Domestic-league season · Oxford United.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 39 | 1 | 1 | 3074 | 6.71 |
 League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 7.05 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 6.3 |
Long's current-season form is up 20% on last season (Season 20→24), while his Rating eased 38→34. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 32).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Oxford United · 22nd | 39 | 1 | 1 | 6.71 | 34 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | Oxford United · 17th | 24 | 1 | 1 | 6.87 | 38 | 20 |
| 2023/24 | Oxford United · 5th | 29 | 1 | 1 | 6.93 | 34 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | Oxford United · 19th | 43 | 3 | 2 | 6.81 | 40 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | Oxford United · 8th | 36 | 1 | 1 | 6.79 | 44 | 24 |
| 2020/21 | Oxford United · 6th | 36 | 6 | 4 | 7.09 | 50 | 32 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
S. Long is a 31-year-old full-back at Oxford United, rated 33.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 416th of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (74.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.16 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Long.
Judged on this season alone, Long graded 24 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 43rd of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship, on 6 clean sheets and 3.162 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 20 → 24). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 34, 68th of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship. At 31 Long is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 19.3 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.16 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 39 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 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 33.5, Long carries the 68th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Championship of 77, 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 moderate defensive volume (3.16 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× 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 (~43), then tapers with age. At 31, Long sits on 19.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Long's projected Rating — 33.5 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
