# Rasmus Nicolaisen or Nicolas Cozza: who is the better Defender? 2025-26 Ligue 1 | La Lente trivia

> Rasmus Nicolaisen or Nicolas Cozza: who is the better Defender? 2025-26 Ligue 1. The answer and the context, with La Lente data.

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Datos al: 2026-10-25
Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/).

§ La Lente trivia · Who is better?

## Two 2025-26 Ligue 1 defenders. According to La Lente, who is the better Defender?

Ligue 1 · 2025-26

| Stat | A | B |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles per 90 | 0.87 | 1.74 |
| Duels won | 63 % | 53 % |
| Times dribbled past per 90 | 0.42 | 0.85 |
| Interceptions per 90 | 1.49 | 0.85 |
| Aerials won per 90 | 2.68 | 0.85 |
| Recoveries per 90 | 3.27 | 3.60 |

- Player A
- Player B

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Answer

**Player A.** Rasmus Nicolaisen (Toulouse), Defender A (percentile 86), against Nicolas Cozza (Nantes), X (percentile 6). Nicolas Cozza has more tackles per 90, but Rasmus Nicolaisen wins more duels and is dribbled past less.

Context

Nicolas Cozza doubles Rasmus Nicolaisen in tackles per 90 (1.74 to 0.87). Nonetheless, Nicolaisen prevails in 63% of duels and allows only 0.42 take-ons against per 90.

[Profile of Rasmus Nicolaisen →](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/rasmus-nicolaisen-84535/) [Profile of Nicolas Cozza →](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nicolas-cozza-433778/)

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