AC Milan said goodbye to Gianluigi Donnarumma last summer but have now got a new hero between the posts in Mike Maignan, who has been very impressive statistically.
La Gazzetta dello Sport reports how Maignan arrived with little doubt surrounding his credentials having just been crowned champion of France with Lille in a season during which he racked up 21 clean sheets, while Donnarumma got 14 before winning the European Championship with Italy.
In the first 25 rounds of the current season, Maignan has managed to beat what Donnarumma did in the last six seasons, if we take into consideration the same time period. The French goalkeeper has an enviable average goals conceded per game of 0.84, while last year Gigio closed at 1.12.
If we talk about goals conceded in the first 25 games of the last two seasons, Maignan is at 19 games and 16 goals conceded (he missed a few rounds due to a wrist injury), with 24 games and 27 goals let in by Gigio. Maignan has saved 76.1% of shots faced (51) against 71.3% out of 69 for Donnarumma.
At his new club PSG, Donnarumma has been locked in a battle for a starting spot with Keylor Navas meaning he has started 16 games – 10 in Ligue 1, 4 in the Champions League and 2 in the French Cup – conceding 10 goals. He has amassed 47 saves with a percentage of 82.5%, with 8 clean sheets.
Maignan has 9 clean sheets for the season, of which 8 came in Serie A. His save percentage is 74.2% (69 total), showing he has truly made sure Milan have not felt Donnarumma’s absence.
