Player Comparison: Alejandro Alfaro vs. Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Cole Palmer vs. Erling Haaland vs. Bukayo Saka

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Standard Stats

Standard Stats Table
					Playing Time				Performance								Expected				Progression			Per 90 Minutes
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	xG	npxG	xAG	npxG+xAG	PrgC	PrgP	PrgR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK	xG	xAG	xG+xAG	npxG	npxG+xAG
Alejandro Alfaro	Career	es ESP	FW,MF	6 squads	337	237	21,368	237.4	66	34	100	62	4	5	37	0	5.8	5.0	3.5	8.5	25	141	174	0.28	0.14	0.42	0.26	0.41	0.23	0.14	0.37	0.20	0.33
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	3 squads	597	536	48,605	540.1	511	234	745	449	62	76	51	0	129.6	113.5	80.4	193.8	1100	2078	1456	0.95	0.43	1.38	0.83	1.26	0.64	0.40	1.04	0.56	0.96
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	5 squads	701	626	56,463	627.4	549	152	701	438	111	128	91	8	123.4	96.6	23.1	119.7	661	542	1482	0.88	0.24	1.12	0.70	0.94	0.81	0.15	0.96	0.63	0.79
Cole Palmer	Career	eng ENG	FW,MF	2 squads	56	36	3,463	38.5	23	16	39	14	9	9	10	0	20.7	13.6	13.6	27.2	160	236	268	0.60	0.42	1.01	0.36	0.78	0.54	0.35	0.89	0.35	0.71
Erling Haaland	Career	no NOR	FW	4 squads	192	157	14,113	156.8	165	38	203	138	27	30	18	0	112.6	92.2	19.8	112.0	184	188	657	1.05	0.24	1.29	0.88	1.12	0.92	0.16	1.08	0.75	0.91
Bukayo Saka	Career	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	174	161	13,733	152.6	48	39	87	38	10	11	24	0	46.4	37.9	35.6	73.6	637	514	1866	0.31	0.26	0.57	0.25	0.50	0.30	0.23	0.54	0.25	0.48

Shooting

Shooting Table
						Standard												Expected
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	FK	PK	PKatt	xG	npxG	npxG/Sh	G-xG	np:G-xG
Alejandro Alfaro	Career	es ESP	FW,MF	6 squads	237.4	66	60	228	60.0	1.25	0.96	0.22	0.27	16.1	4	4	5	5.8	5.0	0.08	+0.2	+1.0
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	3 squads	540.1	511	1341	1306	44.1	5.09	2.42	0.15	0.34	19.7	227	62	76	129.6	113.5	0.11	+32.4	+33.5
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	5 squads	627.4	549	1496	1570	38.4	5.66	2.50	0.12	0.28	17.7	76	111	128	123.4	96.6	0.12	+2.6	+0.4
Cole Palmer	Career	eng ENG	FW,MF	2 squads	38.5	23	124	44	35.5	3.22	1.14	0.11	0.32	21.4	13	9	9	20.7	13.6	0.11	+2.3	+0.4
Erling Haaland	Career	no NOR	FW	4 squads	156.8	165	500	245	49.0	3.19	1.76	0.28	0.53	12.7	1	27	30	112.6	92.2	0.21	+21.4	+18.8
Bukayo Saka	Career	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	152.6	48	368	120	32.6	2.41	0.79	0.10	0.32	16.5	2	10	11	46.4	37.9	0.10	+1.6	+0.1

Passing

Passing Table
						Total					Short			Medium			Long					Expected
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	TotDist	PrgDist	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Ast	xAG	xA	A-xAG	KP	1/3	PPA	CrsPA	PrgP
Alejandro Alfaro	Career	es ESP	FW,MF	6 squads	237.4	797	1109	71.9	11955	4171	450	544	82.7	253	346	73.1	58	109	53.2	34	3.5	3.3	+30.5	29	94	26	2	141
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	3 squads	540.1	10426	13073	79.8	157738	55108	5914	6648	89.0	3094	3781	81.8	860	1399	61.5	234	80.4	86.5	+153.6	529	1426	778	25	2078
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	5 squads	627.4	4275	5327	80.3	56384	10529	2689	3079	87.3	1102	1362	80.9	186	279	66.7	152	23.1	18.5	+128.9	205	295	146	27	542
Cole Palmer	Career	eng ENG	FW,MF	2 squads	38.5	1461	1832	79.7	23891	6832	760	841	90.4	517	613	84.3	128	236	54.2	16	13.6	10.5	+2.4	91	163	88	9	236
Erling Haaland	Career	no NOR	FW	4 squads	156.8	1509	2115	71.3	17710	3542	939	1201	78.2	371	505	73.5	23	43	53.5	38	19.8	14.9	+18.2	118	72	88	2	188
Bukayo Saka	Career	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	152.6	4677	6257	74.7	67693	16852	2841	3253	87.3	1402	1829	76.7	262	631	41.5	39	35.6	31.7	+3.4	303	223	226	46	514

Pass Types

Pass Types Table
							Pass Types								Corner Kicks			Outcomes
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Att	Live	Dead	FK	TB	Sw	Crs	TI	CK	In	Out	Str	Cmp	Off	Blocks
Alejandro Alfaro	Career	es ESP	FW,MF	6 squads	237.4	1109	1030	65	24	3	7	42	16	14	2	9	2	797	14	35
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	3 squads	540.1	13073	11881	1022	428	268	106	619	38	453	178	83	6	10426	170	294
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	5 squads	627.4	5327	5090	211	41	17	28	346	88	16	0	0	0	4275	26	166
Cole Palmer	Career	eng ENG	FW,MF	2 squads	38.5	1832	1687	134	29	28	16	109	27	64	30	13	0	1461	11	40
Erling Haaland	Career	no NOR	FW	4 squads	156.8	2115	1917	177	1	13	1	42	10	1	0	0	0	1509	21	81
Bukayo Saka	Career	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	152.6	6257	5622	610	67	20	16	695	184	358	260	27	10	4677	25	227

Goal and Shot Creation

Goal and Shot Creation Table
						SCA		SCA Types						GCA		GCA Types
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	SCA	SCA90	PassLive	PassDead	TO	Sh	Fld	Def	GCA	GCA90	PassLive	PassDead	TO	Sh	Fld	Def
Alejandro Alfaro	Career	es ESP	FW,MF	6 squads	237.4	85	3.35	59	6	4	9	7	0	12	0.47	8	0	1	2	1	0
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	3 squads	540.1	1447	7.18	880	106	219	87	144	11	237	1.18	155	14	35	18	14	1
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	5 squads	627.4	608	3.99	377	6	70	98	54	3	77	0.51	39	0	12	18	8	0
Cole Palmer	Career	eng ENG	FW,MF	2 squads	38.5	211	5.49	147	14	19	17	9	5	34	0.88	26	0	2	3	1	2
Erling Haaland	Career	no NOR	FW	4 squads	156.8	292	2.38	190	0	35	43	22	2	70	0.57	43	0	13	9	5	0
Bukayo Saka	Career	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	152.6	682	4.47	468	89	46	42	32	5	92	0.60	64	11	5	5	6	1

Defensive Actions

Defensive Actions Table
						Tackles					Challenges				Blocks
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Tkl	TklW	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Tkl	Att	Tkl%	Lost	Blocks	Sh	Pass	Int	Tkl+Int	Clr	Err
Alejandro Alfaro	Career	es ESP	FW,MF	6 squads	237.4	40	26	19	15	6	13	45	28.9	32	18	4	14	14	54	29	0
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	3 squads	540.1	117	87	14	54	49	30	120	25.0	90	62	1	61	45	149	2	2
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	5 squads	627.4	48	52	14	19	15	13	61	21.3	48	46	11	35	48	74	120	2
Cole Palmer	Career	eng ENG	FW,MF	2 squads	38.5	34	17	12	12	10	14	32	43.8	18	26	3	23	24	58	19	2
Erling Haaland	Career	no NOR	FW	4 squads	156.8	24	16	2	10	12	5	18	27.8	13	57	14	43	15	38	83	0
Bukayo Saka	Career	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	152.6	239	134	92	78	69	95	229	41.5	134	149	9	140	88	327	112	1

Possession

Possession Table
						Touches							Take-Ons					Carries								Receiving
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	Touches	Def Pen	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Att Pen	Live	Att	Succ	Succ%	Tkld	Tkld%	Carries	TotDist	PrgDist	PrgC	1/3	CPA	Mis	Dis	Rec	PrgR
Alejandro Alfaro	Career	es ESP	FW,MF	6 squads	237.4	1376	35	185	692	507	83	1375	30	17	56.7	13	43.3	766	2854	1171	25	31	12	59	38	1009	174
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	3 squads	540.1	15528	9	421	6979	8339	1184	15508	1385	884	63.8	480	34.7	11807	71620	37057	1100	1058	367	370	501	13401	1456
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	5 squads	627.4	7125	138	386	2716	4093	1051	7092	360	212	58.9	146	40.6	4564	29742	16546	661	456	264	287	163	5936	1482
Cole Palmer	Career	eng ENG	FW,MF	2 squads	38.5	2286	31	229	954	1130	174	2277	145	73	50.3	60	41.4	1513	9649	4598	160	84	65	87	61	1786	268
Erling Haaland	Career	no NOR	FW	4 squads	156.8	3236	98	185	1239	1835	809	3210	164	81	49.4	76	46.3	1676	8407	3950	184	67	119	229	91	2409	657
Bukayo Saka	Career	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	152.6	8177	163	996	2410	4847	955	8166	540	237	43.9	253	46.9	5058	31794	17296	637	335	293	344	231	5835	1866

Playing Time

Playing Time Table
					Playing Time					Starts			Subs			Team Success						Team Success (xG)
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90	On-Off	onxG	onxGA	xG+/-	xG+/-90	On-Off
Alejandro Alfaro	Career	es ESP	FW,MF	6 squads	337	21,368	63	39.5	237.4	237	82	46	100	22	29	1.15	67	100	-33	-0.55	-0.58	30.6	41.4	-10.8	-0.43	-0.23
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	3 squads	597	48,605	81	68.8	540.1	536	88	476	61	33	0	2.31	782	258	+524	+1.74	+1.17	404.8	226.5	+178.3	+0.88	+0.81
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	5 squads	701	56,463	81	69.8	627.4	626	88	513	75	29	4	2.22	711	304	+407	+1.36	+0.57	281.0	172.2	+108.8	+0.71	+0.25
Cole Palmer	Career	eng ENG	FW,MF	2 squads	56	3,463	62	16.6	38.5	36	87	19	20	17	47	2.05	83	55	+28	+0.73	-0.85	74.0	58.2	+15.8	+0.41	-0.92
Erling Haaland	Career	no NOR	FW	4 squads	192	14,113	74	51.2	156.8	157	85	102	35	28	10	2.17	402	172	+230	+1.47	+0.29	251.6	129.0	+122.6	+1.00	+0.36
Bukayo Saka	Career	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	174	13,733	79	65.8	152.6	161	83	87	13	28	12	1.92	277	158	+119	+0.78	+0.13	247.4	163.0	+84.4	+0.55	+0.36

Miscellaneous Stats

Miscellaneous Stats Table
						Performance													Aerial Duels
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG	Recov	Won	Lost	Won%
Alejandro Alfaro	Career	es ESP	FW,MF	6 squads	237.4	37	0	0	187	66	8	42	14	26	0	0	0	136	48	91	34.5
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	3 squads	540.1	51	0	0	368	561	88	619	45	87	4	0	0	450	39	45	46.4
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	5 squads	627.4	91	8	0	468	330	352	346	48	52	10	0	0	323	180	200	47.4
Cole Palmer	Career	eng ENG	FW,MF	2 squads	38.5	10	0	0	27	39	9	109	24	17	1	0	0	143	4	7	36.4
Erling Haaland	Career	no NOR	FW	4 squads	156.8	18	0	0	144	120	52	42	15	16	4	0	0	210	186	178	51.1
Bukayo Saka	Career	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	152.6	24	0	0	176	294	60	695	88	134	4	0	1	641	83	203	29.0

Goalkeeping

Goalkeeping Table
					Playing Time				Performance										Penalty Kicks
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	MP	Starts	Min	90s	GA	GA90	SoTA	Saves	Save%	W	D	L	CS	CS%	PKatt	PKA	PKsv	PKm	Save%
Alejandro Alfaro	Career	es ESP	FW,MF	6 squads	1	0	4	237.4	1	22.50	1	0	0.0	0	0	1	0				0
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	3 squads	0	0		540.1						0	0	0
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	5 squads	0	0		627.4						0	0	0
Cole Palmer	Career	eng ENG	FW,MF	2 squads	0	0		38.5						0	0	0
Erling Haaland	Career	no NOR	FW	4 squads	0	0		156.8						0	0	0					0
Bukayo Saka	Career	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	0	0		152.6

Advanced Goalkeeping

Advanced Goalkeeping Table
						Goals					Expected				Launched			Passes				Goal Kicks			Crosses			Sweeper
Player	Span	Nation	Pos	Squad	90s	GA	PKA	FK	CK	OG	PSxG	PSxG/SoT	PSxG+/-	/90	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Att (GK)	Thr	Launch%	AvgLen	Att	Launch%	AvgLen	Opp	Stp	Stp%	#OPA	#OPA/90	AvgDist
Alejandro Alfaro	Career	es ESP	FW,MF	6 squads	237.4	1
Lionel Messi	Career	ar ARG	FW,MF	3 squads	540.1
Cristiano Ronaldo	Career	pt POR	FW,MF	5 squads	627.4
Cole Palmer	Career	eng ENG	FW,MF	2 squads	38.5
Erling Haaland	Career	no NOR	FW	4 squads	156.8
Bukayo Saka	Career	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	152.6

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