Messi vs Mahrez - who is the better player?

• Lionel Messi’s has the following offensive skills. He has 8 goals and a total of 35 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 55%. He had a total of 45 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Riyad Mahrez has the following offensive skills. He has 4 goals and a total of 10 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 43%. He had a total of 10 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Lionel Messi has a total of 11 asssists, 79 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 57 chances.
• Riyad Mahrez has a total of 3 assists, 19 key passes and he created a total of 13 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. Riyad Mahrez has a pass completion rate of 55% 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 Riyad Mahrez’s defensive skills. Lionel Messi has a total of 1 blocks, 7 aerial duels and a total number of 28 tackles.
• Riyad Mahrez has a total of 0 blocks, 17 aerial duels and a total number of 23 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.