Matthew Pollock

Defender · Watford · 25 · England

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Season score: 46.2; Championship 26/27, 12 matches
Last 5 weeks: 46.5; average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value: €2.0M; +€500k (+33%) since 3 Dec 2025; Transfermarkt, 28 May 2026

Photo: Timmy96, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born: 28 Sep 2001
Height: 190 cm
Foot: R
Contract until: 30 Jun 2029
Wikipedia views: 2,759 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

35 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 43.8 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

Form bars show the weekly score: no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table

Week	Matches	Minutes	Score	Expected	Underlying
20–26 Oct 2026	1	90	53.5	46.0	53.4
13–19 Oct 2026	2	180	46.1	45.7	46.1
6–12 Oct 2026	1	94	56.8	44.9	56.9
15–21 Sep 2026	1	90	46.9	44.6	46.8
8–14 Sep 2026	2	185	38.2	45.2	38.4
1–7 Sep 2026	2	180	42.3	45.5	42.4
25–31 Aug 2026	1	94	50.1	44.8	50.1
18–24 Aug 2026	1	90	48.4	44.4	48.8
11–17 Aug 2026	1	90	45.8	44.2	46.5
4–10 Aug 2026	1	102	38.0	44.4	38.5
28 Apr – 4 May 2026	1	90	50.0	43.8	50.0
21–27 Apr 2026	2	180	36.2	44.0	36.1
14–20 Apr 2026	1	90	42.0	44.4	41.9
7–13 Apr 2026	1	90	39.5	44.5	39.4
31 Mar – 6 Apr 2026	2	180	35.1	45.2	35.6
17–23 Mar 2026	2	180	38.2	46.2	38.1
24 Feb – 2 Mar 2026	2	111	49.0	45.9	48.9
17–23 Feb 2026	1	11	35.4	45.7	35.3
10–16 Feb 2026	1	79	43.1	45.7	43.7
20–26 Jan 2026	1	45	33.4	46.0	33.3
13–19 Jan 2026	1	90	33.8	46.6	33.6
6–12 Jan 2026	1	62	44.7	46.6	44.6
30 Dec 2025 – 5 Jan 2026	1	90	33.8	47.3	33.7
23–29 Dec 2025	2	180	51.0	47.3	50.8
16–22 Dec 2025	1	90	40.1	47.0	40.8
9–15 Dec 2025	2	180	39.8	47.6	39.9
2–8 Dec 2025	1	90	42.9	48.0	43.8
25 Nov – 1 Dec 2025	1	90	42.1	48.3	42.0
18–24 Nov 2025	1	90	57.1	47.7	57.1
4–10 Nov 2025	2	180	49.3	47.2	49.3
28 Oct – 3 Nov 2025	1	90	29.1	48.4	28.9
21–27 Oct 2025	2	136	50.1	48.1	50.0
14–20 Oct 2025	1	90	54.5	47.6	54.4
30 Sep – 6 Oct 2025	1	90	42.6	47.9	42.7
23–29 Sep 2025	1	90	32.9	48.8	35.1
16–22 Sep 2025	1	90	49.2	48.7	49.2
9–15 Sep 2025	1	90	53.0	48.4	52.9

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: level with expectation (+0.5 a week).

Market value

Where these come from

Transfermarkt €2.0M +€500k (+33%) since 3 Dec 2025 28 May 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year

Current estimate €2.2M no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh

Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €1.3M–€2.4M +0% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age +0% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Davy van den Berg at 25 (€1.5M, scoring 45.8) −20%; Gaius Makouta at 25 (€2.0M, scoring 46.9) +50%; Ewoud Pletinckx at 24 (€1.8M, scoring 44.9) +0%.

Every value as a table

Date	Source	Value
22 Oct 2026	Current estimate (BSD)	€2.2M
28 May 2026	Transfermarkt	€2.0M
3 Dec 2025	Transfermarkt	€1.5M
26 Jun 2023	Transfermarkt	€400k
27 Oct 2022	Transfermarkt	€300k
15 Jun 2022	Transfermarkt	€300k
13 Aug 2021	Transfermarkt	€250k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

What the score is made of

Championship 26/27, 1,093 minutes. Each part as a percentile against 546 top-five-league defender seasons of 900+ minutes since 2025/26: 50 is the middle of them (the dashed ring).

As a table

Part	Percentile	Per 90 vs average
Shooting	13	−0.29
Creating	6	−0.45
Progressing	0	−0.55
Keeping the ball	21	−0.60
Defending	89	+0.21
Aerial	73	+0.26
Finishing	32	−0.09

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

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Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Matthew Pollock.

Seasons

Season	Competition	Team	Matches	Minutes	Score	Underlying
Championship 26/27	Championship	Watford	12	1,093	46.2	46.4
EFL Cup 26/27	EFL Cup	Watford	1	102	38.0	38.5
Championship 25/26	Championship	Watford	34	2,812	42.8	42.9
FA Cup 25/26	FA Cup	Watford	1	62	44.7	44.6
Championship 24/25	Championship	Watford	45	3,814	51.8	51.9
EFL Cup 24/25	EFL Cup	Watford	2	105	41.2	41.6

Latest matches

48 since July 2025

Date	Competition	Opponent	Result	Min	xG	xA	Score
24 Oct 2026	Championship	at Wolverhampton	L 0–1	90	–	0.00	53.5
17 Oct 2026	Championship	Charlton Athletic	W 2–0	90	–	0.01	49.4
13 Oct 2026	Championship	at Cardiff City	L 1–5	90	–	0.00	42.9
10 Oct 2026	Championship	Burnley	L 0–4	94	0.02	0.01	56.8
18 Sep 2026	Championship	at Bristol City	L 0–1	90	–	0.01	46.9
12 Sep 2026	Championship	Stoke City	L 1–2	90	–	0.02	33.4
8 Sep 2026	Championship	Preston North End	W 2–1	95	0.07	0.01	42.8
5 Sep 2026	Championship	at West Bromwich Albion	L 0–1	90	–	0.05	34.4
1 Sep 2026	Championship	at Swansea City	L 0–2	90	0.05	0.01	50.2
29 Aug 2026	Championship	West Ham United	D 1–1	94	–	0.01	50.1

All 48 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Result	Min	Goals	Assists	xG	xA	Score
24 Oct 2026	Championship	at Wolverhampton	L 0–1	90	0	0	–	0.00	53.5
17 Oct 2026	Championship	Charlton Athletic	W 2–0	90	0	0	–	0.01	49.4
13 Oct 2026	Championship	at Cardiff City	L 1–5	90	0	0	–	0.00	42.9
10 Oct 2026	Championship	Burnley	L 0–4	94	0	0	0.02	0.01	56.8
18 Sep 2026	Championship	at Bristol City	L 0–1	90	0	0	–	0.01	46.9
12 Sep 2026	Championship	Stoke City	L 1–2	90	0	0	–	0.02	33.4
8 Sep 2026	Championship	Preston North End	W 2–1	95	0	0	0.07	0.01	42.8
5 Sep 2026	Championship	at West Bromwich Albion	L 0–1	90	0	0	–	0.05	34.4
1 Sep 2026	Championship	at Swansea City	L 0–2	90	0	0	0.05	0.01	50.2
29 Aug 2026	Championship	West Ham United	D 1–1	94	0	0	–	0.01	50.1
22 Aug 2026	Championship	at Wrexham	D 1–1	90	0	0	0.06	0.00	48.4
16 Aug 2026	Championship	Southampton	W 2–1	90	0	0	0.09	0.00	45.8
8 Aug 2026	EFL Cup	Crawley Town	W 1–0	102	0	0	–	–	38.0
2 May 2026	Championship	Coventry City	L 0–4	90	0	0	–	0.00	50.0
25 Apr 2026	Championship	at Middlesbrough	L 1–5	90	0	0	–	0.00	43.8
21 Apr 2026	Championship	at West Bromwich Albion	L 0–3	90	0	0	–	0.01	28.6
18 Apr 2026	Championship	Sheffield United	L 0–2	90	0	0	–	0.21	42.0
11 Apr 2026	Championship	at Oxford United	L 0–2	90	0	0	–	0.03	39.5
6 Apr 2026	Championship	Charlton Athletic	D 1–1	90	0	0	0.15	0.02	35.5
3 Apr 2026	Championship	at Queens Park Rangers	L 1–2	90	0	0	–	0.01	34.7
21 Mar 2026	Championship	Leicester City	D 0–0	90	0	0	–	0.11	34.1
17 Mar 2026	Championship	Wrexham	W 3–1	90	0	0	–	0.00	42.2
27 Feb 2026	Championship	at Bristol City	W 2–1	21	0	0	–	0.00	29.6
24 Feb 2026	Championship	Ipswich Town	L 0–2	90	0	0	–	0.00	53.5
21 Feb 2026	Championship	Derby County	W 2–0	11	0	0	–	0.00	35.4
14 Feb 2026	Championship	at Preston North End	D 2–2	79	0	0	0.08	0.00	43.1
21 Jan 2026	Championship	Portsmouth	D 1–1	45	0	0	–	0.00	33.4
17 Jan 2026	Championship	Millwall	L 0–2	90	0	0	–	0.01	33.8
10 Jan 2026	FA Cup	at Bristol City	L 1–5	62	0	0	–	–	44.7
1 Jan 2026	Championship	Birmingham City	W 3–0	90	0	0	–	0.01	33.8
29 Dec 2025	Championship	at Norwich City	W 1–0	90	0	0	0.13	0.02	37.1
26 Dec 2025	Championship	at Leicester City	W 2–1	90	1	0	0.84	0.01	64.9
20 Dec 2025	Championship	Stoke City	W 1–0	90	0	0	0.10	0.01	40.1
13 Dec 2025	Championship	at Wrexham	D 2–2	90	0	0	0.06	0.02	38.1
9 Dec 2025	Championship	Sheffield Wednesday	D 1–1	90	0	1	–	0.02	41.4
6 Dec 2025	Championship	Norwich City	W 3–2	90	0	0	0.12	0.01	42.9
1 Dec 2025	Championship	at Birmingham City	L 1–2	90	0	0	–	0.05	42.1
22 Nov 2025	Championship	at Derby County	W 3–2	90	0	0	–	0.00	57.1
7 Nov 2025	Championship	Bristol City	D 1–1	90	0	0	–	0.01	55.0
4 Nov 2025	Championship	at Ipswich Town	D 1–1	90	0	0	–	0.02	43.7
1 Nov 2025	Championship	Middlesbrough	W 3–0	90	0	0	–	0.00	29.1
25 Oct 2025	Championship	at Coventry City	L 1–3	46	0	0	–	0.00	51.7
22 Oct 2025	Championship	West Bromwich Albion	W 2–1	90	0	0	–	0.02	49.3
18 Oct 2025	Championship	at Sheffield United	L 0–1	90	0	0	–	0.01	54.5
1 Oct 2025	Championship	at Portsmouth	D 2–2	90	0	0	0.02	0.00	42.6
27 Sep 2025	Championship	Hull City	W 2–1	90	0	0	0.30	0.31	32.9
22 Sep 2025	Championship	at Millwall	L 0–1	90	0	0	–	0.01	49.2
13 Sep 2025	Championship	Blackburn Rovers	L 0–1	90	0	0	–	0.01	53.0