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Messi vs Xhaka - who is the better player?

Records

#2 in Assists inside the box
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#2 in Assists
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#2 in Key passes
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#2 in Pass Progression Value
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#2 in Assists via open play
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#3 in 1vs1 Index
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Top 5 in Chance creation
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Top 5 in Passes into final third
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Top 10 in Red cards
Premier League

Messi vs Xhaka Detailed Stats

Goals
Playmaking
Passing
Defense

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Xhaka

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Last

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Longest Distance

Goal with most passes

Most difficult

Fastest

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Performance curve

Market value 2021/22

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Performance curve

Market value 2021/22

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Is Messi better than Xhaka? Here is our 1vs1 opinion:

Who has more goals in 2021/2022? Lionel Messi or Granit Xhaka?

Lionel Messi’s has the following offensive skills. He has 6 goals and a total of 26 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 32%. He had a total of 45 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
Granit Xhaka 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 20%. He had a total of 6 big chances.

Who has more assists in 2021/2022? Lionel Messi or Granit Xhaka?

Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Lionel Messi has a total of 13 asssists, 76 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 62 chances.
Granit Xhaka has a total of 2 assists, 12 key passes and he created a total of 9 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. Lionel Messi has a pass completion rate of 59% for passes into the box. Granit Xhaka has a pass completion rate of 64% 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: Lionel Messi or Granit Xhaka?

Lets have a look at Lionel Messi’s and Granit Xhaka’s defensive skills. Lionel Messi has a total of 0 blocks, 9 aerial duels and a total number of 31 tackles.
Granit Xhaka has a total of 13 blocks, 76 aerial duels and a total number of 62 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.