Dani Gonzalez-Birchall has already shown a defensive intensity that far exceeds the midfield baseline in the 2025/26 League Two season. In his single appearance of 9 minutes he recorded two tackles, equating to a staggering 20.0 tackles per 90 minutes compared with the average 1.8 for his position. While he has yet to register a goal, assist, shot, shot on target, key pass, interception or successful dribble, his work off the ball is unmistakable. The average match rating of 6.9 reflects his solid defensive contribution despite limited time on the pitch. Gonzalez-Birchall’s early season performance underscores a focus on defensive duties, setting him apart from the typical midfield output in this competition.
Dani Gonzalez-Birchall has played 9 minutes across 1 appearance in League Two, at 0.00 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.12 and averaging 6.90 a match.
| Goals /90 | 0.00 0.12 0.13 | |
| Shots /90 | 0.00 0.86 0.84 | |
| Shots on target /90 | 0.00 0.40 0.40 | |
| Key passes /90 | 0.00 1.12 0.85 | |
| Dribbles /90 | 0.00 0.74 0.56 | |
| Fouls /90 | 0.00 1.14 1.13 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Drinan | F | 41 | 3503 | 22 | 5 | 74 | 44 | 30% | 29 | 69% | 24 | 39% | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35% | 27 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6.87 | 2.9 |
| Ollie Palmer | F | 42 | 2538 | 9 | 2 | 55 | 34 | 16% | 30 | 57% | 24 | 42% | 20 | 5 | 2 | 50% | 56 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.85 | 7.6 |
| Ollie Clarke | M | 29 | 2158 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 21% | 16 | 62% | 7 | 35% | 57 | 25 | 15 | 53% | 30 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6.91 | 3.0 |
| Fletcher Holman | F | 22 | 1051 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 19% | 9 | 63% | 9 | 26% | 9 | 2 | 0 | 39% | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.76 | 5.9 |
| Billy Bodin | F | 28 | 912 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 44% | 9 | 70% | 4 | 22% | 5 | 2 | 1 | 34% | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.57 | 2.0 |
| Joe Snowdon | M | 34 | 2014 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 20% | 23 | 70% | 10 | 36% | 43 | 14 | 2 | 40% | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.61 | 4.9 |
| Finley Munroe | M | 24 | 2021 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 11% | 40 | 64% | 10 | 29% | 50 | 20 | 9 | 56% | 31 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7.20 | 7.5 |
| Ryan Tafazolli | D | 23 | 1734 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 33% | 4 | 69% | 4 | 57% | 23 | 22 | 31 | 77% | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.21 | 2.3 |
| Paul Glatzel | F | 22 | 1252 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 10% | 19 | 76% | 12 | 40% | 33 | 6 | 2 | 43% | 15 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | 2.7 |
| Princewill Ehibhatiomhan | F | 15 | 441 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 20% | 6 | 62% | 11 | 55% | 8 | 2 | 0 | 42% | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 | 4.0 |
| Gavin Kilkenny | M | 41 | 3453 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5% | 27 | 81% | 24 | 41% | 110 | 39 | 9 | 51% | 41 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.84 | 3.0 |
| Will Wright | D | 36 | 2817 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 7% | 30 | 72% | 6 | 55% | 55 | 31 | 21 | 55% | 22 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.89 | 1.2 |
| Tom Nichols | M | 41 | 2762 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10% | 17 | 74% | 20 | 48% | 90 | 34 | 7 | 53% | 49 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.72 | 4.1 |
| Darren Oldaker | M | 41 | 2624 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 4% | 26 | 79% | 24 | 44% | 30 | 16 | 4 | 51% | 20 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.71 | 5.7 |
| Jamie Knight-Lebel | D | 30 | 2352 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 12% | 2 | 76% | 1 | 17% | 47 | 23 | 28 | 60% | 16 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.79 | 2.2 |
| Joel McGregor | D | 37 | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10% | 10 | 68% | 31 | 47% | 63 | 35 | 4 | 55% | 26 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.69 | 2.6 |
| Filozofe Mabete | D | 28 | 1280 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 79% | 2 | 100% | 26 | 21 | 10 | 54% | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.74 | 7.5 |
| James Ball | M | 23 | 1136 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12% | 3 | 71% | 2 | 29% | 21 | 15 | 10 | 58% | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.71 | 5.2 |
| Michael Olakigbe | F | 17 | 780 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9% | 15 | 76% | 15 | 38% | 14 | 3 | 1 | 36% | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.74 | 1.7 |
| Junior Hoilett | F | 14 | 721 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 14 | 63% | 9 | 39% | 18 | 6 | 1 | 42% | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.74 | 3.0 |
| Billy Kirkman | D | 11 | 554 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 2 | 72% | 2 | 40% | 20 | 11 | 6 | 53% | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.91 | 4.9 |
| Harry Smith | F | 5 | 418 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14% | 3 | 43% | 1 | 33% | 3 | 1 | 1 | 68% | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | – |
| James Scanlon | M | 6 | 240 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 2 | 63% | 3 | 27% | 3 | 2 | 0 | 41% | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.72 | 5.7 |
| Ben Middlemas | M | 4 | 121 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 1 | 69% | 1 | 100% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35% | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 | – |
| Connor Ripley | G | 48 | 4280 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 62% | 9 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93% | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 123 | 7.11 | 2.9 |
| Thomas Wilson-Brown | D | 23 | 1473 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0% | 4 | 72% | 1 | 50% | 30 | 16 | 11 | 62% | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.64 | 4.5 |
| Jake Thomas Batty | D | 17 | 1266 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0% | 19 | 61% | 13 | 59% | 28 | 10 | 8 | 54% | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.91 | 3.6 |
| Aidan Borland | M | 17 | 983 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 8 | 75% | 3 | 50% | 18 | 8 | 4 | 41% | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.56 | 6.2 |
| Daniel Butterworth | M | 10 | 227 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0% | 3 | 81% | 3 | 50% | 7 | 0 | 0 | 49% | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.71 | 2.3 |
| Jake Tabor | F | 11 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 49% | 1 | 12% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35% | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.38 | 5.5 |
| Adam Murphy | M | 3 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 74% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 | – |
| Botan Ameen | F | 2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 64% | 3 | 60% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | – |
| Lewis Ward | G | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 30% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.30 | – |
| Harry Gray | M | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 | – |
| Dani Gonzalez-Birchall | M | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 33% | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | – |
| Ryan Delaney | D | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 50% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Swindon | League Two | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 33% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 |
| 2025/26 | Swindon | FA Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Date | Opponent | Res | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Key passes | Tackles | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Dec | a Cheltenham | – | 9 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | – |