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Messi vs Neymar - who is the better player?

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Messi
Neymar

#1 in 1vs1 Index
French Ligue 1

#1 in Assists
French Ligue 1

#1 in Key passes
French Ligue 1

#1 in Expected Assists (xA)
French Ligue 1

#1 in Passes creating danger
French Ligue 1

#2 in 1vs1 Index
French Ligue 1

#2 in Assists
French Ligue 1

Top 5 in Conversion of big chances, %
French Ligue 1

Scouting report
Messi
Neymar
% Per 90 Metric Per 90 %
98.61%
0.5 Goals 0.71
97.36%
99.8%
1.21 Key passes 1.3
97.23%
57.43%
84.44 Pass completion, % 83.4
52.34%
89.83%
45.85 Challenges won, % 44.6
86.53%
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Strengths & Weaknesses
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Neymar
Messi vs Neymar Detailed Stats
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    Goals

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    Playmaking

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    Passing

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    Defense

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

Who has more goals in 2022/2023? Lionel Messi or Junior Neymar?

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  • Lionel Messi’s has the following offensive skills. He has 16 goals and a total of 51 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 51%. He had a total of 0 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
  • Junior Neymar has the following offensive skills. He has 13 goals and a total of 21 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 21%. He had a total of 0 big chances.

Who has more assists in 2022/2023? Lionel Messi or Junior Neymar?

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  • Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Lionel Messi has a total of 14 asssists, 39 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 0 chances.
  • Junior Neymar has a total of 10 assists, 24 key passes and he created a total of 0 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 0% for passes into the box. Junior Neymar has a pass completion rate of 0% 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?

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  • Lets have a look at Lionel Messi’s and Junior Neymar’s defensive skills. Lionel Messi has a total of 1 blocks, 7 aerial duels and a total number of 0 tackles.
  • Junior Neymar has a total of 1 blocks, 2 aerial duels and a total number of 1 tackles.

Summary

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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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Hector
1 week ago
NEYMAR IS BETTER
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Craig Guimont
2 months ago
Neymar is a flopper and time waster.He makes the game boring.
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Gpnjr10
1 week ago
1st u go and watch the matches bloody fool
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