Messi vs Neymar

• Lionel Messi’s has the following offensive skills. He has 19 goals and a total of 54 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 17.76%. He had a total of 54 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Junior Neymar has the following offensive skills. He has 12 goals and a total of 35 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 17.14%. He had a total of 36 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Lionel Messi has a total of 12 asssists, 25 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 37 chances.
• Junior Neymar has a total of 6 assists, 24 key passes and he created a total of 30 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 80.63 % and a rate of 14.29% for passes into the box. Junior Neymar has a pass completion rate of 80.69% and a rate of 44.44 % 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, 5 ariel duels and a total number of 37 tackles.
• Junior Neymar has a total of 0 blocks, 2 ariel duels and a total number of 26 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.