Despite clocking over 3,400 minutes together across competitions, Mbappe and Vinicius only scored in the same match on eight occasions. That’s less than 20% of the matches they played together. Even more telling, they haven’t shared a goalscoring performance since March 9, in a league match against Rayo Vallecano at the Bernabeu.
From that date on, they played together 13 more times. Zero matches with shared goals. For two of the best attacking players in the world, that stat reads more like an early warning.
Then come the assists. Vinicius clearly took the lead as creator-in-chief, tallying 19 assists over the season, with five directly to Mbappe—including two in the hat-trick against Barcelona at Montjuic, a match that may have saved Madrid’s title hopes. In contrast, Mbappe only assisted Vinicius twice—against Espanyol and Girona.
While the Brazilian seems willing to serve, the Frenchman’s contributions in that department have been modest.