Benzema vs Messi - who is the better player?
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Benzema vs Messi Detailed Stats
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Is Benzema better than Messi? Here is our 1vs1 opinion:
Who has more goals in 2020/2021? Karim Benzema or Lionel Messi?
- Karim Benzema’s has the following offensive skills. He has 21 goals and a total of 50 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 19.63%. He had a total of 58 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
- Lionel Messi has the following offensive skills. He has 29 goals and a total of 87 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 15.59%. He had a total of 90 big chances.
Who has more assists in 2020/2021? Karim Benzema or Lionel Messi?
- Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Karim Benzema has a total of 8 asssists, 18 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 26 chances.
- Lionel Messi has a total of 8 assists, 51 key passes and he created a total of 59 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. Karim Benzema has a pass completion rate of 83.68 % and a rate of 70% for passes into the box. Lionel Messi has a pass completion rate of 83.6% and a rate of 62.5 % for passes into the box.
- Expected goals, expected goal build up and expected goal chain value are only visible to our logged in users.
Who is better in defense: Karim Benzema or Lionel Messi?
- Lets have a look at Karim Benzema’s and Lionel Messi’s defensive skills. Karim Benzema has a total of 2 blocks, 27 ariel duels and a total number of 42 tackles.
- Lionel Messi has a total of 0 blocks, 7 ariel duels and a total number of 24 tackles.
Summary
Given all statistical values we believe that Lionel Messi 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.
Comments (3)
Mohammad
2 weeks ago
Karim Benzema is better than Messi and Ronaldo
Mohammad
2 weeks ago
Karim Benzema is better than Messi
LaLiga Fan
9 months ago
Comparing Lionel Messi to Benzema should be a crime. Messi had a rough season but still came out the best player in the league. Plus VAR has been biased with Real Madrid this season after the break. Still Messi shone.
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