Kylian Mbappé and Angel Di Maria: top scorer and top assist provider
The two Paris Saint-Germain forwards finished the 2019-2020 Ligue 1 season as, respectively top of the scoring and assists charts.
It's official, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) put an end to the 2019-2020 Ligue 1 season, following the health crisis currently affecting France. A decision that made the Paris Saint-Germain players 2020 champions.
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And if the collective celebrations have been pushed back to later - because of the confinement measures - certain players will also receive individual awards. Kylian Mbappé is the top scorer in the league, while Angel Di Maria will collect the honour for the top assists provider in Ligue 1.
Kylian Mbappé finishes the season as the top scorer for the second consecutive season. The Paris n°7 scored 18 goals in 20 matches. He finishes clear of Wissam Ben Yedder (18 goals as well) on the goals/match ratio (26 matches played by the AS Monaco man).
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The final Ligue 1 game against Dijon allowed the forward to leave us with the best possible impression, with two goals and an assist, finishing off a season in which he was decisive 43 times in 33 matches in all competitions.
The icing on the cake, Mbappé has already scored 90 goals in a Paris shirt, meaning he's already 7th on the list of the highest scorers in Paris Saint-Germain history.
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Angel Di Maria has also scooped a prize: that of the top assists provider in the league, with 14, fully 6 more than any other player in the division. It was also a record, 10 rounds from the end of the league season, since Opta started analysing the competition (2007).
The Argentine forward also collected the award for the second time, after his 18 assists in 2015-2016, still a record in French football.
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Note too that the n°11 was decisive 32 times in total (11 goals and 21 assists) in all competitions this season.