Kovacic vs James - who is the better player?

• Mateo Kovacic’s has the following offensive skills. He has 1 goals and a total of 0 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 7%. He had a total of 1 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Reece James has the following offensive skills. He has 1 goals and a total of 0 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 44%. He had a total of 4 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Mateo Kovacic has a total of 1 asssists, 10 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 3 chances.
• Reece James has a total of 1 assists, 5 key passes and he created a total of 7 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. Mateo Kovacic has a pass completion rate of 33% for passes into the box. Reece James has a pass completion rate of 46% 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 Mateo Kovacic’s and Reece James’s defensive skills. Mateo Kovacic has a total of 1 blocks, 15 aerial duels and a total number of 54 tackles.
• Reece James has a total of 3 blocks, 44 aerial duels and a total number of 27 tackles.

Given all statistical values we believe that Reece James 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.