Domestic-league season · Huddersfield.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 32 | 2 | 6 | 1872 | 6.75 |
 League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 7.05 |
 EFL Trophy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 6.9 |
Following his move to Huddersfield, Gooch's current-season form is up 50% on last season (Season 12→18), while his Rating eased 40→26. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 29).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Huddersfield · 9th | 32 | 2 | 6 | 6.75 | 26 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | Stoke City · 18th | 20 | 0 | 1 | 6.67 | 40 | 12 |
| 2023/24 | Stoke City · 17th | 31 | 2 | 0 | 6.73 | 48 | 29 |
| 2022/23 | Sunderland · 6th | 32 | 1 | 3 | 6.71 | 59 | 25 |
| 2021/22 | Sunderland · 5th | 41 | 0 | 6 | 6.76 | 49 | 28 |
| 2020/21 | Sunderland · 4th | 40 | 4 | 10 | 6.82 | 50 | 27 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Gooch is a 30-year-old full-back at Huddersfield, rated 25.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 372nd of 482 in the League One. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (45.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.89 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gooch.
Judged on this season alone, Gooch graded 18 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 46th of 79 of the 79 full-backs in the League One, on 6 clean sheets and 2.885 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 12 → 18). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 26, 58th of 79 of the 79 full-backs in the League One. At 30 Gooch is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 8 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
2.89 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 32 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 6 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 25.7, Gooch carries the 58th-highest potential of the full-backs in the League One of 79. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.89 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× 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 23–27 (~16), then tapers with age. At 30, Gooch sits on 8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Gooch's projected Rating — 25.7 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.
