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Messi vs van Dijk - who is the better player?

Records

#1 in Pass Progression Value
Ligue 1

#2 in Assists inside the box
Ligue 1

#2 in Assists
Ligue 1

#2 in Key passes
Ligue 1

#2 in Assists via open play
Ligue 1

#3 in 1vs1 Index
Ligue 1

#3 in Chance creation
Ligue 1

Top 5 in Passes into final third
Ligue 1

#1 in One-touch passes
Premier League

#3 in Challenges won, %
Premier League

Top 5 in Expected Goal Build-Up (xGBuildup)
Premier League

Top 5 in 1vs1 Index
Premier League

Top 5 in Passes
Premier League

Top 10 in Air challenges won
Premier League

Top 10 in Safety index
Premier League

Top 10 in Expected Goal Chain
Premier League

Messi vs van Dijk Detailed Stats

Goals
Playmaking
Passing
Defense

Messi

van Dijk

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Per 90 min

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Last

All

Longest Distance

Goal with most passes

Most difficult

Fastest

Trends

Performance curve

Market value 2021/22

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Performance curve

Market value 2021/22

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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 6 goals and a total of 26 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 31%. He had a total of 45 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
Virgil van Dijk has the following offensive skills. He has 3 goals and a total of 14 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 56%. He had a total of 17 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 14 asssists, 83 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 66 chances.
Virgil van Dijk has a total of 1 assists, 6 key passes and he created a total of 10 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 59% for passes into the box. Virgil van Dijk has a pass completion rate of 32% 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?

Lets have a look at Lionel Messi’s and Virgil van Dijk’s defensive skills. Lionel Messi has a total of 0 blocks, 9 aerial duels and a total number of 32 tackles.
Virgil van Dijk has a total of 17 blocks, 194 aerial duels and a total number of 38 tackles.

Summary

Given all statistical values we believe that Virgil van Dijk 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.