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based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameMatthew Jimmy David Garbett
PositionCentral midfielder
NationalityNew Zealand
Age24
Date of birth13 Apr 2002
BirthplaceLondon
Height182 cm
Shirt number#28
ClubPeterborough
Central midfielder
30
Appearances
3
Goals
2
Assists
2124
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Peterborough.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

M. Garbett is a 24-year-old central midfielder at Peterborough, rated 44.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 27th of 107 on scout potential in the League One. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (51.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.29 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Garbett.

Judged on this season alone, Garbett graded 23 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 12th of 24 of the 24 central midfielders in the League One, on 3 goals, 2 assists and 2.288 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 9 → 23). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 44, top 30% of the 24 central midfielders in the League One. At 24 Garbett is in his prime years, and a market index of 9.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Garbett is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelStepped up 2024/25
44.2
Ratingi
7th of 24 central midfielders
23.3
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
51.3%
Minutes
rotation minutes
2.29
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Peterborough finished 18th of 24 · a lower-table side

30
Apps
2.29
Def. / 90
39
Tackles
11
Interceptions
5
Clean sheets

2.29 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 30 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. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.21 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 51.3% 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 44.2, Garbett carries the 7th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the League One (top 30%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Peterborough 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 moderate defensive volume (2.29 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles39
Interceptions11
Blocks4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards6
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.