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Paris Saint-Germain
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Messi vs Neymar - who is the better player?

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  • Passing

  • Defense

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

Who has more goals in 2020/2021? Lionel Messi or Junior Neymar?
  • Lionel Messi’s has the following offensive skills. He has 30 goals and a total of 89 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 33.71%. He had a total of 92 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
  • Junior Neymar has the following offensive skills. He has 9 goals and a total of 21 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 42.86%. He had a total of 29 big chances.

Who has more assists in 2020/2021? Lionel Messi or Junior Neymar?
  • Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Lionel Messi has a total of 8 asssists, 130 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 138 chances.
  • Junior Neymar has a total of 5 assists, 66 key passes and he created a total of 71 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 54% for passes into the box. Junior Neymar has a pass completion rate of 51% 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 Junior Neymar?
  • Lets have a look at Lionel Messi’s and Junior Neymar’s defensive skills. Lionel Messi has a total of 0 blocks, 7 ariel duels and a total number of 44 tackles.
  • Junior Neymar has a total of 0 blocks, 8 ariel duels and a total number of 37 tackles.

Summary

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.

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Abdul Hannan
3 weeks ago
Leo Messi is the best player in the world. Love you messi & magic
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Fh Rifat
3 weeks ago
Messi boss
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Nikola Čučuković
3 weeks ago
I wouldn't say so
Raju
1 month ago
messi is always great footballer than any other..
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Asm nasim
1 month ago
Messi is the best in the world
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bruder
3 weeks ago
Yes
Asm nasim
1 month ago
Messi is the best in the world
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