based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Preston.
Also this season
On loan at Oxford United — FA Cup: 2 apps, 0g 0a, 180 min
On loan at Oxford United — League Cup: 1 apps, 0g 0a, 90 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Preston; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
S. Mills is a 22-year-old defensive midfielder at Oxford United, rated 65.9 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (61.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.63 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mills.
On the season, Mills graded 34 for current form (age-blind), on 3 goals, 4 assists and 2.633 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 34 → 34). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 66. At 22 Mills is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 28.8 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Mills is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
Output in context · Oxford United finished 22nd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
2.63 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 43 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 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 61.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.25 goal involvements per 90, useful for a defensive midfielder.
- Ceiling. High potential at just 22 — room to grow into a bigger role.
Watch points
- Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.
Outlook
Rated 65.9 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.63 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.
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