Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Nottingham Forest.
Injury-affected season
Missed 6 of Nottingham Forest's ~38 games this season through 6 injury absences (hamstring, thigh). He still appeared 22 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 UEFA Europa League | 12 | 2 | 1 | 697 | 6.73 |
 Premier League | 22 | 0 | 2 | 629 | 6.69 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.7 |
Scout report
R. Yates is a 28-year-old central midfielder at Nottingham Forest, rated 50.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 309th of 376 on scout potential in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (21.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.01 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Yates.
Judged on this season alone, Yates graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 32nd of 35 of the 35 central midfielders in the Premier League, on 0 goals, 2 assists and 4.006 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 32 → 15). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 50, 30th of 35 of the 35 central midfielders in the Premier League. At 28 Yates is in his prime years, and a market index of 36.2 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Yates missed 6 games through injury (hamstring, thigh) out of roughly 38 this season. The 22 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Nottingham Forest finished 16th of 20 · a lower-table side
4.01 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 22 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (16th of 20) 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. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.29 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
- Defensive volume. 4.01 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
- Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 92.1/100).
Watch points
- Game time. Only 21.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 50.3, Yates carries the 30th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Premier League of 35 — though on just 22 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.01 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years). Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
