Player Comparison: Emil Forsberg vs. Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Erling Haaland vs. Bukayo Saka vs. Cole Palmer

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Compare player statistics for: Emil Forsberg in 2024 vs. Lionel Messi in 2024 vs. Cristiano Ronaldo in 2023-24 vs. Erling Haaland in 2023-24 vs. Bukayo Saka in 2023-24 vs. Cole Palmer in 2023-24, Domestic Leagues.

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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
Emil Forsberg	2024	se SWE	MF	NY Red Bulls	8	8	695	7.7	2	3	5	1	1	1	0	0	2.3	1.6	1.6	3.2	22	39	42	0.26	0.39	0.65	0.13	0.52	0.30	0.21	0.52	0.20	0.41
Lionel Messi	2024	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	7	6	585	6.5	9	5	14	8	1	1	0	0	6.3	5.5	1.0	6.5	29	74	33	1.38	0.77	2.15	1.23	2.00	0.97	0.16	1.13	0.85	1.01
Cristiano Ronaldo	2023-24	pt POR	FW	Al-Nassr	26	25	2,224	24.7	29	10	39	21	8	8	1	0								1.17	0.40	1.58	0.85	1.25
Erling Haaland	2023-24	no NOR	FW	Manchester City	27	25	2,211	24.6	21	5	26	17	4	5	1	0	24.0	20.1	4.2	24.3	31	18	113	0.85	0.20	1.06	0.69	0.90	0.98	0.17	1.15	0.82	0.99
Bukayo Saka	2023-24	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	33	33	2,753	30.6	15	9	24	10	5	5	3	0	13.8	9.9	9.4	19.3	151	116	489	0.49	0.29	0.78	0.33	0.62	0.45	0.31	0.76	0.32	0.63
Cole Palmer	2023-24	eng ENG	MF	2 squads	30	25	2,263	25.1	20	9	29	11	9	9	7	0	16.9	9.8	8.3	18.1	97	169	164	0.80	0.36	1.15	0.44	0.80	0.67	0.33	1.00	0.39	0.72

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
Emil Forsberg	2024	se SWE	MF	NY Red Bulls	7.7	2	24	7	29.2	3.11	0.91	0.04	0.14	23.8	8	1	1	2.3	1.6	0.07	-0.3	-0.6
Lionel Messi	2024	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	6.5	9	35	17	48.6	5.38	2.62	0.23	0.47	18.5	6	1	1	6.3	5.5	0.16	+2.7	+2.5
Cristiano Ronaldo	2023-24	pt POR	FW	Al-Nassr	24.7	29	155	64	41.3	6.27	2.59	0.14	0.33			8	8
Erling Haaland	2023-24	no NOR	FW	Manchester City	24.6	21	99	44	44.4	4.03	1.79	0.17	0.39	11.6	1	4	5	24.0	20.1	0.20	-3.0	-3.1
Bukayo Saka	2023-24	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	30.6	15	94	28	29.8	3.07	0.92	0.11	0.36	16.3	0	5	5	13.8	9.9	0.11	+1.2	+0.1
Cole Palmer	2023-24	eng ENG	MF	2 squads	25.1	20	84	33	39.3	3.34	1.31	0.13	0.33	22.4	8	9	9	16.9	9.8	0.12	+3.1	+1.2

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
Emil Forsberg	2024	se SWE	MF	NY Red Bulls	7.7	225	288	78.1	3677	1055	120	132	90.9	82	98	83.7	18	44	40.9	3	1.6	1.1	+1.4	20	27	16	1	39
Lionel Messi	2024	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	6.5	285	353	80.7	4885	1817	148	160	92.5	99	121	81.8	28	45	62.2	5	1.0	1.8	+4.0	12	43	24	1	74
Cristiano Ronaldo	2023-24	pt POR	FW	Al-Nassr	24.7															10
Erling Haaland	2023-24	no NOR	FW	Manchester City	24.6	252	332	75.9	2782	459	165	203	81.3	51	63	81.0	5	8	62.5	5	4.2	2.1	+0.8	28	14	9	0	18
Bukayo Saka	2023-24	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	30.6	1091	1443	75.6	16155	4137	670	756	88.6	319	412	77.4	76	175	43.4	9	9.4	10.2	-0.4	83	39	67	12	116
Cole Palmer	2023-24	eng ENG	MF	2 squads	25.1	982	1236	79.4	16326	4775	498	554	89.9	358	420	85.2	89	157	56.7	9	8.3	6.7	+0.7	57	120	59	4	169

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
Emil Forsberg	2024	se SWE	MF	NY Red Bulls	7.7	288	260	27	8	4	5	24	1	17	14	3	0	225	1	6
Lionel Messi	2024	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	6.5	353	319	28	12	6	4	13	1	15	4	2	2	285	6	8
Cristiano Ronaldo	2023-24	pt POR	FW	Al-Nassr	24.7							37
Erling Haaland	2023-24	no NOR	FW	Manchester City	24.6	332	321	10	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	252	1	14
Bukayo Saka	2023-24	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	30.6	1443	1304	130	6	3	3	171	12	112	94	0	0	1091	9	44
Cole Palmer	2023-24	eng ENG	MF	2 squads	25.1	1236	1133	93	21	25	14	56	20	41	13	12	0	982	10	31

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
Emil Forsberg	2024	se SWE	MF	NY Red Bulls	7.7	38	4.92	25	3	2	4	4	0	2	0.26	2	0	0	0	0	0
Lionel Messi	2024	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	6.5	36	5.54	20	4	4	3	4	1	9	1.38	7	1	0	1	0	0
Cristiano Ronaldo	2023-24	pt POR	FW	Al-Nassr	24.7
Erling Haaland	2023-24	no NOR	FW	Manchester City	24.6	53	2.16	36	0	3	8	5	1	9	0.37	4	0	1	3	1	0
Bukayo Saka	2023-24	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	30.6	175	5.72	128	23	9	9	4	2	21	0.69	16	2	1	1	1	0
Cole Palmer	2023-24	eng ENG	MF	2 squads	25.1	135	5.37	98	8	11	9	4	5	23	0.91	17	0	1	2	1	2

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
Emil Forsberg	2024	se SWE	MF	NY Red Bulls	7.7	4	3	0	3	1	1	7	14.3	6	4	1	3	1	5	1	0
Lionel Messi	2024	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	6.5	8	4	0	3	5	2	3	66.7	1	2	0	2	1	9	0	0
Cristiano Ronaldo	2023-24	pt POR	FW	Al-Nassr	24.7		4											1	0
Erling Haaland	2023-24	no NOR	FW	Manchester City	24.6	5	2	0	3	2	2	3	66.7	1	9	1	8	2	7	13	0
Bukayo Saka	2023-24	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	30.6	64	34	21	23	20	26	57	45.6	31	41	2	39	14	78	22	1
Cole Palmer	2023-24	eng ENG	MF	2 squads	25.1	21	12	8	5	8	8	19	42.1	11	17	1	16	17	38	12	2

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
Emil Forsberg	2024	se SWE	MF	NY Red Bulls	7.7	374	1	25	161	195	24	373	33	17	51.5	11	33.3	258	1414	682	22	16	8	24	8	279	42
Lionel Messi	2024	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	6.5	437	0	23	223	199	39	436	35	17	48.6	17	48.6	292	1725	958	29	21	9	12	8	344	33
Cristiano Ronaldo	2023-24	pt POR	FW	Al-Nassr	24.7
Erling Haaland	2023-24	no NOR	FW	Manchester City	24.6	544	13	31	175	342	156	539	28	12	42.9	14	50.0	320	1474	658	31	11	19	35	16	421	113
Bukayo Saka	2023-24	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	30.6	1850	32	168	453	1241	250	1845	112	44	39.3	49	43.8	1168	6803	3497	151	63	68	54	48	1327	489
Cole Palmer	2023-24	eng ENG	MF	2 squads	25.1	1526	18	157	649	737	106	1517	89	45	50.6	39	43.8	1009	6321	2987	97	55	37	51	39	1189	164

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
Emil Forsberg	2024	se SWE	MF	NY Red Bulls	8	695	87	77.2	7.7	8	87	3	0		0	1.63	9	8	+1	+0.13	-1.19	8.8	7.4	+1.4	+0.18	-0.81
Lionel Messi	2024	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	7	585	84	59.1	6.5	6	90	6	1	45	0	2.43	20	6	+14	+2.15	+3.04	12.0	8.5	+3.5	+0.53	+0.28
Cristiano Ronaldo	2023-24	pt POR	FW	Al-Nassr	26	2,224	86	85.2	24.7	25	88	22	1	25	0	2.58	73	28	+45	+1.82	+0.89
Erling Haaland	2023-24	no NOR	FW	Manchester City	27	2,211	82	72.3	24.6	25	86	19	2	25	1	2.22	53	23	+30	+1.22	-0.90	49.9	23.7	+26.3	+1.07	+0.01
Bukayo Saka	2023-24	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	33	2,753	83	87.4	30.6	33	83	17	0		0	2.24	75	27	+48	+1.57	-0.47	61.7	24.1	+37.6	+1.23	+0.22
Cole Palmer	2023-24	eng ENG	MF	2 squads	30	2,263	75	37.0	25.1	25	86	13	5	23	2	1.57	54	42	+12	+0.48	-0.55	50.5	40.2	+10.3	+0.41	-0.52

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%
Emil Forsberg	2024	se SWE	MF	NY Red Bulls	7.7	0	0	0	3	15	0	24	1	3	0	0	0	29	1	5	16.7
Lionel Messi	2024	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	6.5	0	0	0	5	9	4	13	1	4	0	0	0	22	1	2	33.3
Cristiano Ronaldo	2023-24	pt POR	FW	Al-Nassr	24.7	1	0	0	15	21	53	37	1	4			0
Erling Haaland	2023-24	no NOR	FW	Manchester City	24.6	1	0	0	15	23	2	5	2	2	1	0	0	39	34	37	47.9
Bukayo Saka	2023-24	eng ENG	FW	Arsenal	30.6	3	0	0	36	67	7	171	14	34	1	0	0	149	23	34	40.4
Cole Palmer	2023-24	eng ENG	MF	2 squads	25.1	7	0	0	23	23	5	56	17	12	1	0	0	89	1	4	20.0

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