Player Comparison: Xherdan Shaqiri vs. Neymar vs. Lionel Messi vs. Dries Mertens vs. Carlos Vela vs. Eden Hazard

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Compare player statistics for: Xherdan Shaqiri in 2018 vs. Neymar in 2018 vs. Lionel Messi in 2018 vs. Dries Mertens in 2018 vs. Carlos Vela in 2018 vs. Eden Hazard in 2018, World Cup.

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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
Xherdan Shaqiri	2018	ch SUI	FW,MF	Switzerland	4	4	350	3.9	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0.8	0.8	1.2	2.0	15	23	42	0.26	0.26	0.51	0.26	0.51	0.21	0.31	0.52	0.21	0.52
Neymar	2018	br BRA	FW	Brazil	5	5	450	5.0	2	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	3.7	3.7	2.3	6.1	33	31	69	0.40	0.40	0.80	0.40	0.80	0.75	0.47	1.21	0.75	1.21
Lionel Messi	2018	ar ARG	MF,FW	Argentina	4	4	360	4.0	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	2.2	1.4	1.2	2.6	20	37	28	0.25	0.50	0.75	0.25	0.75	0.56	0.29	0.85	0.36	0.65
Dries Mertens	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	6	3	298	3.3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	7	14	30	0.30	0.30	0.60	0.30	0.60	0.09	0.34	0.43	0.09	0.43
Carlos Vela	2018	mx MEX	MF,FW	Mexico	4	4	313	3.5	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.8	1.1	0.6	1.7	17	16	23	0.29	0.00	0.29	0.00	0.00	0.53	0.18	0.71	0.30	0.49
Eden Hazard	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	6	6	517	5.7	3	2	5	2	1	1	1	0	3.2	2.4	1.2	3.6	45	40	44	0.52	0.35	0.87	0.35	0.70	0.56	0.21	0.77	0.42	0.63

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
Xherdan Shaqiri	2018	ch SUI	FW,MF	Switzerland	3.9	1	13	1	7.7	3.34	0.26	0.08	1.00	23.9	0	0	0	0.8	0.8	0.06	+0.2	+0.2
Neymar	2018	br BRA	FW	Brazil	5.0	2	26	13	50.0	5.20	2.60	0.08	0.15	17.6	2	0	0	3.7	3.7	0.14	-1.7	-1.7
Lionel Messi	2018	ar ARG	MF,FW	Argentina	4.0	1	17	5	29.4	4.25	1.25	0.06	0.20	22.9	5	0	1	2.2	1.4	0.08	-1.2	-0.4
Dries Mertens	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	3.3	1	7	4	57.1	2.11	1.21	0.14	0.25	19.6	0	0	0	0.3	0.3	0.04	+0.7	+0.7
Carlos Vela	2018	mx MEX	MF,FW	Mexico	3.5	1	9	1	11.1	2.59	0.29	0.00	0.00	22.0	1	1	1	1.8	1.1	0.12	-0.8	-1.1
Eden Hazard	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	5.7	3	16	5	31.3	2.79	0.87	0.13	0.40	17.3	1	1	1	3.2	2.4	0.15	-0.2	-0.4

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
Xherdan Shaqiri	2018	ch SUI	FW,MF	Switzerland	3.9	147	199	73.9	2316	600	75	85	88.2	49	63	77.8	15	33	45.5	1	1.2	0.9	-0.2	10	13	5	1	23
Neymar	2018	br BRA	FW	Brazil	5.0	226	289	78.2	3116	955	151	167	90.4	47	68	69.1	19	33	57.6	2	2.3	2.7	-0.3	23	16	10	0	31
Lionel Messi	2018	ar ARG	MF,FW	Argentina	4.0	170	214	79.4	2388	745	105	119	88.2	50	60	83.3	8	17	47.1	2	1.2	0.9	+0.8	10	24	10	0	37
Dries Mertens	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	3.3	98	136	72.1	1446	384	66	76	86.8	25	37	67.6	5	14	35.7	1	1.1	1.1	-0.1	9	7	8	2	14
Carlos Vela	2018	mx MEX	MF,FW	Mexico	3.5	104	131	79.4	1725	324	57	65	87.7	35	40	87.5	9	17	52.9	0	0.6	0.4	-0.6	12	6	7	2	16
Eden Hazard	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	5.7	222	277	80.1	3510	1097	119	145	82.1	80	92	87.0	16	22	72.7	2	1.2	1.1	+0.8	15	29	12	1	40

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
Xherdan Shaqiri	2018	ch SUI	FW,MF	Switzerland	3.9	199	183	15	3	1	2	23	0	10	8	0	0	147	1	6
Neymar	2018	br BRA	FW	Brazil	5.0	289	247	41	14	2	1	33	4	23	11	5	0	226	1	6
Lionel Messi	2018	ar ARG	MF,FW	Argentina	4.0	214	190	24	16	3	0	8	1	2	2	0	0	170	0	8
Dries Mertens	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	3.3	136	129	6	0	2	1	15	3	3	0	3	0	98	1	5
Carlos Vela	2018	mx MEX	MF,FW	Mexico	3.5	131	116	15	1	1	0	9	3	6	0	3	0	104	0	3
Eden Hazard	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	5.7	277	262	15	4	1	3	7	2	9	2	2	0	222	0	6

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
Xherdan Shaqiri	2018	ch SUI	FW,MF	Switzerland	3.9	19	4.89	12	3	1	2	1	0	2	0.51	0	1	0	1	0	0
Neymar	2018	br BRA	FW	Brazil	5.0	48	9.60	20	12	8	2	6	0	5	1.00	1	1	2	1	0	0
Lionel Messi	2018	ar ARG	MF,FW	Argentina	4.0	30	7.50	15	3	4	3	3	2	2	0.50	1	0	0	1	0	0
Dries Mertens	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	3.3	16	4.83	14	0	1	0	1	0	3	0.91	2	0	1	0	0	0
Carlos Vela	2018	mx MEX	MF,FW	Mexico	3.5	24	6.90	18	2	1	0	2	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eden Hazard	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	5.7	35	6.09	23	1	4	3	3	1	7	1.22	3	0	3	0	1	0

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
Xherdan Shaqiri	2018	ch SUI	FW,MF	Switzerland	3.9	4	4	1	2	1	1	5	20.0	4	2	1	1	3	7	0	1
Neymar	2018	br BRA	FW	Brazil	5.0	5	3	4	0	1	1	3	33.3	2	2	1	1	0	5	0	0
Lionel Messi	2018	ar ARG	MF,FW	Argentina	4.0	5	4	2	2	1	1	7	14.3	6	7	0	7	1	6	0	0
Dries Mertens	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	3.3	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	100.0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	0
Carlos Vela	2018	mx MEX	MF,FW	Mexico	3.5	3	3	1	2	0	1	3	33.3	2	1	0	1	1	4	0	0
Eden Hazard	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	5.7	4	4	0	3	1	2	7	28.6	5	4	0	4	2	6	1	0

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
Xherdan Shaqiri	2018	ch SUI	FW,MF	Switzerland	3.9	242	1	19	109	118	7	242	14	7	50.0	7	50.0	194	1219	464	15	13	3	7	3	191	42
Neymar	2018	br BRA	FW	Brazil	5.0	380	1	19	125	245	51	380	39	22	56.4	17	43.6	306	2221	1183	33	30	21	20	27	325	69
Lionel Messi	2018	ar ARG	MF,FW	Argentina	4.0	268	0	5	113	157	15	267	32	23	71.9	9	28.1	219	1533	733	20	23	7	9	16	218	28
Dries Mertens	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	3.3	159	0	7	61	92	19	159	3	2	66.7	1	33.3	121	316	156	7	3	3	6	4	124	30
Carlos Vela	2018	mx MEX	MF,FW	Mexico	3.5	161	0	12	61	98	13	160	15	10	66.7	5	33.3	112	920	575	17	17	5	3	7	115	23
Eden Hazard	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	5.7	349	0	22	154	182	36	348	52	40	76.9	12	23.1	285	2261	1342	45	27	19	13	13	293	44

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
Xherdan Shaqiri	2018	ch SUI	FW,MF	Switzerland	4	350	88	97.2	3.9	4	88	3	0		0	1.25	4	4	0	0.00	0.00	4.8	5.7	-0.8	-0.22	+4.65
Neymar	2018	br BRA	FW	Brazil	5	450	90	100.0	5.0	5	90	5	0		0	2.00	8	3	+5	+1.00		11.6	3.0	+8.6	+1.73
Lionel Messi	2018	ar ARG	MF,FW	Argentina	4	360	90	100.0	4.0	4	90	4	0		0	1.00	6	9	-3	-0.75		4.8	6.5	-1.7	-0.43
Dries Mertens	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	6	298	50	47.3	3.3	3	78	0	3	21	1	2.50	8	3	+5	+1.51	+0.15	8.8	2.5	+6.2	+1.89	+2.34
Carlos Vela	2018	mx MEX	MF,FW	Mexico	4	313	78	86.9	3.5	4	78	2	0		0	1.50	3	5	-2	-0.58	+1.34	5.2	6.5	-1.3	-0.38	+1.18
Eden Hazard	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	6	517	86	82.1	5.7	6	86	5	0		1	2.50	14	5	+9	+1.57	+0.77	9.7	7.4	+2.4	+0.41	-1.33

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%
Xherdan Shaqiri	2018	ch SUI	FW,MF	Switzerland	3.9	1	0	0	3	9	0	23	3	4	0	0	0	19	0	0
Neymar	2018	br BRA	FW	Brazil	5.0	1	0	0	4	26	6	33	0	3	0	0	0	19	1	5	16.7
Lionel Messi	2018	ar ARG	MF,FW	Argentina	4.0	1	0	0	4	16	0	8	1	4	0	0	0	16	0	5	0.0
Dries Mertens	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	3.3	0	0	0	4	4	2	15	1	1	0	0	0	17	0	0
Carlos Vela	2018	mx MEX	MF,FW	Mexico	3.5	0	0	0	3	10	1	9	1	3	0	0	0	19	3	5	37.5
Eden Hazard	2018	be BEL	MF,FW	Belgium	5.7	1	0	0	6	27	0	7	2	4	1	0	0	29	6	0	100.0

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