Messi vs Neymar

• Lionel Messi’s has the following offensive skills. He has 13 goals and a total of 29 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 25%. He had a total of 26 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Junior Neymar has the following offensive skills. He has 10 goals and a total of 31 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 17.24%. He had a total of 29 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Lionel Messi has a total of 6 asssists, 16 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 22 chances.
• Junior Neymar has a total of 5 assists, 17 key passes and he created a total of 22 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 79.54 % and a rate of 26.67% for passes into the box. Junior Neymar has a pass completion rate of 80.77% and a rate of 25 % 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 Junior Neymar’s defensive skills. Lionel Messi has a total of 0 blocks, 4 ariel duels and a total number of 28 tackles.
• Junior Neymar has a total of 0 blocks, 2 ariel duels and a total number of 24 tackles.

Given all statistical values we believe that Junior Neymar 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.