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Paris Saint-Germain
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van Dijk
van Dijk
Liverpool FC
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Messi vs van Dijk - who is the better player?

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Messi vs van Dijk Detailed Stats

  • Goals

  • Playmaking

  • Passing

  • Defense

Messi has played less than 30% of the games in the league. We only show records for players who played more than 30% of the team played time.
van Dijk has played less than 30% of the games in the league. We only show records for players who played more than 30% of the team played time.
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Is Messi better than van Dijk? Here is our 1vs1 opinion:

Who has more goals in 2021/2022? Lionel Messi or Virgil van Dijk?
  • Lionel Messi’s has the following offensive skills. He has 0 goals and a total of 3 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 0%. He had a total of 6 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
  • Virgil van Dijk has the following offensive skills. He has 0 goals and a total of 2 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 0%. He had a total of 2 big chances.

Who has more assists in 2021/2022? Lionel Messi or Virgil van Dijk?
  • Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Lionel Messi has a total of 0 asssists, 8 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 0 chances.
  • Virgil van Dijk has a total of 1 assists, 3 key passes and he created a total of 3 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 63% for passes into the box. Virgil van Dijk has a pass completion rate of 38% 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 Virgil van Dijk?

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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