Striker
Plea, 2nd top French goal scorer in 2018 in the 5 biggest leagues
Delivered by Opta on Friday, the statistic allows us the get an idea of the performance levels of the Nice forward: in the 5 biggest leagues*, Alassane Plea is the second most prolific French footballer in 2018.
Since the winter break, only Antoine Griezmann has a better record than the Niçois. The playmaker for the French national side has scored 13 goals in La Liga with Atletico Madrid.
"AP14" takes second place, with 9 goals. But, whilst Griezmann has taken advantage of 2 penalties to boost his total, Plea has scored each of his 9 goals from in play (8 with right foot, 1 with left).
As Nolan Roux (the FC Metz forward scored 9 goals too), the joint top scorer for the Gym in L1 (with Mario Balotelli, 14 goals) beats another international : Florian Thauvin. The Marseillais has found the back of the net on 8 occasions, thrice more than Kylian Mbappé (PSG), Rémy Cabella (Saint-Etienne) and Franck Ribéry (Bayern Münich), who each have put away 5 goals since the new year.
*France, Germany, England, Italy, Spain.