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Ainsley Maitland-Niles

DFLyonLigue 12025/26 season

Ainsley Maitland-Niles’s counted Ligue 1 record for the 2025/26 season2,485 minutes across 28 full 90s. Rates below are per 90 minutes, and the bars compare him with every league team-mate and opponent who played at least 450 minutes in the same season.

The season in short

He hits the target with 60% of his shots, well above the roughly one-in-three most players manage.

Maitland-Niles played 2,485 minutes as a defender in the 2025/26 Ligue 1, the equivalent of 28 full matches.

He finished the season with 1 goal, 4 assists and 21 chances created.

Per 90 minutes that came to 0.5 shots, 2.1 tackles and 3.8 recoveries.

Shooting

How often he shoots, how good the chances are, and whether he is finishing them.

Goals
1
0.04 per 90
Expected goals
2.5
0.09 per 90
better than 48% of the league
Shots per 90
0.5
14 shots total
better than 19% of the league
On target per 90
0.3
8 on target total
better than 39% of the league
xG on target
1.9
quality of what he hits
Goals vs xG
-1.5
scoring below his chances
Big chances missed
3

Creating

Chances he makes for other people.

Assists
4
Expected assists
3.3
0.12 per 90
better than 67% of the league
Chances created
21
0.8 per 90
Big chances created
5
Dribbles per 90
0.5
better than 38% of the league

Defending and discipline

Work off the ball, and how often he gives the referee a decision to make.

Tackles per 90
2.1
better than 74% of the league
Interceptions per 90
1.2
better than 75% of the league
Recoveries per 90
3.8
better than 35% of the league
Fouls per 90
1.3
Yellow cards
5
1 red

All figures are counted match data for the 2025/26 Ligue 1 season, not projections. Per-90 rates need a minimum number of minutes before Maitland-Niles appears in them, so a stat absent above is one the season does not yet support. Club form and fixture predictions are on the Lyon page.