Domestic-league season · Crystal Palace.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3087 | 6.9 |
 UEFA Europa Conference League | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1395 | 7.12 |
 League Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 6.57 |
 Community Shield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 6.2 |
Lacroix's current-season form is level with last season (Season 55→54), while his Rating eased 87→78. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 71).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Crystal Palace · 15th | 35 | 1 | 2 | 6.9 | 78 | 54 |
| 2024/25 | Crystal Palace · 12th | 35 | 1 | 1 | 7.02 | 87 | 55 |
| 2023/24 | VfL Wolfsburg · 12th | 28 | 4 | 1 | 6.92 | 80 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | VfL Wolfsburg · 8th | 30 | 1 | 0 | 6.85 | 75 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | VfL Wolfsburg · 12th | 29 | 0 | 0 | 7.03 | 81 | 58 |
| 2020/21 | VfL Wolfsburg · 4th | 30 | 1 | 1 | 7.03 | 87 | 71 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Lacroix is a 26-year-old central defender at Crystal Palace, rated 78.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 140th of 373 in the Premier League. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (92.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.59 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lacroix.
Judged on this season alone, Lacroix graded 54 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 8% of the 64 centre-backs in the Premier League, on 11 clean sheets and 3.586 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 55 → 54). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 78, top 27% of the 64 centre-backs in the Premier League. At 26 Lacroix is in his prime years, and a market index of 156.8 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.59 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 11 clean sheets across 35 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th of 20) 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 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 78.4, Lacroix carries the 17th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Premier League (top 27%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Crystal Palace finished 15th of 20) — 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 (3.59 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. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
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 (~157), then tapers with age. At 26, Lacroix sits on 156.8, at or near its peak. The blue line is Lacroix's projected Rating — 78.4 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.
€5M total transfer fees · 1 moves
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