I would say the general quality of the team is the biggest factor, possibly the manager and coaching teams to some extent, a big part of it will be that in the worst season (23/24) he played very few games so the data is easily skewed. He only started 4 games so there's no opportunity for the stats to even out, this season showing as by the far best record being for the same reason.
He’s played well at the end of last season and the start of this, and deserves the credit for being resilient to do so, there may also be a contributing factor in that we’re playing better under Moyes than we did under Dyche and Lampard which is putting less pressure on the defence which does tend to expose Keanes weakness.
That's the worry, though. At the moment his confidence is high and he's playing really well, I gave him motm at the weekend and I was vehemently opposed to re-signing him and whilst that is great the fear is that he is one howler away from becoming calamity Keane again. In contrast, Tarkowski hasn't been at his best this season but I never feel concerned with him that one mistake will lead to a chain reaction of mistakes and will decimate his form in the short to medium term. Hopefully I'm wrong and what we're seeing is a more resilient Michael Keane and he will be able to maintain his form even if he makes some errors. We're going to need that because, with O'Brien sequestered away at RB, he'll play a lot of games this season.
WIth Harrison gone we are definitely short a boo boy. Beto has a weight on his shoulders as he misses a few !
I mean, that's not great numbers, and he gets to ride on the coat tails of the work done by others by including games where he might have come on for 10 mins. In any event, this seasons numbers are very pleasing.This site seems to break down all his minutes and goals conceded while he was on the pitch, so working out goals conceded per 90 (just league I’m looking at). Seems the fairest way to look at it instead of just time he has played a certain amount of minutes.
Michael Keane Stats - Goals, Blocks, xG & Career Stats | FootyStats
Michael Keane's performance statistics for Everton and national team. Michael Keane is a Defender who have played in 4 matches and scored 0 Goals in the 2025/2026 season of Premier League in England. Other data include Goals per Match, Conceded Goals, Conceded per Match ...footystats.org
18/19 - 1.12
19/20 - 1.34
20/21 - 1.2
21/22 - 1.68
22/23 - 2.01
23/24 - 2.28
24/25 - 1.38
25/26 - 0.75
His worst spell has unsurprisingly come under Dyche. But the majority of seasons, I’d happily take him as a 4th choice CB.
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