The last line of defence in one of the tightest defences in Ligue 1 (37 goals conceded, the lowest total behind RC Lens), Kasper Schmeichel ended his 2022-23 season with another top-class performance against Lyon (3-1). Here are 3 stats to look back on the 36-year-old Dane's performances.

13 clean sheets

Kasper Schmeichel has kept goal for OGC Nice on 46 occasions this season in all competitions (47 goals conceded). The former Leicester goalkeeper (479 games with the Foxes) recorded 13 clean sheets: he kept a clean sheet in 28% of his games in red and black.

10 teams have faced the Danish wall: 3 in both legs (Reims, Ajaccio and Lens), 2 in the first game (Sheriff Tiraspol, Brest), and 5 in the second game (Tel-Aviv, Lille, Monaco, Troyes and Toulouse).

 

GOALS CONCEDED : TOP 3 WITH SAMBA AND MANDANDA

Among goalkeepers who have played at least 10 games this season, only 2 have conceded fewer goals per game than Kasper Schmeichel: Lens' Brice Samba (0.76) and Rennes' Steve Mandanda (0.91). Behind the new French international and the newly retired international is the Copenhagen native, with an average of 0.97 goals conceded per game.

SAVE PERCENTAGE: IN THE TOP 4

Another interesting statistic is the percentage of shots saved. Brice Samba, named goalkeeper of the season at the UNFP Trophies, also dominates this ranking. With 77.8% of shots saved, he is ahead of Yehvann Diouf (Reims, 77.5%) and Benjamin Lecomte (Montpellier, 77.1%). Kasper Schmeichel is just off the podium with a 75.2% save rate, on a par with Parisian Gianluigi Donnarumma.

 

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