Neymar vs Asensio - who is the better player?

• Junior Neymar’s has the following offensive skills. He has 13 goals and a total of 22 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 56%. He had a total of 33 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Marco Asensio has the following offensive skills. He has 5 goals and a total of 14 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 54%. He had a total of 13 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Junior Neymar has a total of 11 asssists, 60 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 39 chances.
• Marco Asensio has a total of 3 assists, 9 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. Junior Neymar has a pass completion rate of 56% for passes into the box. Marco Asensio 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.

• Lets have a look at Junior Neymar’s and Marco Asensio’s defensive skills. Junior Neymar has a total of 1 blocks, 4 aerial duels and a total number of 51 tackles.
• Marco Asensio has a total of 0 blocks, 1 aerial duels and a total number of 21 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.