Matthew Ireland

Defender · England

Current club

Northampton Previous club

Corby Town until 2025-09-26

Bio

Matthew Ireland is a football player from Engeland who mostly plays as a defender. The last game Matthew played was Northampton - Burton Albion on 2024-11-12.

Next match

League Two

Accrington ST

15:00

Northampton

Saturday 31 October 2026

Last match

Tuesday 12 November 2024
PTS Academy Stadium, Northampton, East Midlands

Fact sheet

Position

Defender

Nationality

England

Country of birth

England

Career statistics Matthew Ireland

Full career · 2024

Matches 3 2 in the starting XI

Minutes played 165 55 per match

Goals -

Assists 0 0.00 per 90 minutes

Goals + assists 0

FN rating 6.67 average

Cards 1 / 0 165 minutes per card

Unused substitute 5 matches

FN rating over the last matches

Success rates across the whole career

Successful dribbles 25.0%

Duels won 50.0%

Starts 66.7%

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Stats Matthew Ireland

Match	Competition	Date	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+			Off	Sav	GC	Pen+	Pen-	PenSv
Ø Average					-
Stevenage - Northampton (sub)	League One	2025-08-16	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	-
Northampton - Southampton (sub)	EFL Carabao Cup	2025-08-12	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	-
Northampton - Bradford (sub)	League One	2025-08-09	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	-
Northampton - Burton Albion	EFL Trophy	2024-11-12	6.3	45	Defender	-	0	-	-	13	-	10	2	1	-	10	4	1	-	1	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	-
Northampton - Leicester City U21	EFL Trophy	2024-11-05	7.2	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	20	1	14	3	1	-	9	6	2	1	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	0	0	-
Notts County - Northampton (sub)	EFL Trophy	2024-10-08	6.5	30	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	8	-	7	-	-	1	3	1	1	-	-	1	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	-
Milton Keynes Dons - Northampton (sub)	EFL Trophy	2023-11-21	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	-
Northampton - Oxford United (sub)	EFL Trophy	2023-09-05	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	-

Legend

Min Minutes played

Pos Position

G Goals

A Assists

Sh Shots

SoT Shots on target

Pas Passes

KP Key passes

Pas+ Accurate passes

Tkl Tackles

Blk Blocked shots

Int Interceptions

Du Duels

Du+ Duels won

Dri Dribbles

Dri+ Successful dribbles

Foul Fouls committed

Foul+ Fouls drawn

Yellow cards

Red cards

Off Offside

Sav Saves

GC Goals conceded

Pen+ Penalties scored

Pen- Penalties missed

PenSv Penalties saved

sub Substitute

Competition	M	St	Min	G	A	G+A	Min/G			Ø
Season 2024
EFL Trophy	3	2	165	-	0	0	-	1	0	6.67
Full career	3	2	165	-	0	0	-	1	0	6.67

Statistic	Full career
	Total	per match	per 90
Matches	3	-	-
Minutes played	165	55.0	-
Attacking
Assists	0	0.00	0.00
Goals + assists	0	0.00	0.00
Dribbles	4	1.33	2.18
Successful dribbles	1	0.33	0.55
Passing
Passes	41	13.67	22.36
Key passes	1	0.33	0.55
Accurate passes	31	10.33	16.91
Defending
Tackles	5	1.67	2.73
Interceptions	1	0.33	0.55
Blocked shots	2	0.67	1.09
Duels	22	7.33	12.00
Duels won	11	3.67	6.00
Dribbled past	3	1.00	1.64
Discipline
Fouls committed	1	0.33	0.55
Fouls drawn	2	0.67	1.09
Yellow cards	1	0.33	0.55
Red cards	0	0.00	0.00
Penalties
Penalties scored	0	0.00	0.00
Penalties missed	0	0.00	0.00