Bristol City

Joe Williams

A tenacious ball winner who would rather break up an attack than build one, closing down space in battles that more gifted players tend to avoid. Goals and assists were never the point of his game, and nobody at the club expects them to be.
England Bristol City MID
Appearances
5
Goals
0

Season Snapshot

Minutes played
302
60.40 per match
Assists
0
Key passes
1
Pass accuracy
74%

Season Stats

Appearances
5
Minutes played
302
Goals
0
Assists
0
Key passes
1
Accuracy
74%

League Rankings

Among EFL Championship 2026/27 midfielders

Assists
37th of 37
Key passes
119th of 130
Pass accuracy
44rd of 132
Goals
38th of 38
💪 Workhorses #69 of 360
🎯 Pass Master #119 of 510
👻 Ghost Players #242 of 360
👑 Assist Kings #318 of 351
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SOU
SOU
14:00
Sat 12 Sep
BRC
BRC
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BRC
BRC
18:45
Tue 15 Sep
LIN
LIN
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BRC
BRC
19:00
Fri 18 Sep
WAT
WAT
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CHA
CHA
11:30
Sat 10 Oct
BRC
BRC
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BRC
BRC
18:45
Tue 13 Oct
BLA
BLA

Joe Williams, The Midfielder Who Breaks Things Up

A combative central midfielder whose long path through academy football at a bigger club shaped a defensively minded game.

Williams came through a Premier League academy from childhood before senior football arrived on loan at clubs further down the pyramid. That grounding in tougher, more physical leagues shows in how willingly he puts his body on the line now. He has become one of the more dependable presences in midfield, a player picked more for what he stops than for what he creates. Across hundreds of appearances he has scored barely a handful of goals, which tells its own story about where his priorities lie.

That lack of end product is the honest trade off, because a midfield needs somebody to win the ball back before it can think about scoring. Bristol City have kept extending his contract regardless. That suggests the value of his unglamorous work is understood inside the building even when it goes uncelebrated outside it.

The Rest Of The Squad

28 players

Goalkeepers

1
Sam Tickle
Wigan Athletic · Age 24
5 apps
40
Bradley Collins
Burton Albion · Age 29
0 apps
32
Lewis Thomas
Age 28
0 apps

Defenders

2
Lisav Eissat
Age 21
5 apps 1g
21
Rio Cardines
Crystal Palace · Age 20
5 apps 4a
16
Rob Dickie
Age 30
5 apps 1g
19
George Tanner
Age 26
4 apps
3
Cameron Pring
Age 28
3 apps
38
Noah Eile
Age 24
2 apps
5
Rob Atkinson
Age 28
2 apps
31
Elijah Morrison
Forest Green Rovers · Age 20
0 apps
15
Luke McNally
Age 26
0 apps
24
Seb Naylor
Age 20
0 apps

Midfielders

12
Jason Knight
Age 25
5 apps 1g
17
Jed Wallace
West Bromwich Albion · Age 32
5 apps 1a
20
Sam Greenwood
Age 24
5 apps
7
Yu Hirakawa
Hull City · Age 25
5 apps 1g
10
Scott Twine
Age 27
4 apps 2g
27
Gibson Yah
Age 22
3 apps
4
Adam Randell
Age 25
2 apps
14
Tomi Horvat
Age 27
2 apps
—
Brian De Keersmaecker
Oxford United · Age 26
0 apps
42
Daniel Ezendu
Age 17
0 apps
29
Leo Pecover
Weston-super-Mare · Age 18
0 apps

Forwards

23
Dom Ballard
Leyton Orient · Age 21
5 apps 2g
9
Lorent Tolaj
Plymouth Argyle · Age 24
5 apps 1g 1a
—
Elijah Adebayo
Luton Town · Age 28
1 app
11
Sam Bell
Age 24
1 app
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