
7.2

Oct 19

League Two
Port Vale
3-1
66’
6.3
2024/2025

Season shot map

Shot accuracy: 31%
  • 16Shots
  • 3Goals
  • 2.78xG
2 - 6
Shot typeRight footSituationRegular playResultGoal
0.69xG0.91xGOT
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Season performance
Minutes played: 765

Shooting

Goals
3
Expected goals (xG)
2.70
xG on target (xGOT)
2.77
Non-penalty xG
2.70
Shots
15
Shots on target
5

Passing

Assists
0
Expected assists (xA)
0.69
Successful passes
197
Pass accuracy
75.2%
Accurate long balls
13
Long ball accuracy
36.1%
Chances created
5

Possession

Successful dribbles
3
Dribble success
75.0%
Touches
374
Touches in opposition box
28
Dispossessed
6
Fouls won
6

Defending

Tackles won
13
Tackles won %
65.0%
Duels won
36
Duels won %
48.0%
Aerial duels won
7
Aerial duels won %
36.8%
Interceptions
3
Blocked
4
Fouls committed
14
Recoveries
39
Possession won final 3rd
3
Dribbled past
6

Discipline

Yellow cards
4
Red cards
0

Player traits

Stats compared to other midfielders
Touches9%Shot attempts78%Goals81%
Chances created42%Aerial duels won60%Defensive actions35%

Career

Club
Season

Senior career

Fleetwood Town (Free transfer)Jun 2024 - now
18
3
Blackpool (back from loan)Jul 2023 - Jun 2024
34
1
Lincoln City (on loan)Sep 2022 - Jun 2023
36
4
BlackpoolJan 2019 - Sep 2022
70
8
Notts County (on loan)Jan 2018 - Jun 2018
15
0
LiverpoolJul 2017 - Jul 2017

Youth career

Liverpool U23 (back from loan)Jul 2018 - Jan 2019
11
6
Liverpool U23Jul 2016 - Mar 2018
34
8
  • Matches
  • Goals