Smalling vs Pjaca - who is the better player?

• Chris Smalling’s has the following offensive skills. He has 3 goals and a total of 0 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 4%. He had a total of 0 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Marko Pjaca has the following offensive skills. He has 0 goals and a total of 0 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 2%. He had a total of 0 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Chris Smalling has a total of 1 asssists, 3 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 0 chances.
• Marko Pjaca has a total of 0 assists, 0 key passes and he created a total of 0 chances.
• Another important metric to measure the players performance is the pass completion rate in general and more importantly the pass completion rate into the opponents box – because this is where most goals are made. Chris Smalling has a pass completion rate of 0% for passes into the box. Marko Pjaca has a pass completion rate of 0% for passes into the box.
• Expected goals, expected goal build up and expected goal chain value are only visible to our logged in users.

• Lets have a look at Chris Smalling’s and Marko Pjaca’s defensive skills. Chris Smalling has a total of 12 blocks, 111 aerial duels and a total number of 6 tackles.
• Marko Pjaca has a total of 0 blocks, 16 aerial duels and a total number of 4 tackles.

Given all statistical values we believe that Chris Smalling is the better player at the moment. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.