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Moussa Niakhaté

Defender·4 apps·364 mins
Last 6
DLDWLL
Tackles /90
1.48
tackles
Interceptions /90
0.74
interceptions
Duels won
50%
of duels
Blocks /90
0.49
blocks
Pass accuracy
92%
of passes
Fouls /90
2.23
committed
Summary

Moussa Niakhaté has appeared twice in the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League, logging 184 minutes of play. He has not scored or assisted, and has not taken any shots, with zero shots on target. In those minutes he has delivered one key pass, which equates to a key-pass rate of 0.49 per 90, slightly below the baseline of 0.56 for his position. Defensively he has made three tackles and one interception, giving him a tackle rate of 1.47 per 90, a little below the baseline of 1.65. His average match rating is 7.2. Overall, the numbers suggest a defender who is involved in the build-up and contributes defensively, but has limited offensive output so far in the competition.

Moussa Niakhaté has played 364 minutes across 4 appearances in UEFA Champions League, at 0.00 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.06 and averaging 7.15 a match.

Written by Pythia from this player's own numbers.
01 Historic Performance02 Player Strength Analysis03 VS other players04 Player value05 Squad Statistics06 Season log07 Match log
01Historic Performance📊
Tackles per match
Total
14
Per match
1.40
1LOR12/041PAR19/041AUX25/042REN03/053TOU10/05LEN17/052SPA11/081FEN18/083FEN26/08HAV29/08
Interceptions per match
Total
7
Per match
0.70
LOR12/041PAR19/04AUX25/041REN03/052TOU10/05LEN17/051SPA11/08FEN18/081FEN26/081HAV29/08
Duels won per match
Dotted line: duels won %
Total
52
Win rate
63%
6LOR12/042PAR19/044AUX25/045REN03/0513TOU10/054LEN17/053SPA11/084FEN18/088FEN26/083HAV29/08
Blocks per match
Total
5
Per match
0.50
LOR12/041PAR19/04AUX25/04REN03/052TOU10/05LEN17/05SPA11/08FEN18/081FEN26/081HAV29/08
Pass accuracy per match
Dotted line: accuracy %
Completed
574
Accuracy
90%
55LOR12/0421PAR19/0463AUX25/0447REN03/0563TOU10/0554LEN17/0584SPA11/0864FEN18/0864FEN26/0859HAV29/08
Fouls per match
Total
16
Per match
1.60
LOR12/042PAR19/042AUX25/04REN03/052TOU10/051LEN17/053SPA11/081FEN18/084FEN26/081HAV29/08
Dribbled past per match
Total
2
Per match
0.20
LOR12/04PAR19/04AUX25/04REN03/051TOU10/05LEN17/051SPA11/08FEN18/08FEN26/08HAV29/08
Saves per match
Total
0
Per match
0.00
Save rate
-
LOR12/04PAR19/04AUX25/04REN03/05TOU10/05LEN17/05SPA11/08FEN18/08FEN26/08HAV29/08
02Player Strength Analysis💪
Where they rank
Tackles
=1360thof 2395 · 155 level6
Interceptions
=1431stof 2395 · 223 level3
Duels won
=1115thof 2099 · 84 level50%
Pass accuracy
81stof 239592%
Saves
=281stof 2395 · 2115 level0
Ranked against 2395 players in all competitions with 364+ minutes this season, every position included. Rates need 20+ attempts, so a percentage off a handful of tries is left out rather than ranked. Each chart draws the top 40, plus this player where he falls outside them.

🛡️ Tackles

Season total · per 90 beside it
Jamie Lennon
76(3.58)
Benjamin Laturnus
72(4.33)
Marcus Lindberg
63(3.32)
Barry Cotter
58(2.89)
Rocco Ascone
58(3.68)
David Edvardsson
58(3.00)
Hampus Skoglund
58(3.29)
Luke Turner
55(2.08)
Fredrik Sjøvold
53(2.58)
Dawson Devoy
52(1.84)
David Hurley
52(1.99)
Edwin Agbaje
52(1.96)
Lars Ranger
51(3.35)
Oliver Denham
51(2.41)
Senan Mullen
51(2.95)
Carl McHugh
50(3.03)
Jack Henry-Francis
50(3.44)
Mamadou Diagne
50(2.77)
Kolbeinn Finnsson
49(2.88)
Simon Gefvert
49(2.58)
Gareth McElroy
49(1.90)
Patrick Berg
48(2.62)
Darragh Nugent
48(3.44)
Aodh Dervin
48(2.50)
Henrik Heggheim
48(3.16)
Samba Diatara
47(2.79)
Darragh Power
46(1.77)
Adam O'Reilly
45(2.05)
Joe Redmond
45(1.60)
Denzel De Roeve
45(3.75)
Abdoulaye Doumbia
44(2.57)
Jacob Lungi Sørensen
43(3.14)
Oscar Krusnell
43(2.44)
Jordan Flores
43(2.04)
Felix Vá
42(2.61)
Sebastian Ohlsson
42(2.75)
Lee Grace
42(2.46)
Anders Hiim
42(2.34)
Niklas Hult
41(2.37)
Bobby Burns
41(1.61)
Moussa Niakhaté
6(1.48)

🧲 Interceptions

Season total · per 90 beside it
Abdoulaye Doumbia
62(3.63)
Herman Magnusson
50(2.66)
John Mahon
45(1.75)
Joe Redmond
43(1.53)
Hayden Cann
37(1.42)
Bobby Burns
36(1.41)
Aimar Sher
36(2.52)
Gianfranco Facchineri
36(1.60)
James McManus
36(2.05)
A. Norén
34(2.46)
Tobias Kvalvagnes Guddal
34(1.88)
Barry Cotter
33(1.64)
Victor Eriksson
33(2.24)
Julius Magnusson
32(1.78)
Luke Turner
31(1.17)
Oliver Zandén
31(1.65)
Wilfred George Igor
31(1.88)
Simon Strand
30(2.02)
Conor Kane
30(1.13)
Kameron Ledwidge
30(1.13)
Gareth McElroy
30(1.16)
Barry Baggley
29(1.39)
Melker Heier
29(1.64)
Patrick Hickey
29(1.00)
Ylldren Ibrahimaj
28(1.74)
Patrick McClean
27(1.28)
Oliver Denham
27(1.27)
Edwin Agbaje
27(1.02)
M. Siltanen
27(1.49)
Sivert Sira Hansen
27(1.56)
Jamie Lennon
26(1.22)
Conor Keeley
26(1.02)
Aaron Bolger
26(1.13)
Marcus Lindberg
26(1.37)
Matteo de Brienne
26(2.11)
Mamadou Diagne
26(1.44)
Ethan Amundsen-Day
26(1.53)
August Erlingmark
25(1.45)
Sean Hoare
25(1.23)
Dawson Devoy
25(0.89)
Moussa Niakhaté
3(0.74)

💪 Duels won

Won / contested · count beside it
Enda Minogue
90%(27)
Maksim Osipenko
86%(43)
Eddie Beach
85%(17)
C. Forino-Joseph
84%(38)
Arsen Adamov
84%(32)
Nikola Radmanovac
84%(21)
M. Sylla
82%(33)
João Victor
82%(41)
E. O'Connell
81%(17)
Mario Mladenovski
81%(17)
Vítor Tormena
80%(44)
A. Cochrane
79%(23)
E. Ebanks-Landell
79%(22)
Sam Gale
79%(22)
Asger Sørensen
78%(29)
H. Souttar
78%(25)
R. Cundy
78%(32)
T. Vancooten
78%(21)
W. Boyle
78%(35)
M. Power
78%(21)
Danilo Soares
78%(31)
Pedro Naressi
77%(44)
Dylan Batubinsika
76%(26)
Lloyd Jones
76%(35)
Vítor Carvalho
76%(22)
E. Pye
76%(34)
R. Dickie
75%(42)
Tomoya Ando
75%(18)
Ilya Vakhaniya
74%(35)
Alexandru Benga
74%(26)
C. Nelson
74%(20)
Augustin Drakpe
74%(40)
Bas Kuipers
74%(17)
M. Poaty
74%(31)
J. Tanganga
74%(31)
E. James
74%(31)
Andres Dumitrescu
74%(28)
J. Uhrinčať
74%(28)
M. Boras
73%(36)
Aleksandr Silyanov
73%(30)
Moussa Niakhaté
50%(18)

📏 Pass accuracy

Completed / attempted · count beside it
Aaron Bouwman
96%(683)
Patrik Hellebrand
96%(272)
V. Tikkanen
96%(437)
Jocelin Behiratche
96%(191)
Ole Kolskogen
96%(273)
Gabriel Osho
96%(261)
Jostein Gundersen
95%(609)
M. Kilman
95%(392)
Wendel
95%(272)
Tobias Salquist
95%(627)
N. Djiga
95%(258)
Adrion Pajaziti
95%(271)
P. Pennanen
95%(436)
C. McGregor
94%(412)
Odin Luras Bjørtuft
94%(1981)
S. Van der Heyden
94%(332)
J. Horn
94%(315)
Robin Østrøm
94%(345)
S. Raux-Yao
94%(557)
František Čech
94%(277)
E. O'Connell
94%(418)
Milan Škriniar
94%(434)
A. Trusty
94%(416)
S. Acquah
94%(621)
Youri Regeer
94%(398)
Dries Wouters
94%(236)
Martín Pascual
94%(345)
N. Bajlicz
94%(374)
Žan Zaletel
94%(415)
Hannes Delcroix
94%(292)
Ibrahima Fofana
94%(782)
Victor Dican
94%(413)
M. Bogićević
94%(349)
M. Seidl
94%(588)
Nikola Stevanović
94%(253)
K. Walker-Peters
93%(210)
Asger Sørensen
93%(393)
C. Carter-Vickers
93%(433)
Youri Baas
93%(365)
Kristi Montgomery
93%(188)
Moussa Niakhaté
92%(271)

🧤 Saves

Season total · per 90 beside it
Sam Sargeant
106(3.77)
Stephen McMullan
86(4.05)
Eddie Beach
77(2.90)
Joseph Anang
76(3.01)
Wessel Speel
74(2.73)
Evan Watts
72(3.56)
Tim Rönning
71(3.94)
Pontus Dahlberg
70(3.89)
Leo Cavallius
68(3.78)
Elis Jäger
63(3.32)
Marcus Sandberg
62(3.44)
Hampus Gustafsson
62(3.25)
Elias Hadaya
62(3.44)
Martin Borsheim
62(3.44)
Ed McGinty
61(2.24)
Kristoffer Nordfeldt
59(3.67)
Oscar Hedvall
59(3.28)
Enda Minogue
58(2.63)
Matvei Igonen
56(2.95)
J. Rinne
55(3.06)
Leopold Wahlstedt
55(3.06)
R. Wallinder
55(3.22)
Isak Pettersson
54(2.83)
David Celic
53(2.79)
Jakob Haugaard
50(2.58)
Nikita Haikin
45(2.11)
Samuel Brolin
45(3.75)
Luke Dennison
45(2.49)
Andreas Linde
42(4.00)
Adrian Sæther
42(3.50)
Kristoffer Klaesson
41(3.73)
Mathias Dyngeland
41(3.42)
Warner Hahn
40(2.11)
Jacob Pryts
39(2.44)
Kacper Chorążka
39(1.91)
Fynn Talley
38(3.73)
Mladen Živković
37(5.49)
Mergim Krasniqi
37(2.64)
Albert Posiadała
37(2.81)
Elis Bishesari
37(2.85)
Moussa Niakhaté
0(0.00)
03VS other players👥
Compare with
Up to 3 at once
Tackles /90
1.48
1.25
Interceptions /90
0.74
0.77
Duels won %
50%
53%
Blocks /90
0.49
0.53
Pass accuracy %
92%
94%
Fouls /90
2.23
0.86
1.480.7450%0.4992%2.231.250.7753%0.5394%0.86Tacklesrim 1.48Intrim 0.77Duelsrim 53%Blocksrim 0.53Pass accrim 94%Foulsrim 2.23
Each spoke has its own scale: rings are 25/50/75/100% of the rim value shown.
Moussa Niakhaté Odin Luras Bjørtuft
04Player value💶
Current market value
€15.0m
Transfermarkt, 2026
Value by year
€15.0m2024€15.0m2025€15.0m2026
05Squad Statistics👥
Min apps6+
Team form
PlayerPosAppsMinsGoalsAssistsShotsOn tgtGoals
/shot
Key
passes
Pass
acc
DribblesDrib
%
TacklesInterc.BlocksDuels
won %
FoulsFouledYelRedSavesRatingForm
Loïs OpendaF54542011618%474%542%20042%12101006.88
Tyler MortonM6447105320%390%2100%62250%430007.36
5.7
Ainsley Maitland-NilesD43181111100%1081%240%62048%311006.90
Malick FofanaF63151010910%587%375%41070%490006.94
5.1
Ernest NuamahF5308106217%585%750%50054%390007.04
Noah NarteyM31031011100%181%125%21040%211006.90
Dominik GreifG54540000076%0000100%0100156.78
Corentin TolissoM6449021160%982%343%102253%680007.04
5.3
Moussa NiakhatéD43640000392%063250%920007.15
Abner ViníciusD536100100%1187%133%56044%211006.88
Tanner TessmannM435000310%484%133%31153%220006.70
Ruben KluivertD43490000088%0103154%820006.75
Clinton MataD41930000191%032258%030006.70
Kaïl BoudacheF519200510%190%440%30054%170006.72
Zachary AthekameD318801100%185%229%40145%220007.27
Felix BacherD21600000194%1100%20130%200007.05
Mohamed OuédraogoD415500210%075%150%22050%130006.60
Mads BidstrupM41520000279%00%32145%110006.48
Mathys de CarvalhoM21440000086%00%30150%220006.55
Nicolás TagliaficoD2910000184%00%13042%210006.60
Julien DuranvilleF2720000091%250%10057%010006.70
Rémy DescampsG1700000080%0000000027.30
Rémi HimbertF1630000270%001025%310006.00
Pavel ŠulcM33101110%1100%00%11050%020006.80
Per-player totals for 2026/27 from API-Football match stats, across 24 players. Click any column to sort. Goals/shot is conversion - goals divided by shots taken. Rating is API-Football's own 0-10 composite for each appearance, averaged here; it is their proprietary score, so treat it as a summary rather than an input. A blank from the provider means the player recorded none of that event, so it counts as zero. Form is 0-10: each appearance is scored as a per-90 composite of the stats that matter for that position, then the last 5 are compared with the player's own season baseline. 5 is their normal, green a hot run, red a cold one – it measures a player against themselves, not against the squad. Under 6 appearances shows a dash rather than a number off too small a sample.
06Season log🗂️
SeasonClubCompAppsMinsGoalsAssistsShotsOn tgtGoals
/shot
Key
passes
Pass
acc
DribblesTacklesInterc.Duels
won %
FoulsYelRedRating
2026/27LyonUEFA Champions League32740000293%06254%8007.23
2026/27LyonLigue 11900000188%00138%1006.90
2025/26LyonLigue 132275802200%1490%5362966%38207.22
2025/26LyonUEFA Europa League9739104225%392%161358%6116.84
2025/26LyonCoupe de France218000100%085%14381%5007.25
2024/25LyonLigue 131272500210%791%3472561%34206.94
2024/25LyonUEFA Europa League975200100%489%19865%7206.80
2024/25LyonCoupe de France21800000095%11181%3007.05
2023/24Nottingham ForestPremier League211465103133%385%3421473%11516.73
2022/23Nottingham ForestPremier League14116200630%176%0181951%12106.66
07Match log📅
DateOpponentResMinsGoalsAssistsShotsOn tgtKey
passes
TacklesFoulsYelRedRatingForm
29 Augv Le HavreD9000101006.90
26 Augv FenerbahçeL9000134007.30
18 Auga FenerbahçeD9000011006.90
11 Augv Sparta PrahaW940123007.50
17 Mayv LensL9000001006.20
10 Maya ToulouseL9000132007.60
03 Mayv RennesW900002006.90
25 Aprv AuxerreW9000012006.90
19 Apra Paris Saint GermainW9000012007.00
12 Aprv LorientW900011007.60
05 Apra AngersD9000001008.00
22 Marv MonacoL900001006.90
19 Marv Celta VigoL1900001013.90
15 Mara Le HavreD9000002007.50
12 Mara Celta VigoD900010007.30