Captain of France Kylian Mbappé He looked like a man with the weight off his shoulders when he was presented at the Santiago Bernabeu in July to an admirer. Real Madrid crowd However, things have not gone as planned since he arrived at Real Madrid.
Mbappe has 9 goals in 17 games so far for Real Madrid, which is not a bad figure, but with many of those goals coming from penalties, the feeling is that he is yet to show what he can do in a white shirt.
Something that is played in the figures. Alex Kirkland of ESPN highlighted that Mbappe is currently below his expected goals figure by 1.83 in La Liga, and by 1.68 in the Champions League. His conversion rate of 12.7% shots on goal makes him the 48th most effective in the League, and the 125th in the top 5 leagues in Europe, while Robert Lewandowski took 10 fewer shots to score more of double his La Liga account.
It is a worrying sign for Real Madrid, and it makes it clear that Mbappe is in fact lacking in confidence at the moment, as hard as it is to believe. With Vinicius out for the coming weeks, Mbappe should get a run at playing on the left side – his favored position – which could help him return to his best. Mbappe scored from there on Sunday against Leganes, his first game in that position for Carlo Ancelotti.
