Lamine Yamal, most fouled La Liga player so far this season

Barcelona beat Villarreal 5-1 at La Ceramica in a duel in which Lewandowski and Raphinha scored a brace apiece. Despite this, the great game from both could not overshadow another great performance from Lamine Yamal. Although he did not score, the Spanish international once again proved to be the most incisive player in the ‘Cule'team, generating constant danger and constantly looking to attack down his flank.
Lamine, who produced a genius outside-of-the-foot assist for his side's fifth goal, looked for one-on-ones time and time again, almost always coming out on top. Even at 1-5 down, the No 19 never stopped dribbling, something that drove some of his opponents mad. Out of frustration, Sergi Cardona and Ilias Akhomach committed two harsh fouls on the winger with two nasty tackles in the final stretch of the game.
This generated great unease among Lamine Yamal's teammates and provoked the anger of the ‘Cules’ fans for this final ‘hunt’ against their gem. However, only the excessive violence of these actions is out of the usual tone of Lamine Yamal's matches so far this season. As the BeSoccer Pro data shows, the European champion with Spain is the player who receives the most fouls in all of La Liga.
So far, in 6 matches played, Lamine has been fouled a total of 18 times. In other words, he has suffered 3 offences per match. If we look at his average per minute, taking into account that he has played 536 matches, the player from Aristides Maillol's club is fouled by his opponents once every 29.77 minutes.
The 18 fouls received put Lamine Yamal at the top of the list alone. The 'Cule' is just ahead of a surprising Christantus Uche, as the Getafe player, a midfielder turned striker, has been fouled 16 times. Real Sociedad's Take Kubo has suffered the same number of fouls so far.

Outside the podium at a gross level is Vinicius, who has been fouled on a total of 15 occasions. The Brazilian has played 473 minutes, so his average number of fouls per minute is very similar to that of Lamine Yamal, receiving a foul from his opponent every 31.53 minutes on the pitch.