Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Stoke City.
Injury-affected season
Missed 22 of Stoke City's ~46 games this season through 22 injury absences (muscle, hamstring, injured). He still appeared 19 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 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 672 | 6.79 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6.3 |
Scout report
S. Gallagher is a 30-year-old central midfielder at Stoke City, rated 32.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 420th of 493 on scout potential in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (31.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.41 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gallagher.
Judged on this season alone, Gallagher graded 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 44th of 73 of the 73 central midfielders in the Championship, on 2 goals, 0 assists and 2.411 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 13 → 19). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 32, 65th of 73 of the 73 central midfielders in the Championship. At 30 Gallagher is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 7.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Gallagher missed 22 games through injury (muscle, hamstring, injured) out of roughly 46 this season. The 19 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 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Stoke City finished 17th of 24 · a lower-table side
2.41 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 19 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th 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 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.27 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 31.1% 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 32.2, Gallagher carries the 65th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Championship of 73 — though on just 19 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.41 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× 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.
