Koulibaly vs Mendes - who is the better player?

• Kalidou Koulibaly’s has the following offensive skills. He has 2 goals and a total of 0 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 57%. He had a total of 2 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Thiago Mendes 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 25%. He had a total of 2 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Kalidou Koulibaly has a total of 1 asssists, 5 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 4 chances.
• Thiago Mendes has a total of 1 assists, 10 key passes and he created a total of 4 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. Kalidou Koulibaly has a pass completion rate of 45% for passes into the box. Thiago Mendes has a pass completion rate of 38% 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 Kalidou Koulibaly’s and Thiago Mendes’s defensive skills. Kalidou Koulibaly has a total of 4 blocks, 56 aerial duels and a total number of 58 tackles.
• Thiago Mendes has a total of 7 blocks, 59 aerial duels and a total number of 57 tackles.

Given all statistical values we believe that Kalidou Koulibaly 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.