Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Nottingham Forest.
Injury-affected season
Missed 20 of Nottingham Forest's ~38 games this season through 20 injury absences (hamstring, injury). He still appeared 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1590 | 6.9 |
 UEFA Europa League | 8 | 0 | 1 | 520 | 6.99 |
Scout report
O. Aina is a 29-year-old full-back at Nottingham Forest, rated 59.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 267th of 376 on scout potential in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (93% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.34 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Aina.
Judged on this season alone, Aina graded 40 — a strong campaign that ranks top 27% of the 64 full-backs in the Premier League, on 4 clean sheets and 3.34 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 49 → 40). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 59, 46th of 64 of the 64 full-backs in the Premier League. At 29 Aina is in his prime years, and a market index of 43.7 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Aina missed 20 games through injury (hamstring, injury) out of roughly 38 this season. The 18 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.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Nottingham Forest finished 16th of 20 · a lower-table side
3.34 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 18 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.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 93% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 92.1/100).
Watch points
- Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.
Outlook
With a Rating of 59.2, Aina carries the 46th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Premier League of 64, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Nottingham Forest finished 16th of 20) — 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 moderate defensive volume (3.34 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.
