Mbappe gets perfect WhoScored 10 rating in U21 team of the week across Europe
Here we run through the best rated XI from Europe’s top five leagues, with additional information about their Football INDEX share prices, comprising only of players aged 21 and under.
Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan) – 8.39 rating
Football INDEX share price - £1.13
Gianluigi Donnarumma has struggled for consistency this season but turned in a hugely important display during AC Milan’s 2-0 win away to Genoa on Monday night. The 19-year-old was well worth his clean sheet after making seven saves, a personal record in Serie A this season. Furthermore, a WhoScored rating of 8.39 is also his best return in a league match this term.
Left-back: Aaron Martin (Mainz) – 9.47 rating
Football INDEX share price - £0.94
Aaron Martin played an important role in Mainz’s 3-2 victory away to Stuttgart on Saturday, providing the assist for their third goal, which turned out to be the match-winner. The 21-year-old registered five key passes in total, made seven clearances and completed five tackles and interceptions combined. He has won the WhoScored Man of the Match award more times than any other Mainz player in the Bundesliga this season (3).
Centre-back: Ibrahima Konate (RB Leipzig) – 7.95 rating
Football INDEX share price - £1.22
Fresh from penning a new long-term deal with RB Leipzig, Ibrahima Konate turned in an eye-catching performance in a 1-0 defeat to league leaders Borussia Dortmund. The 19-year-old won five aerial duels and completed 10 tackles and interceptions combined. The teenage centre-back impressively completed three dribbles, illustrating he can bring the ball out from the back.
Centre-back: Kelvin Amian (Toulouse) – 8.69 rating
Football INDEX share price - £0.99
Toulouse have won back-to-back away league matches for the first time this season after edging Nimes 1-0 on Saturday. Kelvin Amian proved an unlikely provider for the match-winner, assisting Yaya Sanogo in the 41st-minute. The 20-year-old registered two key passes, won three aerial duels and weighed in with 11 clearances to help Toulouse preserve their clean sheet.
Right-back: Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund) – 7.53 rating
Football INDEX share price - £2.92
Borussia Dortmund edged RB Leipzig 1-0 on Saturday to move six points clear of Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga. Achraf Hakimi made four tackles and interceptions combined and three clearances to help Dortmund keep a clean sheet away to their league rivals. The 20-year-old loanee also completed three dribbles and registered one key pass.
Left midfield: Anthony Caci (Strasbourg) – 8.02 rating
Football INDEX share price - £0.71
Anthony Caci is one of two Strasbourg players in the U21 Team of the Week after the Ligue 1 outfit won 5-1 away to Thierry Henry’s Monaco. Caci registered three key passes from the left but importantly weighed in with 10 tackles and interceptions combined for the away side. Only Kenny Lala (93) had more touches of the ball than Caci (87) of all Strasbourg players
Centre-midfield: Youssouf Fofana (Strasbourg) – 8.73 rating
Football INDEX share price – N/A
Youssouf Fofana is the second Strasbourg player in the team after playing an integral part in their huge win over Monaco. The 20-year-old assisted Strasbourg’s second goal and rubber-stamped the victory with a 93rd-minute goal of his own. Fofana completed 90% of his passes and completed five tackles and interceptions combined on just his second ever Ligue 1 start.
Centre-midfield: Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma) – 8.13 rating
Football INDEX share price - £3.67
Signed from rivals Inter in the summer as part of a deal that saw Radja Nainggolan move in the opposite direction, the highly rated 19-year-old has emerged as a key player for the Giallorossi in recent months, even usurping Javier Pastore and Lorenzo Pellegrini in the pecking order. Zaniolo opened the scoring in Roma’s 3-2 victory over Torino on Saturday with one of three attempts. The teenager impressive completed 90% of his passes despite playing in a role behind the striker, while also succeeding with four dribbles and three tackles.
Right midfield: Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona) – 9.39 rating
Football INDEX share price - £8.36
Ousmane Dembele turned in another hugely impressive performance at the weekend before injury curtailed his involvement. The 21-year-old scored his eighth league goal of the campaign and also completed 13 dribbles in 69 minutes on the pitch, a record in a La Liga match this season. The 2018 World Cup winner also registered two key passes before being forced off.
Striker: Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) – 8.40 rating
Football INDEX share price - £11.23
Marcus Rashford is on the best goalscoring run of his career after netting in a fourth straight Premier League match at the weekend. The England international is flourishing under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and showed great skill to double Manchester United’s lead over Brighton before half-time. Rashford had six attempts on goal in total, while also completing three dribbles for the Red Devils.
Striker: Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) – 10.0
Football INDEX share price - £14.16
Kylian Mbappe rounds off the XI as the top-rated U21 player in Europe’s top five leagues after garnering a perfect WhoScored rating of 10 in Paris Saint-Germain’s destruction of Guingamp on Saturday. Mbappe netted his second hat-trick of the campaign and also provided one assist in a 9-0 victory. Mbappe hit the target with all four shots on target, while also registering four key passes.
