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Messi vs Cancelo - who is the better player?

Records

#1 in Pass Progression Value
Ligue 1

#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 Assists via open play
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#3 in 1vs1 Index
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#3 in Chance creation
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Top 5 in Passes into final third
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#1 in 1vs1 Index
Premier League

#1 in Passes into final third
Premier League

#1 in Expected Goal Chain
Premier League

#1 in Passes
Premier League

#2 in Pass Progression Value
Premier League

#3 in Expected Goal Build-Up (xGBuildup)
Premier League

Top 5 in Crosses
Premier League

Top 10 in Assists via open play
Premier League

Messi vs Cancelo Detailed Stats

Goals
Playmaking
Passing
Defense

Messi

Cancelo

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Per 90 min

Metric

Last

All

Longest Distance

Goal with most passes

Most difficult

Fastest

Trends

Performance curve

Market value 2021/22

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Performance curve

Market value 2021/22

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

Who has more goals in 2021/2022? Lionel Messi or Joao Cancelo?

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 31%. He had a total of 45 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
Joao Cancelo has the following offensive skills. He has 1 goals and a total of 23 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 30%. He had a total of 23 big chances.

Who has more assists in 2021/2022? Lionel Messi or Joao Cancelo?

Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Lionel Messi has a total of 14 asssists, 83 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 66 chances.
Joao Cancelo has a total of 8 assists, 62 key passes and he created a total of 31 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. Joao Cancelo has a pass completion rate of 40% 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 Joao Cancelo?

Lets have a look at Lionel Messi’s and Joao Cancelo’s defensive skills. Lionel Messi has a total of 0 blocks, 9 aerial duels and a total number of 32 tackles.
Joao Cancelo has a total of 21 blocks, 125 aerial duels and a total number of 134 tackles.

Summary

Given all statistical values we believe that Joao Cancelo 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.