Mbappé's scoring rate rises again in third season, AS reports

What happened

Kylian Mbappé has raised his goals-per-game average in his third season with the club, according to AS, which reports that the forward has scored 17 goals in 16 matches this campaign. That works out to 1.06 goals per game, the first time he has gone above one goal per match across a season, the outlet says.

Report details

The Spanish publication traces a steady climb across his three years: an average of 0.75 goals per game in his first season and 0.95 in his second. AS also reports that Mbappé is currently on his best run of consecutive scoring matches, with seven in a row, and that he has found the net in 75% of his appearances this season, with 20% of his shots ending in goals.

AS frames the improvement around the widely held football notion that a team reaches peak performance around its third year, presenting Mbappé as a personal illustration of that idea. The report describes his current form as among the best of his career. The figures and the streak are attributed to AS; the source does not specify the competitions in which the goals were scored.