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Aaron Essel recorded a season of high defensive output in the 2024/25 Premiership, featuring in 15 matches and amassing 842 minutes. He contributed one assist while failing to score, but his defensive work was evident with 20 tackles and 12 interceptions, surpassing the midfield baseline for both metrics. Essel's shot involvement was modest, registering five shots with two on target, below the expected 0.95 shots per 90. His key passes totaled seven, again below the 1.17 baseline, and his dribble success rate was 0.32 per 90, lower than the 0.69 standard. Despite these lower creative numbers, his average match rating of 6.78 reflected solid performances, and his tackles per 90 (2.14) exceeded the midfield average of 1.82.
Aaron Essel has played 842 minutes across 15 appearances in Premiership, at 0.00 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.14, converting 0% of 5 shots and averaging 6.78 a match.
| Player | Pos | Apps | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Goals /shot | Key passes | Pass acc | Dribbles | Drib % | Tackles | Interc. | Blocks | Duels won % | Fouls | Fouled | Yel | Red | Saves | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makenzie Kirk | F | 35 | 2025 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 23 | 20% | 11 | 73% | 20 | 57% | 19 | 4 | 4 | 40% | 20 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.82 | 4.6 |
| Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka | F | 26 | 1805 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 29% | 19 | 83% | 26 | 33% | 12 | 6 | 1 | 29% | 50 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.59 | 2.5 |
| Nicky Clark | F | 29 | 1572 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 23% | 16 | 77% | 3 | 21% | 14 | 3 | 3 | 45% | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.77 | 4.6 |
| Graham Carey | M | 34 | 1720 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 13% | 47 | 79% | 20 | 49% | 20 | 9 | 3 | 46% | 12 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.97 | 5.7 |
| Adama Sidibeh | F | 31 | 1981 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 18 | 6% | 17 | 62% | 9 | 39% | 33 | 7 | 0 | 43% | 44 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6.91 | 4.9 |
| Daniels Balodis | D | 13 | 1170 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 83% | 4 | 80% | 25 | 18 | 4 | 59% | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.89 | 2.4 |
| Božo Mikulić | D | 14 | 1166 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50% | 2 | 84% | 1 | 100% | 13 | 10 | 18 | 61% | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.99 | 8.3 |
| Elliot Watt | M | 8 | 510 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 33% | 9 | 78% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 8 | 4 | 49% | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.08 | 6.4 |
| Drey Wright | D | 31 | 2621 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8% | 30 | 79% | 19 | 45% | 41 | 19 | 3 | 58% | 9 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.86 | 7.2 |
| Jack Sanders | D | 22 | 1923 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 11% | 6 | 83% | 6 | 100% | 36 | 21 | 26 | 73% | 15 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7.16 | 6.4 |
| Taylor Steven | F | 14 | 694 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25% | 8 | 80% | 9 | 90% | 13 | 2 | 3 | 61% | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.76 | 9.8 |
| Josh McPake | F | 13 | 554 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 8% | 14 | 87% | 24 | 59% | 13 | 0 | 0 | 55% | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.99 | 5.8 |
| Sven Sprangler | M | 33 | 2719 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0% | 9 | 86% | 15 | 60% | 81 | 53 | 19 | 54% | 49 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.86 | 2.1 |
| Jason Holt | M | 28 | 2100 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0% | 13 | 86% | 12 | 40% | 49 | 18 | 6 | 49% | 39 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6.71 | 6.3 |
| Matthew Smith | M | 20 | 1283 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0% | 21 | 73% | 15 | 62% | 9 | 15 | 6 | 50% | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.82 | 2.3 |
| André Raymond | D | 17 | 1277 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 13 | 80% | 21 | 51% | 32 | 16 | 3 | 49% | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.68 | 5.9 |
| Lewis Neilson | D | 17 | 1276 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0% | 5 | 80% | 10 | 71% | 18 | 11 | 7 | 55% | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 4.2 |
| Andrew Fisher | G | 14 | 1260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 69% | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 6.89 | 3.0 |
| Joshua Rae | G | 14 | 1215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 55% | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 6.79 | 4.9 |
| Barry Douglas | D | 16 | 1189 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 10 | 79% | 8 | 100% | 17 | 16 | 8 | 65% | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 4.7 |
| Kyle Cameron | D | 15 | 1138 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 81% | 2 | 50% | 11 | 7 | 10 | 53% | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.73 | 2.8 |
| Sam Curtis | M | 13 | 978 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0% | 7 | 72% | 6 | 50% | 20 | 6 | 2 | 50% | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.68 | 6.5 |
| Ross Sinclair | G | 11 | 945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 57% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6.75 | 5.9 |
| Aaron Essel | M | 15 | 842 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0% | 7 | 78% | 3 | 60% | 20 | 12 | 3 | 56% | 17 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 | 3.3 |
| Stephen Duke-McKenna | M | 11 | 759 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0% | 12 | 76% | 21 | 47% | 8 | 5 | 1 | 42% | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.68 | 2.3 |
| Víctor Griffith | M | 11 | 698 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 80% | 5 | 62% | 11 | 6 | 3 | 40% | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.62 | 3.5 |
| Zach Mitchell | D | 8 | 543 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 85% | 6 | 86% | 11 | 6 | 7 | 62% | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.95 | 2.9 |
| Franio Franczak | M | 8 | 379 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 82% | 5 | 45% | 12 | 3 | 0 | 44% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.59 | 4.5 |
| Cameron MacPherson | M | 7 | 331 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 81% | 1 | 50% | 5 | 3 | 1 | 41% | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.72 | 3.5 |
| Jonathan Svedberg | M | 5 | 328 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0% | 5 | 82% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25% | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.84 | – |
| Uche Ikpeazu | F | 4 | 227 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0% | 7 | 70% | 3 | 38% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39% | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 | – |
| Maksym Kucheriavyi | M | 4 | 206 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 83% | 2 | 40% | 6 | 1 | 0 | 45% | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.65 | – |
| David Keltjens | D | 7 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 63% | 4 | 67% | 6 | 2 | 0 | 50% | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.41 | 4.4 |
| Sam McClelland | D | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 61% | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 | – |
| Callan Hamill | D | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 40% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 | – |
| Season | Club | Comp | Apps | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Goals /shot | Key passes | Pass acc | Dribbles | Tackles | Interc. | Duels won % | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | ST Johnstone | Premiership | 15 | 842 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0% | 7 | 78% | 3 | 20 | 12 | 56% | 17 | 5 | 0 | 6.78 |
| Date | Opponent | Res | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Key passes | Tackles | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan | a Rangers | L | 45 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 6.8 |
| 05 Jan | v Dundee | L | 62 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.30 | 2.1 |
| 29 Dec | a Celtic | L | 45 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.50 | 3.3 |
| 26 Dec | v Dundee Utd | L | 11 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | 6.1 |
| 22 Dec | a Heart Of Midlothian | L | 83 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | 2.8 |
| 01 Dec | v Rangers | L | 45 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 | 2.7 |
| 23 Nov | v Kilmarnock | W | 14 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | 8.8 |
| 19 Oct | v Ross County | W | 10 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.60 | 2.5 |
| 06 Oct | a Rangers | L | 84 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.90 | 6.7 |
| 28 Sep | v Celtic | L | 56 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 5.4 |
| 14 Sep | a Hibernian | L | 90 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.50 | 3.1 |
| 31 Aug | v Motherwell | L | 63 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | 5.4 |
| 24 Aug | a Dundee Utd | L | 73 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | 3.5 |
| 11 Aug | a Kilmarnock | W | 90 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.70 | 8.2 |
| 05 Aug | v Aberdeen | L | 71 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.00 | 7.6 |
