#203M. Kayode
BrentfordItaly21 years old179
66
Tackles
38
Interceptions
6.9
Rating
37
Appearances
3275 mins
1
Goals
TackleZone Defender Score
29.6
Below Average
Rank #203 of 304 defenders
Ranks in top 67% of all defenders in Europe's top 5 leagues (304 players, 900+ mins, rating ≥ 6.8).
📊 Season Performance
📅 Career History
| Season | Club · League | Apps | Goals | Ast | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Brentford · Premier League | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6.9 |
| 25/26 | Brentford · Premier League | 37 | 1 | 1 | 6.9 |
| 24/25 | Brentford · Premier League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6.9 |
| 23/24 | Fiorentina · Serie A | 26 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 22/23 | Fiorentina · Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Kayode's 2025/26 season, read from the numbers
In 2025/26, M. Kayode was close to ever-present for Brentford in the Premier League: 37 appearances and 3275 minutes, averaging 89 minutes per outing. Per 90 minutes that is 1.8 tackles per 90, 1.0 interceptions per 90 and 58% of his duels won — the rate profile behind Kayode's totals.
Kayode played 1,138 passes at 85% accuracy — 31.3 per 90, which is the volume that decides whether a side builds through him or around him. Carrying the ball, Kayode attempted 107 dribbles and completed 51% — 2.9 attempts per 90.
Set against Kayode's own record, 2025/26 reads differently: it is also the heaviest workload we have recorded for him, 3275 minutes against a previous high of 2063. Discipline is part of the picture for Kayode: 8 bookings in 37 appearances, one every 4.6 games.
Our records cover 4 seasons of Kayode's career, 2023/24 to 2026/27, across 2 clubs — Fiorentina, Brentford. In that time he has played 112 matches across 6 competitions, 7,935 minutes in all. His best season on our records was 2023/24, when he averaged 7.02 across 36 appearances.
How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.