Ferland Mendy is right now the starting left-back of Real Madrid in the big days. A condition that is more than supported when reviewing its statistics. Since joining the club in the summer of 2019, the Frenchman has started 23 league games (out of 45 possible) and Madrid never lost.
The balance of Zidane's men when Mendy starts is 17 wins (74%) and six draws. The statistics smile even more to the side if you look at the section of goals conceded, because in 15 of those matches Madrid managed to leave a clean sheet. He conceded only eleven goals in those 23 games (an average of 0.47 per game). At this time only three rivals (Villarreal, Leganés and Betis) managed to score more than one goal against Madrid in a match in which Mendy was a starter in the domestic championship (the three scored two, although it is necessary to clarify that in the duel against him Leganés Zidane's were already mathematically league champions).
That great defensive performance also translates into good numbers in the offensive section, because In those 23 games, Real Madrid scored 43 goals (1.87 on average per game). Only in four of them did the team remain unmarked (Betis, Athletic, Barcelona and Real Sociedad). They were all tough rivals …
The Frenchman has only been present in one league defeat of Madrid, although he came off the bench because Marcelo was injured in minute 59. It was against Betis at Villamarín (2-1), in the last game before lockdown. When he entered the field, Madrid was already losing and the result did not move, so Mendy had no responsibility in that setback.
Mendy's good numbers shine even more when compared to Marcelo, his competition on the left back. The Brazilian is more disputed than ever: in Zidane's second stage, Madrid lost eight of the 26 league games in which he started. The last one, against Cádiz (0-1). That defeat was joined by Shakhtar in the Champions League (2-3), also with Marcelo at the start. The two were at Di Stéfano and against much inferior rivals on paper, a scenario identical to the one that Madrid will have against Huesca on Saturday …