Field Insider

Profile

Full nameBen Edward Stevenson
PositionDefensive midfielder
NationalityEngland
Age29
Date of birth23 Mar 1997
BirthplaceLeicester
Height183 cm
Shirt number#26
ClubCheltenham
Defensive midfielder
30
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
2578
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Cheltenham.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
League Two300025786.99
FA Cup300906.5

Scout report

Project playerDefensive midfielder

B. Stevenson is a 29-year-old defensive midfielder at Cheltenham, rated 20.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 317th of 478 on scout potential in the League Two. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (62.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.56 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Stevenson.

Judged on this season alone, Stevenson graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 46th of 67 of the 67 defensive midfielders in the League Two, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.561 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 9 → 15). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 20, 49th of 67 of the 67 defensive midfielders in the League Two. At 29 Stevenson is in his prime years, and a market index of 1.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
Read the full career report →

Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelStepped up 2022/235 clubs
Current potential49th of 67 defensive midfielders · League TwoCurrent season46th of 67 defensive midfielders · League Two46th-best defensive midfielder in the League Two317th in the League Two · potential49th-highest potential defensive midfielder in the League Two
20.4
Ratingi
49th of 67 defensive midfielders
14.8
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
62.3%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.56
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Cheltenham finished 18th of 24 · a lower-table side

3.56
Def. / 90
63
Tackles
31
Interceptions
7
Clean sheets

3.56 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 30 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (18th of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 62.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Defensive volume. 3.56 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 20.4, Stevenson carries the 49th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the League Two of 67, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Cheltenham finished 18th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.56 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.