Rakitic vs Mané - who is the better player?

• Ivan Rakitic’s has the following offensive skills. He has 1 goals and a total of 0 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 45%. He had a total of 4 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Sadio Mané has the following offensive skills. He has 6 goals and a total of 19 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 50%. He had a total of 28 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Ivan Rakitic has a total of 2 asssists, 7 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 5 chances.
• Sadio Mané has a total of 3 assists, 13 key passes and he created a total of 19 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. Ivan Rakitic has a pass completion rate of 47% for passes into the box. Sadio Mané has a pass completion rate of 59% 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 Ivan Rakitic’s and Sadio Mané’s defensive skills. Ivan Rakitic has a total of 2 blocks, 23 aerial duels and a total number of 29 tackles.
• Sadio Mané has a total of 2 blocks, 26 aerial duels and a total number of 9 tackles.

Given all statistical values we believe that Sadio Mané 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.