Domestic-league season · Bristol City.
Missed 7 of Bristol City's ~46 games this season through 7 injury absences (hip, inactive). He still appeared 38 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.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 38 | 4 | 1 | 2144 | 6.79 |
 League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 6.9 |
 Friendliesat Rep. Of Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 6.8 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6.3 |
Sykes's current-season form is level with last season (Season 18→20), while his Rating eased 59→49. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 38).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Bristol City · 12th | 38 | 4 | 1 | 6.79 | 49 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | Bristol City · 6th | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7.01 | 59 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | Bristol City · 11th | 40 | 5 | 4 | 6.84 | 68 | 38 |
| 2022/23 | Bristol City · 14th | 36 | 5 | 0 | 6.73 | 66 | 33 |
| 2021/22 | Oxford United · 8th | 40 | 8 | 5 | 6.97 | 53 | 32 |
| 2020/21 | Oxford United · 6th | 34 | 0 | 2 | 6.66 | 46 | 17 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Sykes is a 28-year-old attacking midfielder at Bristol City, rated 49.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 316th of 493 in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (61.1% of available minutes). He brings 0.21 goal contributions per 90 (0.17 goals, 0.04 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sykes.
Judged on this season alone, Sykes graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 42nd of 69 of the 69 attacking midfielders in the Championship, on 4 goals and 1 assist in 38 appearances (0.21 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 18 → 20). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 49, 54th of 69 of the 69 attacking midfielders in the Championship. At 28 Sykes is in his prime years, and a market index of 13.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Sykes missed 7 games through injury (hip, inactive) out of roughly 46 this season. The 38 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.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
4 goals in 38 appearances (0.11 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 5 goal contributions in all.
With a Rating of 49.1, Sykes carries the 54th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Championship of 69. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.21 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× 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 (~23), then tapers with age. At 28, Sykes sits on 13.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Sykes's projected Rating — 49.1 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.
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