based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Tranmere.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 6.3 |
Scout report
L. O'Connor is a 26-year-old central defender at Tranmere, rated 23.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 74th of 134 on scout potential in the League Two. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (19.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.85 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on O'Connor.
Judged on this season alone, O'Connor graded 6 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 29th of 33 of the 33 centre-backs in the League Two, on 2 clean sheets and 2.847 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 32 → 6). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 24, 20th of 33 of the 33 centre-backs in the League Two. At 26 O'Connor is in his prime years, and a market index of 2.6 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Tranmere finished 21st of 24 · a lower-table side
2.85 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 11 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (21st 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 19.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 23.7, O'Connor carries the 20th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League Two of 33 — though on just 11 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.85 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.
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