Matthew Penney

Defender · 28 years old · England

Current club

Aldershot Town Previous club

Ipswich until 2024-11-16

Bio

Matthew Penney is a 28 year old football player from Engeland who mostly plays as a defender. The last game Matthew played was Aldershot Town - Southend on 2026-04-14.

Next match

National League

Aldershot Town

15:00

Wealdstone

Saturday 24 October 2026

Last match

Tuesday 14 April 2026

Fact sheet

Position

Defender

Age

Nationality

England

Birthday

1998-02-11

Place of birth

Chesterfield

Country of birth

England

Length

172 cm

Weight

66 kg

Career statistics Matthew Penney

Full career · 2018

Matches 17 16 in the starting XI

Minutes played 1,106 65 per match

Goals -

Assists 1 0.08 per 90 minutes

Goals + assists 1 1,106 minutes per contribution

FN rating 6.41 average

Cards 3 / 0 369 minutes per card

FN rating over the last matches

Success rates across the whole career

Shots on target 30.0%

Successful dribbles 50.0%

Duels won 45.6%

Starts 94.1%

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Stats Matthew Penney

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					-
Sheffield Wednesday - Bolton	Championship	2018-11-27	6.0	45	Defender	-	-	1	0	7	0	70	-	0	0	8	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Wednesday - Derby (sub)	Championship	2018-11-24	6.8	16	Defender	-	-	0	0	9	1	90	-	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Utd - Sheffield Wednesday	Championship	2018-11-09	6.4	79	Defender	-	-	0	0	9	1	69	-	0	1	9	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Wednesday - Norwich	Championship	2018-11-03	5.7	90	Defender	-	-	1	0	28	0	80	2	0	0	12	5	2	1	3	0	1	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Birmingham - Sheffield Wednesday	Championship	2018-10-27	5.9	18	Defender	-	-	0	0	2	0	66	-	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
QPR - Sheffield Wednesday	Championship	2018-10-23	6.5	15	Defender	-	-	2	1	7	0	100	-	0	0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Wednesday - Middlesbrough	Championship	2018-10-19	5.7	90	Defender	-	-	3	0	20	0	74	1	0	0	23	6	3	1	2	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Bristol City - Sheffield Wednesday	Championship	2018-10-07	6.3	90	Defender	-	-	0	0	22	0	81	1	0	0	8	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Wednesday - West Brom	Championship	2018-10-03	6.1	90	Defender	-	-	0	0	13	0	61	3	0	0	12	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Wednesday - Leeds	Championship	2018-09-28	6.8	90	Defender	-	-	1	1	12	1	80	2	0	1	13	7	2	0	1	3	1	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Aston Villa - Sheffield Wednesday	Championship	2018-09-22	6.8	90	Defender	-	-	0	0	20	0	80	-	1	2	12	6	4	3	1	3	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Wednesday - Stoke City	Championship	2018-09-15	6.9	90	Defender	-	-	1	1	25	0	86	2	0	2	15	11	4	4	1	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Reading - Sheffield Wednesday	Championship	2018-09-01	6.6	90	Defender	-	1	1	0	20	1	71	1	0	0	7	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Wednesday - Ipswich	Championship	2018-08-25	6.8	90	Defender	-	-	0	0	22	2	64	2	1	1	14	9	0	0	2	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Wednesday - Millwall	Championship	2018-08-22	6.8	90	Defender	-	-	0	0	22	0	62	3	0	1	15	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Sheffield Wednesday	Championship	2018-08-19	6.1	6	Defender	-	-	0	0	2	0	66	-	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sunderland - Sheffield Wednesday	EFL Carabao Cup	2018-08-16	6.8	27	Defender	-	-	0	0	13	0	86	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	1	1	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 2018
Championship	16	15	1,079	-	1	1	-	3	0	6.39
EFL Carabao Cup	1	1	27	-	-	-	-	0	0	6.80
Total 2018	17	16	1,106	-	1	1	-	3	0	6.41
Full career	17	16	1,106	-	1	1	-	3	0	6.41

Statistic	Full career
	Total	per match	per 90
Matches	17	-	-
Minutes played	1,106	65.1	-
Attacking
Assists	1	0.06	0.08
Goals + assists	1	0.06	0.08
Shots	10	0.59	0.81
Shots on target	3	0.18	0.24
Dribbles	30	1.76	2.44
Successful dribbles	15	0.88	1.22
Passing
Passes	253	14.88	20.59
Key passes	6	0.35	0.49
Accurate passes	1,286	75.65	104.65
Defending
Tackles	18	1.06	1.46
Interceptions	9	0.53	0.73
Blocked shots	2	0.12	0.16
Duels	160	9.41	13.02
Duels won	73	4.29	5.94
Dribbled past	13	0.76	1.06
Discipline
Fouls committed	20	1.18	1.63
Fouls drawn	20	1.18	1.63
Yellow cards	3	0.18	0.24
Red cards	0	0.00	0.00
Penalties
Penalties scored	0	0.00	0.00
Penalties missed	0	0.00	0.00

Scoring minutes bingo card Matthew Penney

Matthew Penney has scored in 5/90 minutes of play, since the first goal on 2020-02-22.

Stoppage time counts towards the minute on the clock: a goal at 45+2 fills square 45.

Transfers Matthew Penney

Transfer date	Old club	New club	Type	Amount
2024-11-16	Ipswich	Rochdale	Transfer	-
2023-06-01	Charlton	Ipswich	Transfer	-
2023-01-21	Ipswich	Charlton	Loan	-
2023-01-18	Motherwell	Ipswich	Transfer	-
2022-08-25	Ipswich	Motherwell	Loan	-
2021-07-01	Sheffield Wednesday	Ipswich	Transfer	-
2020-07-01	FC St. Pauli	Sheffield Wednesday	Transfer	-
2019-08-22	Sheffield Wednesday	FC St. Pauli	Loan	-
2018-07-01	Mansfield Town	Sheffield Wednesday	Transfer	-
2018-01-31	Sheffield Wednesday	Mansfield Town	Loan	-
2017-01-31	Sheffield Wednesday	Bradford	Loan	-