Rakitic vs Alba - who is the better player?

• Ivan Rakitic’s has the following offensive skills. He has 1 goals and a total of 7 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 47%. He had a total of 4 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Jordi Alba 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 29%. He had a total of 3 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Ivan Rakitic has a total of 2 asssists, 8 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 5 chances.
• Jordi Alba has a total of 2 assists, 22 key passes and he created a total of 13 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. Jordi Alba has a pass completion rate of 51% 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 Jordi Alba’s defensive skills. Ivan Rakitic has a total of 2 blocks, 23 aerial duels and a total number of 34 tackles.
• Jordi Alba has a total of 6 blocks, 21 aerial duels and a total number of 32 tackles.

Given all statistical values we believe that Jordi Alba 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.