van Dijk vs Jesus - who is the better player?

• Virgil van Dijk’s has the following offensive skills. He has 3 goals and a total of 7 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 39%. He had a total of 11 big chances. Expected goals can only be provided to logged in users.
• Gabriel Jesus has the following offensive skills. He has 5 goals and a total of 21 shots on goals. This results in a goal conversion rate of 46%. He had a total of 41 big chances.

• Regarding the passing and playmaking skills we can see the following picture. Virgil van Dijk has a total of 0 asssists, 7 key passes (these are passes leading to a shot on goal) and he created a total of 5 chances.
• Gabriel Jesus has a total of 6 assists, 25 key passes and he created a total of 27 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. Virgil van Dijk has a pass completion rate of 44% for passes into the box. Gabriel Jesus has a pass completion rate of 63% 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 Virgil van Dijk’s and Gabriel Jesus’s defensive skills. Virgil van Dijk has a total of 9 blocks, 108 aerial duels and a total number of 37 tackles.
• Gabriel Jesus has a total of 3 blocks, 75 aerial duels and a total number of 38 tackles.

Given all statistical values we believe that Gabriel Jesus 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.