Moussa Niakhaté

DFLyonLigue 12025/26 season

Moussa Niakhaté’s counted Ligue 1 record for the 2025/26 season — 2,758 minutes across 31 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

Niakhaté played 2,758 minutes as a defender in the 2025/26 Ligue 1, the equivalent of 31 full matches.

He finished the season with 2 assists and 14 chances created.

Per 90 minutes that came to 0.1 shots, 1.2 tackles and 4.4 recoveries.

Shooting

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

Expected goals

0.3

0.01 per 90

better than 2% of the league

Shots per 90

0.1

3 shots total

better than 1% of the league

Creating

Chances he makes for other people.

Assists

Expected assists

2.1

0.07 per 90

better than 44% of the league

Chances created

0.5 per 90

Big chances created

Dribbles per 90

0.2

better than 9% of the league

Defending and discipline

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

Tackles per 90

1.2

better than 28% of the league

Interceptions per 90

0.9

better than 51% of the league

Recoveries per 90

4.4

better than 54% of the league

Fouls per 90

1.2

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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 Niakhaté 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.