Xhaka vs Verratti - who is the better player?

• Granit Xhaka’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 25%. He had a total of 13 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Marco Verratti 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 100%. He had a total of 1 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Granit Xhaka has a total of 5 asssists, 23 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 15 chances.
• Marco Verratti has a total of 0 assists, 15 key passes and he created a total of 7 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. Granit Xhaka has a pass completion rate of 54% for passes into the box. Marco Verratti has a pass completion rate of 67% 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 Granit Xhaka’s and Marco Verratti’s defensive skills. Granit Xhaka has a total of 8 blocks, 37 aerial duels and a total number of 40 tackles.
• Marco Verratti has a total of 6 blocks, 17 aerial duels and a total number of 93 tackles.

Given all statistical values we believe that Granit Xhaka 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.