Neymar vs de Paul - who is the better player?

• Junior Neymar’s has the following offensive skills. He has 11 goals and a total of 20 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 57%. He had a total of 31 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Rodrigo de Paul 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 38%. He had a total of 2 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Junior Neymar has a total of 10 asssists, 53 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 33 chances.
• Rodrigo de Paul has a total of 1 assists, 17 key passes and he created a total of 9 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 52% for passes into the box. Rodrigo de Paul has a pass completion rate of 53% 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 Rodrigo de Paul’s defensive skills. Junior Neymar has a total of 1 blocks, 4 aerial duels and a total number of 46 tackles.
• Rodrigo de Paul has a total of 2 blocks, 10 aerial duels and a total number of 22 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.