Domestic-league season · Cheltenham.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Two | 21 | 0 | 0 | 931 | 6.7 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 7.3 |
 EFL Trophy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7.2 |
 FA Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 6.3 |
Kinsella's current-season form is down 75% on last season (Season 24→6), while his Rating eased 24→14. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 33).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Cheltenham · 18th | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | Cheltenham · 15th | 41 | 0 | 1 | 6.84 | 24 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | Cheltenham · 21st | 20 | 0 | 1 | 6.85 | 33 | 13 |
| 2022/23 | Walsall · 16th | 38 | 1 | 0 | 6.84 | 29 | 26 |
| 2021/22 | Walsall · 16th | 32 | 0 | 0 | 7.03 | 30 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | Walsall · 19th | 43 | 0 | 1 | 6.94 | 33 | 33 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Kinsella is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at Cheltenham, rated 14.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 389th of 478 in the League Two. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (22.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.35 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kinsella.
Judged on this season alone, Kinsella graded 6 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 64th of 67 of the 67 defensive midfielders in the League Two, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.35 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 24 → 6). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 14, 58th of 67 of the 67 defensive midfielders in the League Two. At 30 Kinsella is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.8 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
4.35 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 21 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.
With a Rating of 14.3, Kinsella carries the 58th-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 (4.35 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 22–27 (~2), then tapers with age. At 30, Kinsella sits on 0.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kinsella's projected Rating — 14.3 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
No transfer news found for this player.
