Matthew Shiels

Cove Rangers

Born on : September 13, 2000 (23 years) at Glasgow

Nationality : Scotland Republic of Ireland

U19 International

2021-2022

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Current season statistics (2023/2024)

6 clean sheets 49 Goals conceded

3 Goals 2 Assists

30 Played matches 2510 Minutes played

5 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

Main position
Left full-back	76%

Shiels's career statisticsLast updated on 03/06/2024 at 09:57

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

2023/2024

Cove Rangers

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Cove Rangers	cinch League One	8					14	2	652	28	100%		53%			38%	13%	50%

2023/2024

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Dumbarton	cinch League Two	17	2	2	699	21	4	1397	22	94%	2	89%	5	41%	24%	35%
Dumbarton	Challenge Cup	2				4		161	22	100%		100%		0%	50%	50%
Dumbarton	Scottish FA Cup	3	1		300	10		300	22	100%		100%		67%	0%	33%

2022/2023

Hamilton

347

1125

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Hamilton	Premier Sports Cup	4	3	111	4	1	333	27	100%		100%		50%	25%	25%
Hamilton	cinch Championship	27			43	6	2334	3	96%	1	75%	1	22%	26%	52%
Hamilton	Scottish FA Cup	3			2	2	300	3	100%		100%	1	33%	33%	33%
Hamilton	Challenge Cup	3			1	2	255	3	100%			1	100%	0%	0%
Hamilton	League One Play-Off	3			1		153	3	33%	2	75%	1	67%	0%	33%

2021/2022

Hamilton

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Hamilton	cinch Championship	8	1	11	3	444	27	63%	15	22%	1	38%	25%	38%
Hamilton	Scottish FA Cup	1		1		90	27	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Hamilton	Challenge Cup	1		2		18	27	0%	1	33%		0%	0%	100%

2020/2021

Clyde

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Clyde	Betfred Cup	4					9		360	0	100%		100%			25%	0%	75%
Clyde	League One	6					13	1	530	0	100%		75%			33%	0%	67%

2020

Orange County

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Orange County	USL Championship									3		1	0%

2019/2020

Rangers B

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Rangers B	Challenge Cup	1					2		82	3	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%

2019/2020

Dumbarton

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Dumbarton	Betfred Cup						7		1	0%
Dumbarton	League One	8	1	13	1	346	0	38%	10	42%	13%	25%	63%
Dumbarton	Scottish FA Cup	1		1		90	0	100%		100%	100%	0%	0%

2018/2019

Rangers B

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Scotland U-19	Eliminatoires Euro U-19	3					2	1	120	4	33%	2				67%	33%	0%

2017/2018

Edinburgh C.

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Edinburgh C.	League Two	3					8		270	0	100%		60%			0%	33%	67%

2017/2018

Rangers B

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Rangers B	Challenge Cup	1		1					26	0	0%	1	100%			0%	0%	100%
Scotland U-19	Eliminatoires Euro U-19	3		1			8	1	180	13	67%	1				33%	0%	67%

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Scottish Challenge Cup

2023

Transfers

23/01/24 >	Cove Rangers	Free
04/08/23 > 23/01/24	Dumbarton
01/06/21 > 04/08/23	Hamilton	Free
31/08/20 > 12/03/21	Clyde	Loan
15/02/20 > 01/06/21	Rangers B
03/02/20 > 31/08/20	Orange County	Loan
15/07/19 > 02/01/20	Dumbarton	Loan
30/03/18 > 01/06/18	Edinburgh City	Loan
01/07/17 > 03/02/20	Rangers U-19	Youth

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Player career by clubLast updated on 03/06/2024 at 09:57

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Clyde	10				890		100%10	30%3	70%7
Cove Rangers	8				652		100%8	38%3	50%4
Dumbarton	31	3	3	765	2294	5	81%25	35%11	42%13
Scotland U-19	6		1		300		50%3	50%3	33%2
Edinburgh C.	3				270		100%3	0%0	67%2
Rangers B	2		1		108		50%1	0%0	100%2
Hamilton	50	3	1	1309	3927	5	86%43	34%17	44%22
Orange County

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Inverness	6	4	0	0
Partick Th.	5	2	0	0
East Fife	5	2	0	0
Greenock	4	2	0	0
QotS	4	3	0	1
Arbroath	3	1	0	0
Forfar	5	5	2	1
Raith Rovers	4	1	0	0
Clyde	4	1	0	1
Stranraer	3	2	2	0
Rose	3	1	1	1
Kelty Hearts	2	1	0	0
Ross County	1	0	0	0
East Kilbride	1	1	0	0
Netherlands U-19	1	1	0	0
San Marino U-19	1	1	0	0
FC Edinburgh	1	1	0	0
Airdrie	5	1	0	0
Dundee FC	4	0	0	0
Ayr United	4	0	0	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Airdrie	5	4	11
Raith Rovers	4	3	6
Falkirk	3	3	6
Dundee FC	4	3	7
Kilmarnock	3	3	8
Peterhead	3	3	6
Queen's Park	4	3	11
Dunfermline	2	2	4
Clyde	4	2	9
Ayr United	4	2	7
Inverness	6	2	7
East Fife	5	2	8
Dumbarton	3	2	5
Montrose	3	2	8
Stenhousemuir	2	2	5
Germany U-19	1	1	3
Rangers	1	1	4
Hearts	1	1	2
Auchinleck	1	1	1
Norway U-19	1	1	5

Results with or without him

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2023/2024	Cove Rangers	38%	50%	8	33%	67%	9	Slightly positive
2023/2024	Dumbarton	41%	36%	22	100%	0%	2	-
2022/2023	Hamilton	35%	43%	40	31%	38%	16	Slightly positive
2021/2022	Hamilton	30%	50%	10	32%	35%	34	Very slightly negative
2020/2021	Clyde	30%	70%	10	50%	50%	2	-
2020	Orange County	0%	0%	0	50%	13%	8	-
2019/2020	Rangers B	0%	100%	1	0%	0%	0	-
2019/2020	Dumbarton	22%	56%	9	47%	40%	15	Extremely negative
2018/2019	Rangers B	0%	0%	0	0%	100%	1	-
2017/2018	Edinburgh C.	0%	67%	3	0%	100%	2	-
2017/2018	Rangers B	0%	100%	1	0%	0%	0	-

Key figures

Matthew Shiels has played in the first 11 in League One in each of the last 15 matches

Matthew Shiels has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 13 away from home matches

The player has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 29 matches

Matthew Shiels has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 17 at home matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Glasgow Rangers B
16/08/2017	CC	Dumbarton - Rangers B	2 - 1	First match with the club, first loss
16/02/2020	CC	Inverness - Rangers B	2 - 1	First start
Edinburgh City
07/04/2018		Edinburgh City - Stenhousemuir	1 - 4	First match with the club, first start, first loss
Dumbarton
14/09/2019		Dumbarton - Airdrieonians	0 - 1	First match with the club, first loss
02/11/2019		Airdrieonians - Dumbarton	3 - 1	First start
23/11/2019	SFAC	Dumbarton - Forfar	3 - 1	First victory
04/11/2023	LT	Dumbarton - Rose	4 - 0	First goal
Clyde
10/10/2020	BC	Clyde - Dumbarton	3 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first victory
13/10/2020	BC	Falkirk - Clyde	2 - 1	First loss
Hamilton Academical
27/11/2021	SFAC	Auchinleck - Hamilton	1 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first loss
02/01/2022		QotS - Hamilton	0 - 3	First victory
12/07/2022		Hamilton - Stranraer	5 - 2	First goal, first time scoring 2 goals
Cove Rangers
27/01/2024	LO	Cove Rangers - QotS	0 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first loss
24/02/2024	LO	Cove Rangers - Annan Athletic	2 - 1	First victory

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 03/06/2024 at 09:57

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
Scottish League Cup	Scottish League Cup	8	3	231		693	100%8	38%3	13%1	50%4
Scottish FA Cup	Scottish FA Cup	8	1	780		780	100%8	50%4	13%1	38%3
Scottish Challenge Cup	Scottish Challenge Cup	8			1	542	75%6	38%3	13%1	50%4
Championship	Championship	35			1	2778	89%31	26%9	26%9	49%17
League One	League One	22			1	1528	77%17	27%6	14%3	59%13
League One Play-Off	League One Play-Off	3				153	33%1	67%2		33%1
League Two	League Two	20	2	834	2	1667	95%19	35%7	25%5	40%8
USL Championship	USL Championship
EEU19	Eliminatoires Euro U-19	6			1	300	50%3	50%3	17%1	33%2

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2023/2024	Cove Rangers	3	5	46	33	13	7	13	53	57
2023/2024	Dumbarton	4	3	29	15	9	2	4	27	14
2022/2023	Hamilton	2	9	30	35	7	9	19	31	63
2021/2022	Hamilton	2	6	42	36	10	12	14	38	53
2020/2021	Clyde	3	9	9	7	3	0	4	7	15
2020	Orange County	2	3	15	8	4	3	1	8	5
2019/2020	Dumbarton	3	6	28	19	8	4	7	28	32
2017/2018	Edinburgh C.	4	9	30	36	7	9	20	37	62

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
May 04, 2024	04/05	LO	Round 36	Cove Rangers	3 - 1	FC Edinburgh	Absent
April 27, 2024	27/04	LO	Round 35	QotS	2 - 0	Cove Rangers	Absent
April 20, 2024	20/04	LO	Round 34	Cove Rangers	2 - 3	Alloa Athletic	Absent
April 13, 2024	13/04	LO	Round 33	Annan Athletic	4 - 2	Cove Rangers	Absent
April 06, 2024	06/04	LO	Round 32	Falkirk	5 - 1	Cove Rangers	Absent
March 30, 2024	30/03	LO	Round 31	Cove Rangers	4 - 2	Stirling Albion	Absent
March 23, 2024	23/03	LO	Round 30	Cove Rangers	1 - 3	Hamilton	Absent
March 16, 2024	16/03	LO	Round 29	Kelty Hearts	0 - 1	Cove Rangers	34 Minutes
March 09, 2024	09/03	LO	Round 28	Cove Rangers	1 - 4	Montrose	90 Minutes
March 05, 2024	05/03	LO	Round 24	Cove Rangers	0 - 1	Falkirk	90 Minutes
March 02, 2024	02/03	LO	Round 27	FC Edinburgh	0 - 2	Cove Rangers	78 Minutes
February 24, 2024	24/02	LO	Round 26	Cove Rangers	2 - 1	Annan Athletic	90 Minutes
February 17, 2024	17/02	LO	Round 25	Alloa Athletic	4 - 1	Cove Rangers	90 Minutes
February 10, 2024	10/02	SFAC	Round of 16	Kilmarnock	2 - 0	Cove Rangers	Absent
February 03, 2024	03/02	LO	Round 23	Stirling Albion	2 - 2	Cove Rangers	90 Minutes
January 30, 2024	30/01	SFAC	4th Round	Brora Rangers	1 - 3a.e.t.	Cove Rangers	Absent
January 27, 2024	27/01	LO	Round 22	Cove Rangers	0 - 2	QotS	90 Minutes

First XI

On the bench

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