Messi vs Joao Cancelo

• Lionel Messi’s has the following offensive skills. He has 14 goals and a total of 31 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 22.95%. He had a total of 30 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Joao Cancelo Joao Cancelo has the following offensive skills. He has 0 goals and a total of 3 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 0%. He had a total of 0 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Lionel Messi has a total of 6 asssists, 17 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 23 chances.
• Joao Cancelo Joao Cancelo has a total of 0 assists, 7 key passes and he created a total of 7 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 80.2 % and a rate of 26.67% for passes into the box. Joao Cancelo Joao Cancelo has a pass completion rate of 89.95% and a rate of 20 % 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 Lionel Messi’s and Joao Cancelo Joao Cancelo’s defensive skills. Lionel Messi has a total of 0 blocks, 4 ariel duels and a total number of 28 tackles.
• Joao Cancelo Joao Cancelo has a total of 0 blocks, 15 ariel duels and a total number of 26 tackles.

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.