based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Oxford United.
Scout report
B. De Keersmaecker is a 26-year-old central midfielder at Oxford United, rated 56 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (54.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.89 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Keersmaecker.
On the season, Keersmaecker graded 33 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 5 assists and 3.885 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 60 → 33). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 56. At 26 Keersmaecker is in his prime years, and a market index of 25.8 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Oxford United finished 22nd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
3.89 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (22nd 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 5 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.24 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
- Defensive volume. 3.89 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 54.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
Rated 56 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.89 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. 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.
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Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.
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