Axel Witsel
Midfielder
· 
Nice
· 10th in the league
Next fixture
Sun 18 Oct, 18:45 UTC AWAY
Lyon
Analysis
Season Performance
Axel Witsel at Nice this season. Stats will be limited if it's early in the season.
Minutes played: 408 · Starts: 5
| Stat | Value | Season Avg ?Axel Witsel's per-90 rate on each stat, compared to the average for other midfielders in Ligue 1. Green is clearly above that average, red is clearly below, orange is close to it. A stat needs enough qualifying players at this position before a comparison is shown. |
|---|---|---|
| Shooting | ||
| Goals | - - | 1.3 0.34 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.74 0.16 | 0.52 0.12 |
| Shots | 6 1.32 | 5.5 1.40 |
| Shots on target | 2 0.44 | 2.2 0.58 |
| Passing | ||
| Assists | - - | 1.5 0.41 |
| Expected assists (xA) | 0.06 0.01 | 0.54 0.13 |
| Key passes | 2 0.44 | 5.8 1.47 |
| Defending | ||
| Clean sheets | - - | 1.8 0.51 |
| Tackles | 3 0.66 | 8.2 2.14 |
| Interceptions | 7 1.54 | 4.5 1.15 |
| Duels won | 12 2.65 | 18.3 4.72 |
| Blocked shots | 4 0.88 | 1.7 0.41 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fouls committed | 2 0.44 | 5.1 1.29 |
| Fouls drawn | 6 1.32 | 4.9 1.27 |
| Yellow cards | - - | 1.3 0.36 |
| Red cards | - - | - - |
Player Traits
Axel Witsel’s statistical strengths and weaknesses, in comparison to similar players. This is based on current season only.
- Key passes7%
- Tackles3%
- Interceptions76%
- Duels won12%
- Expected goals (xG)74%
- Expected assists (xA)12%
Squad standing
Where Axel Witsel ranks among 29 registered Nice players this season.
- 8th of 29 for Minutes played
- 5th of 29 for Shots on target
- 10th of 29 for Fouls committed
- 4th of 29 for Expected goals (xG)
- 11th of 29 for Tackles
- 3rd of 29 for Interceptions
- 10th of 29 for Duels won
- 2nd of 29 for Blocked shots
- 8th of 29 for Key passes
Historic Bets
Axel Witsel’s most frequent betting markets, based on every match on file.
- 1 Over 0.5 Fouls Committed 67.6% Based on 37 matches across 2 seasons on file
- 2 Over 1.5 Tackles 29.7% Based on 37 matches across 2 seasons on file
- 3 Over 1.5 Fouls Committed 24.3% Based on 37 matches across 2 seasons on file
- 4 Over 2.5 Tackles 13.5% Based on 37 matches across 2 seasons on file
- 5 To Be Booked (Yellow Card) 9.5% Based on 148 matches across 6 seasons on file
Recent Form
The same markets over Axel Witsel’s last 10 matches (76 minutes on average). Newest on the right.
- 1 Over 0.5 Fouls Committed 50% Below career
- 2 Over 1.5 Tackles 10% Below career
- 3 Over 1.5 Fouls Committed 0% Below career
- 4 Over 2.5 Tackles 10%
- 5 To Be Booked (Yellow Card) 0%
Match log
Every finished match on file Axel Witsel actually featured in, most recent first, bounded to Sportmonks’ own per-match player-stats coverage, not this player’s full career (see “Season by season” below for that). This is also what the last-10-games Player Bets list on each fixture page’s Odds & Bets tab reads from.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Min | G | A | Shots | SOT | Tackles | Fouls | Cards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 26 | Home |  Strasbourg |
W | 86’ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
| 20 Sep 26 | Home |  Lille |
W | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| 12 Sep 26 | Away |  Auxerre |
L | 86’ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
| 05 Sep 26 | Home |  Le Mans |
D | 73’ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 30 Aug 26 | Away |  Paris FC |
L | 73’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 23 May 26 | - | - | - | 58’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| 17 May 26 | - | - | - | 56’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 14 May 26 | - | - | - | 57’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 11 May 26 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 01 May 26 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 25 Apr 26 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
| 21 Apr 26 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 10 Apr 26 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 06 Apr 26 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
| 21 Mar 26 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| 14 Mar 26 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - |
| 07 Mar 26 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| 01 Mar 26 | - | - | - | 73’ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 23 Feb 26 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 16 Feb 26 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 08 Feb 26 | - | - | - | 34’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| 31 Jan 26 | - | - | - | 20’ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 04 Jan 26 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | - |
| 21 Dec 25 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| 12 Dec 25 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 07 Dec 25 | - | - | - | 66’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 30 Nov 25 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| 23 Nov 25 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - |
| 08 Nov 25 | - | - | - | 85’ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 31 Oct 25 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 25 Oct 25 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 18 Oct 25 | - | - | - | 90’ | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
| 04 Oct 25 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 26 Sep 25 | - | - | - | 86’ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 20 Sep 25 | - | - | - | 30’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 14 Sep 25 | - | - | - | 90’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 30 Aug 25 | - | - | - | 78’ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - |
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Season by season
Every season on file for Axel Witsel, most recent first, as far back as the data goes. For the Premier League this can reach further back than the current season’s Sportmonks-sourced columns: Understat’s own cached match history covers up to 6 seasons, so an earlier row may carry goals/assists/xG/xA while its tackles/interceptions/etc. show ‘-’ (Sportmonks itself only carries 3 seasons per league).
| Season | 2026/2027 | 2025/2026 | 2024/2025 | 2023/2024 | 2022/2023 | 2021/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Nice | Girona | Atletico Madrid | Atletico Madrid | Atletico Madrid | Borussia Dortmund |
| Mins | 408 | 2546 | 845 | 2762 | 2248 | 1956 |
| Starts | 5 | 30 | 9 | 30 | 25 | 22 |
| Goals | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Assists | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| xG | 0.74 | 2.59 | 0.06 | 1.19 | 0.65 | 1.15 |
| xA | 0.06 | 2.22 | 0.84 | 0.39 | 0.60 | 0.64 |
| Shots | 6 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| SOT | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Tackles | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Int. | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Duels won | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Blocked | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Key passes | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fouls | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fouls drawn | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clean sheets | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yel | - | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Red | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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