Domestic-league season · Livingston.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premiership | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2204 | 6.73 |
 League Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 241 | — |
Following his move to Livingston, Sylla's current-season form is up 10% on last season (Season 30→33), while his Rating eased 26→19. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Livingston · 12th | 32 | 1 | 0 | 6.73 | 19 | 33 |
| 2024/25 | Dundee · 11th | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6.77 | 26 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | Dundee · 6th | 24 | 0 | 2 | 6.95 | 27 | 25 |
| 2022/23 | Hartlepool · 23rd | 35 | 1 | 1 | 6.86 | 22 | 30 |
| 2020/21 | Laval · 12th | 20 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 4 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Sylla is a 32-year-old defensive midfielder at Livingston, rated 19.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 194th of 219 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (64.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 6.25 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sylla.
Judged on this season alone, Sylla graded 33 — a strong campaign that ranks top 28% of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Championship, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 6.248 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 30 → 33). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 19, 37th of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Championship. At 32 Sylla is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.8 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Sylla is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
6.25 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 32 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (12th of 12) 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 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 19.2, Sylla carries the 37th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Championship of 40, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Livingston finished 12th of 12) — 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 high defensive volume (6.25 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).
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 (~12), then tapers with age. At 32, Sylla sits on 4.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Sylla's projected Rating — 19.2 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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