We played PSG (20th of October). It was his first appearance of the season as he came into the season carrying an ankle injury. After that match he came on to play 9 minutes as a right back against Leipzig (28th of October) at home. He then played the first half against Basaksehir (4th of November) at centre back before being subbed off at half time*. A few days later he played his first match in the league away against Everton (7th of November) , coming on at left back for an injured Shaw (23mins). He did not play again in the league until Christmas coming on for 24mins at right back away at Leicester (26th of December), having just played a few days earlier in the EFL Cup against Everton (23rd of December) starting at right back and playing 90mins.
In the meantime he had come on as a sub at half time against Basaksehir (24th of November) at home, playing 45mins at centre back, and he came on for 12mins against Leipzig (8th of December) away, playing as a centre back.
So prior to the turn of the year he played a total of 8 matches, of which he started 3, playing a total of 338 minutes.
He then played the following games:
1.1 Villa at home, sub appearance, played 1min , CB.
9.1 Watford at home, starter, played the 90mins, CB.
12.1 Burnley away, sub appearance, played 1min, CB.
27.1 Sheffield at home, starter, played 83mins, CB.
6.2 Everton at home, sub appearance, played 1min, CB.
25.2 Real Sociedad at home, sub appearance, played 45mins, DM.
15.4 Granada at home, starter, played the 90mins, CB.
11.5 Leicester at home, starter, played the 90mins, CB.**
18.5 Fulham at home, starter, played the 90mins, CB.**
23.5 Wolves away, starter, played the 90mins, CB.**
26.5 Villareal, sub appearance, played 4mins, CB.**
All in all, 9 starts, 19 appearances, 918 minutes played.
Out of those 19 appearances, 13 are at centre back, 3 at right back, one at left back, one as defensive midfielder (and one appearance being too late to call his position).
Out of those 13 scattered appearances at centre back he had 90mins in the FA Cup, in a 1-0 win against Watford. 6 of those were in the league, (two 1min appearances) 3 of which were next to Lindelof after Maguire got injured and we did our usual end-of-season implosion, while he had managed to start alongside Maguire against Sheffield in that home loss after declaring we were definitely not title challengers. He had two centre back appearances in the Europa League, one as a starter at home against Granada (2-0 win) playing the whole match, and then coming on in the loss to Villareal for 4minutes. He started 3 times in the CL at centre back (PSG away, Basaksehir away and home, and coming on for 12 mins at centre back against Leipzig.
*worth noting that was the nadir of the season then with a diabolical collective performance - possibly surpassed by tactical cowardice away at Leipzig, or managerial naivity at home to PSG
**also worth noting that’s when Maguire is injured, so he’s playing alongside Lindelof.
He wasn’t given a proper chance last season.