Ben Pearson has shown a defensive intensity that exceeds the midfield baseline in the 2026/27 League Cup season so far. In his single appearance, he logged 96 minutes, recording four tackles and no goals, assists, shots, shots on target, key passes, interceptions, or successful dribbles. His tackles per 90 minutes stand at 3.75, well above the midfield baseline of 1.84, while his other metrics remain at zero, reflecting the limited sample. Pearson’s average match rating of 6.9 indicates a solid contribution in a defensive capacity. Despite the absence of offensive statistics, his work off the ball demonstrates a commitment to disrupting opposition play, positioning him as a defensively focused midfielder for the competition.
Ben Pearson has played 99 minutes across 2 appearances in League Cup, at 0.00 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.14 and averaging 6.71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Galbraith | M | 6 | 475 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 67% | 4 | 84% | 4 | 33% | 4 | 5 | 1 | 38% | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.80 | 6.6 |
| Róbert Boženík | F | 6 | 194 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 40% | 0 | 77% | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 32% | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 | 3.2 |
| Eric Bocat | D | 5 | 453 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25% | 4 | 82% | 5 | 56% | 11 | 11 | 0 | 58% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.62 | – |
| S. Gallagher | F | 6 | 368 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12% | 4 | 34% | 3 | 38% | 8 | 3 | 2 | 51% | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 6.0 |
| B. Wilmot | D | 6 | 513 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 85% | 2 | 67% | 4 | 7 | 6 | 54% | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 | 5.1 |
| V. Johansson | G | 5 | 462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 65% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7.47 | – |
| Luke Graham | D | 4 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 81% | 1 | 50% | 5 | 7 | 0 | 67% | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.68 | – |
| El Hadji Djibril Soumaré | M | 6 | 361 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 82% | 0 | 0% | 9 | 3 | 1 | 47% | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 | 5.5 |
| B. Johnson | D | 4 | 334 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 80% | 4 | 80% | 12 | 5 | 1 | 69% | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.54 | – |
| M. Manhoef | M | 5 | 298 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 80% | 5 | 42% | 4 | 2 | 1 | 41% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.59 | – |
| Jun-Ho Bae | M | 5 | 298 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 79% | 4 | 67% | 4 | 6 | 0 | 58% | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | – |
| G. Hirst | F | 4 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 82% | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21% | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.36 | – |
| T. Rigo | M | 4 | 184 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 80% | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | – |
| B. Pearson | M | 2 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 90% | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 1 | 56% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | – |
| Joshua Griffiths | G | 1 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 58% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.95 | – |
| B. Lawal | – | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 71% | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.03 | – |
| L. Bombino | – | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 43% | 1 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 | – |
| Freddie Anderson | D | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 67% | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.35 | – |
| Sorba Thomas | M | 5 | 468 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0% | 15 | 70% | 6 | 26% | 3 | 4 | 0 | 33% | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.64 | – |
| Bosun Lawal | D | 4 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 87% | 4 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 3 | 48% | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.72 | – |
| Svante Ingelsson | M | 3 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 71% | 2 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 1 | 44% | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.07 | – |
| Lamine Cissé | M | 1 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 74% | 2 | 67% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | – |
| Ben Gibson | D | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 90% | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | 56% | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | – |
| Laurence Giani | D | 1 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 86% | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | – |
| Maksym Talovierov | D | 3 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 94% | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | – |
| Tyler Martin | F | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 100% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | – |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Stoke | League Cup | 1 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 90% | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 |
| 2026/27 | Stoke | Championship | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.51 |
| 2025/26 | Stoke | Championship | 31 | 1884 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 3 | 85% | 6 | 38 | 22 | 49% | 34 | 11 | 1 | 6.75 |
| 2025/26 | Stoke | FA Cup | 2 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 82% | 0 | 3 | 1 | 83% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 |
| 2025/26 | Stoke | League Cup | 1 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 98% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 |
| 2024/25 | Stoke | Championship | 13 | 584 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 82% | 0 | 17 | 7 | 58% | 13 | 5 | 0 | 6.78 |
| 2024/25 | Stoke | FA Cup | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 86% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 |
| 2023/24 | Stoke | Championship | 29 | 1861 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 12 | 86% | 5 | 38 | 38 | 45% | 30 | 13 | 1 | 6.80 |
| 2022/23 | Stoke | Championship | 14 | 1175 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0% | 7 | 84% | 7 | 24 | 24 | 44% | 21 | 8 | 1 | 6.77 |
| 2022/23 | Bournemouth | Premier League | 7 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 81% | 0 | 7 | 2 | 44% | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6.46 |
| Date | Opponent | Res | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Key passes | Tackles | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Sep | v Norwich | W | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.51 | – |
| 25 Aug | v Hull | D | 96 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | – |
| 02 May | a Bristol City | – | 45 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.30 | – |
| 25 Apr | v Portsmouth | – | 71 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | – |
| 21 Apr | v Millwall | – | 16 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | – |
| 18 Apr | a Wrexham | – | 90 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.70 | – |
| 11 Apr | v Blackburn | – | 90 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.20 | – |
| 20 Mar | a Preston | – | 90 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | – |
| 14 Mar | v Watford | – | 11 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.50 | – |
| 28 Feb | a Coventry | – | 89 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | – |
| 21 Feb | v Leicester | – | 54 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.00 | – |
| 15 Feb | v Fulham | L | 12 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | – |
| 07 Feb | a West Brom | – | 89 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | – |
| 31 Jan | v Southampton | – | 45 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | – |
| 24 Jan | a Birmingham | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – |