Y. Tielemans

Tielemans's 2026/27 season, read from the numbers

In 2026/27, Y. Tielemans was used in rotation for Manchester United in the Premier League: 5 appearances and 404 minutes, averaging 81 minutes per outing. His standout number is match rating — 41st of 978 midfielders and inside the top 4%.

Per 90 minutes that is 1.6 key passes per 90, 0.0 assists per 90 and 3.1 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Tielemans's totals. The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against midfielders, Tielemans sits in the top 9% for tackling volume but only the top 58% for goalscoring.

Set against Tielemans's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 1531 minutes against 3358 at his peak. Our records cover 10 seasons of Tielemans's career, 2017/18 to 2026/27, across 4 clubs — Monaco, Leicester, Aston Villa, Manchester United. In that time he has played 401 matches across 10 competitions, 30,775 minutes in all.

His best return on our records was 10 assists in 2024/25, from 53 appearances. He is 7 appearances into the current one. Tielemans has 63 appearances in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League on our records, and he is modestly more productive domestically - 0.12 per 90 domestically against 0.11 in Europe.

Tielemans has reached 8 assists in a season 2 times, between 2019/20 and 2024/25 — a level held rather than found once. Away from his club, Tielemans has 61 appearances for Belgium on our records, scoring 10 — across World Cup, World Cup - Qualification Europe and UEFA Nations League.

On our positional score Tielemans rates 34 out of 100, 52nd of 326 qualified players — inside the top 16%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is tackles and interceptions.

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.