He has made 101 tackles this season - for reference, Leeds' Tyler Adams in second has 84 - wins nearly eight duels per game and has a tidy passing average of 81.5 per cent. For example, if the player scored .02 goals above expectation per shot attempt, and the rest of his team scored -.01 goals less than expectation, that players value-added would be +.03 goals per shot (the value above replacement for that player on that team). As of this writing, FiveThirtyEight gives Messi and his compatriots a 16 percent chance of winning the tournament second only to host nation Brazil. Start by talking about your audience, not yourself. But I bet even Cristiano wishes he had Messis touch on the soccer ball. Lionel Messi - All goals | Transfermarkt Shots, even bad ones, are more of a limited resource in soccer than possessions. At the aggregate level, defenders will look to cut off the areas that are most dangerous relative to where the ball is. Select a Statistic: General Scoring Shooting Creation G + A Passing Disruption Defending Discipline Decisive Errors Goalkeeping Select a Position: All Goalkeeper Defender Cristiano Ronaldo has since tied him with five. After an El Clasico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid in December 2017, there was widespread coverage of the fact that Messi. Lets clarify what that would mean with an example. He maintains a quiet sort of confidence, a focus and always seems to play the right waymeaning theres a method to his genius, if he doesnt pull something off you still see what hes trying to do. Is it time to analyse attacking data differently? - The Athletic 80 touches. Running Backs Primed For Increased Touches (2020 Fantasy Football) Try a week on us. Among players who played 100 games with two or more shots per game and one or more chance created per game. (Ill get more into how we can account for loss of possession in the touch-by-touch analysis later.). In the video below he suckers in Evra when the ball is played into him. Messi 8.24 Average Match Rating* Ronaldo 6.99 Average Match Rating* League + UCL only * Match ratings and MOTM based on WhoScored ratings. Yeah, its like a Dr. Seuss story, where instead of green eggs and ham its all about juggling the soccer ball while under pressure. FIFA rules panel stresses need for more added time in games Since both are the primary PK-takers for both their club and national teams, this difference if it held up in the long run would be worth about three-quarters of a goal per year. Mins Per Goal/Assist. Only 5 percent of his kicks are strong ones (compared to 8 percent for all players), but those kicks score 36 percent of the time, and have .251 GAA each! That means that Messi Cuccittini's shooting accuracy is 62.07%.