Domestic-league season · Oxford United.
Missed 9 of Oxford United's ~46 games this season through 9 injury absences (unfit, calf, injury). He still appeared 25 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 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1133 | 6.59 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 6.2 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6.7 |
Płacheta's current-season form is down 36% on last season (Season 25→16), while his Rating eased 59→42. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 25).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Oxford United · 22nd | 25 | 3 | 1 | 6.59 | 42 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | Oxford United · 17th | 32 | 3 | 3 | 6.63 | 59 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | Swansea · 14th | 26 | 0 | 2 | 6.57 | 58 | 8 |
| 2022/23 | Birmingham · 17th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7.12 | 56 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | Norwich · 20th | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 67 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | Norwich · 1st | 26 | 1 | 0 | 6.68 | 64 | 9 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
P. Płacheta is a 28-year-old central midfielder at Oxford United, rated 42.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 372nd of 493 in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (34% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Płacheta.
Judged on this season alone, Płacheta graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 54th of 73 of the 73 central midfielders in the Championship, on 3 goals, 1 assist and 0.953 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 25 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 42, 60th of 73 of the 73 central midfielders in the Championship. At 28 Płacheta is in his prime years, and a market index of 32.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Płacheta missed 9 games through injury (unfit, calf, injury) out of roughly 46 this season. The 25 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.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
0.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (22nd 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 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 42.3, Płacheta carries the 60th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Championship of 73, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Oxford United finished 22nd 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 light defensive volume (0.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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 (~54), then tapers with age. At 28, Płacheta sits on 32.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Płacheta's projected Rating — 42.3 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.
€3M total transfer fees · 6 moves
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