Messi vs Coutinho - who is the better player?

• Lionel Messi’s has the following offensive skills. He has 13 goals and a total of 48 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 48%. He had a total of 61 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Philippe Coutinho has the following offensive skills. He has 1 goals and a total of 7 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 39%. He had a total of 6 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Lionel Messi has a total of 14 asssists, 113 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 82 chances.
• Philippe Coutinho 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 58% for passes into the box. Philippe Coutinho has a pass completion rate of 37% 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 Philippe Coutinho’s defensive skills. Lionel Messi has a total of 1 blocks, 9 aerial duels and a total number of 37 tackles.
• Philippe Coutinho has a total of 2 blocks, 20 aerial duels and a total number of 38 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.