CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
In which minute does Kylian Mbappé score most Champions League goals?
Records are meant to be broken and the PSG player has blown up some of them, as well as having some key moments in Europe’s showpiece games.
Kylian Mbappé bagged a double in the first hour of PSG’s visit to Real Socieded. The French striker was already commanding, if not all, a significant portion of the attention at Anoeta this Tuesday, but his goals in the 16th and 56th minutes made it another night all about Mbappé. Real Sociedad had been hoping to overturn a 2-0 deficit from the first leg, but Mbappé had other ideas. The game finished 2-0 and 4-0 on aggregate for the side from Paris.
The striker of course is expected to be seen far more in Spanish football following this summer, with Real Madrid understood to be ready to bring the striker to the Spanish capital.
When does Mbappé score in the Champions League?
The French star actually has favourite moments to score goals, and some teams that he’s scored most against in the competition. UEFA, European football’s governing body, in a study published a few weeks ago, conducted a statistical analysis that divided Kylian’s goals so far in the Champions League by the minutes in which he had scored.
Whether Sociedad took note of this curious fact or not, they were mainly aiming to have their best defensive heads on every time the Bondy-born star has the ball, although that proved not to be enough.
According to UEFA, Mbappé has scored more goals between the 31st and 40th minutes, totalling nine, including two from penalties, which he himself had provoked. Despite this, he has scored slightly more goals in the second halves (23) than in the first halves (21).
With tonight’s goals goals, he’s now scored 22 in the first halves and 24 in the second halves.
Against which opponent has Mbappé scored the most UCL goals?
Mbappé's favorite prey among his continental opponents is Club Brugge. He has scored a total of five goals against the Belgians in four matches. Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, and Juventus are the “second-tier victims,” against whom he has managed to score four goals.
How many Champions League goals has Mbappé scored?
Kylian’s scoring average is overwhelming. In a total of 66 matches played in the premier European competition, he has now managed to score a total of 46 goals. If he were to continue at this pace, he would emerge with the third-best scoring average in Champions League history, trailing only behind Karim Benzema and Ruud Van Nistelrooy.
What are Mbappé's records in the Champions League?
He is the youngest player to score 10 goals (at 18 years and 350 days old), and he is also the youngest French player to score in a Champions League knockout match (at 18 years and 63 days old), among numerous other records.