P. Płacheta
Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Oxford United.
Injury-affected season
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.
Performance data · by competition
| 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 |
Scout report
P. Płacheta is a 28-year-old central midfielder at Oxford United, rated 42.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 370th of 493 on scout potential 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 18 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 48th 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 27 → 18). 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 11.7 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.
Output in context · Oxford United finished 22nd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
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.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.32 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 34% 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 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.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
