5 DEF MK

Mats Knoester

Known as M. Knoester

Defender · Aberdeen · 10th in the league

Injured: Tendon injury (back 2026-12-10)
8 Tackles
10 Interceptions
2 Clean sheets
483 Minutes

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Sat 21 Nov, 15:00 UTC AWAY Kilmarnock Analysis 

Season Performance

M. Knoester at Aberdeen this season. Stats will be limited if it's early in the season.

Minutes played: 483 · Starts: 5

StatValue Season Avg ?M. Knoester's per-90 rate on each stat, compared to the average for other defenders in Scottish Premiership. Green is clearly above that average, red is clearly below, orange is close to it. A stat needs enough qualifying players at this position before a comparison is shown.
Shooting
Goals 0 0.3
Expected goals (xG) - 0.47
Shots 0 4.0
Shots on target 0 1.3
Passing
Assists 0 0.4
Expected assists (xA) - 0.57
Key passes 1 4.1
Defending
Clean sheets 2 2.9
Tackles 8 10.1
Interceptions 10 7.8
Duels won 18 33.4
Blocked shots 3 4.9
Discipline
Fouls committed 3 6.3
Fouls drawn 4 5.5
Yellow cards 1 1.2
Red cards 0 0.0

Player Traits

M. Knoester’s statistical strengths and weaknesses, in comparison to similar players. This is based on current season only.

Tackles Interceptions Duelswon Blockedshots Cleansheets Goals Assists
  • Tackles56%
  • Interceptions95%
  • Duels won13%
  • Blocked shots44%
  • Clean sheets43%
  • Goals37%
  • Assists36%

Squad standing

Where M. Knoester ranks among 29 registered Aberdeen players this season.

  • 11th of 29 for Minutes played
  • 14th of 29 for Fouls committed
  • 10th of 29 for Tackles
  • 5th of 29 for Interceptions
  • 14th of 29 for Duels won
  • 7th of 29 for Blocked shots
  • 16th of 29 for Key passes

Historic Bets

M. Knoester’s most frequent betting markets, based on every match on file.

  1. 1 Over 0.5 Fouls Committed 57.7% Based on 52 matches across 3 seasons on file
  2. 2 Over 1.5 Tackles 30.8% Based on 52 matches across 3 seasons on file
  3. 3 Over 1.5 Fouls Committed 28.8% Based on 52 matches across 3 seasons on file
  4. 4 Over 2.5 Tackles 21.2% Based on 52 matches across 3 seasons on file
  5. 5 To Be Booked (Yellow Card) 15.4% Based on 52 matches across 3 seasons on file

Recent Form

The same markets over M. Knoester’s last 10 matches (70 minutes on average). Newest on the right.

  1. 1 Over 0.5 Fouls Committed 50%
  2. 2 Over 1.5 Tackles 40%
  3. 3 Over 1.5 Fouls Committed 10% Below career
  4. 4 Over 2.5 Tackles 20%
  5. 5 To Be Booked (Yellow Card) 10%

Match log

Every finished match on file M. Knoester actually featured in, most recent first, bounded to Bzzoiro Sports Data’s own per-match player-stats coverage, not this player’s full career (see “Season by season” below for that). This is also what the last-10-games Player Bets list on each fixture page’s Odds & Bets tab reads from. The columns are the ones that matter for M. Knoester’s position. A dash means none; a blank means no figure is on file for that match.

DateOpponentResultMin TacklesInterceptsBlocksDuels wonAerials wonPassesFoulsCSGoalsAssistsCards
17 Oct 26 Home St Mirren W 90’ 2 – 1 3 – 28 – – – – –
11 Oct 26 Home St Johnstone L 90’ 1 1 – 6 5 77 – – – – –
19 Sep 26 Away Hibernian D 90’ 1 2 2 2 – 58 1 – – – –
15 Sep 26 Away Motherwell W 78’ 3 – – 3 – 33 1 Y – – –
05 Sep 26 Home Kilmarnock D 45’ 1 2 – 2 – 30 1 Y – –
02 Sep 26 Away Celtic L 90’ – 5 – 2 – 38 – – – – –
17 May 26 Away Dundee L 14’ – 1 – 2 1 9 – – – – –
12 May 26 Home St Mirren L 90’ 2 1 – 5 2 77 3 – – – –
09 May 26 Home Dundee United W 90’ 4 1 – 13 6 42 1 Y – – –
01 May 26 Away Livingston D 24’ – – – – – 10 – – – – –

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Season by season

Every season on file for M. Knoester, most recent first, as far back as the data goes. For this league the per-match columns (shots, tackles, key passes and so on) cover the last two seasons, and shots and xG go back three; a season further back than that isn’t available.

Season 2026/2027
TeamAberdeen
Mins483
Starts5
Goals0
Assists0
xG-
xA-
Shots0
SOT0
Tackles8
Int.10
Duels won18
Blocked3
Key passes1
Fouls3
Fouls drawn4
Clean sheets2
Yel1
Red0

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