Player Comparison: Dries Mertens vs. Andrés Iniesta vs. Gonzalo Higuaín vs. Jesús Ferreira vs. Carlos Vela vs. Xherdan Shaqiri

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Compare player statistics for: Dries Mertens in 2022-23 vs. Andrés Iniesta in 2022 vs. Gonzalo Higuaín in 2022 vs. Jesús Ferreira in 2022 vs. Carlos Vela in 2022 vs. Xherdan Shaqiri in 2022, 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
Dries Mertens	2022-23	be BEL	MF	Galatasaray	30	27	2,044	22.7	6	3	9	6	0	0	7	0								0.26	0.13	0.40	0.26	0.40
Andrés Iniesta	2022	es ESP	MF,FW	Vissel Kobe	24	17	1,473	16.4	2	3	5	2	0	0	1	0								0.12	0.18	0.31	0.12	0.31
Gonzalo Higuaín	2022	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	28	20	1,749	19.4	16	3	19	11	5	5	2	0	9.4	5.5	3.6	9.1	27	44	96	0.82	0.15	0.98	0.57	0.72	0.49	0.18	0.67	0.28	0.47
Jesús Ferreira	2022	us USA	FW,MF	FC Dallas	33	29	2,658	29.5	18	6	24	18	0	0	5	0	11.6	11.6	5.0	16.6	49	90	129	0.61	0.20	0.81	0.61	0.81	0.39	0.17	0.56	0.39	0.56
Carlos Vela	2022	mx MEX	FW,MF	Los Angeles FC	32	28	2,319	25.8	12	9	21	8	4	5	2	0	9.4	5.4	8.8	14.3	63	177	245	0.47	0.35	0.82	0.31	0.66	0.36	0.34	0.71	0.21	0.55
Xherdan Shaqiri	2022	ch SUI	MF	Chicago Fire	29	27	2,252	25.0	7	7	14	3	4	4	4	0	6.6	3.4	7.6	11.0	59	184	213	0.28	0.28	0.56	0.12	0.40	0.26	0.30	0.57	0.14	0.44

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
Dries Mertens	2022-23	be BEL	MF	Galatasaray	22.7	6	76	36	47.4	3.35	1.59	0.08	0.17			0	0
Andrés Iniesta	2022	es ESP	MF,FW	Vissel Kobe	16.4	2	23	4	17.4	1.41	0.24	0.09	0.50			0	0
Gonzalo Higuaín	2022	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	19.4	16	45	15	33.3	2.32	0.77	0.24	0.73	19.4	7	5	5	9.4	5.5	0.12	+6.6	+5.5
Jesús Ferreira	2022	us USA	FW,MF	FC Dallas	29.5	18	82	43	52.4	2.78	1.46	0.22	0.42	17.0	4	0	0	11.6	11.6	0.14	+6.4	+6.4
Carlos Vela	2022	mx MEX	FW,MF	Los Angeles FC	25.8	12	56	20	35.7	2.17	0.78	0.14	0.40	19.6	6	4	5	9.4	5.4	0.10	+2.6	+2.6
Xherdan Shaqiri	2022	ch SUI	MF	Chicago Fire	25.0	7	47	12	25.5	1.88	0.48	0.06	0.25	23.5	11	4	4	6.6	3.4	0.07	+0.4	-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
Dries Mertens	2022-23	be BEL	MF	Galatasaray	22.7															3
Andrés Iniesta	2022	es ESP	MF,FW	Vissel Kobe	16.4															3
Gonzalo Higuaín	2022	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	19.4	374	523	71.5	7169	1515	169	205	82.4	131	165	79.4	59	109	54.1	3	3.6	3.1	-0.6	34	15	18	2	44
Jesús Ferreira	2022	us USA	FW,MF	FC Dallas	29.5	620	869	71.3	11282	2872	278	335	83.0	231	293	78.8	87	170	51.2	6	5.0	4.5	+1.0	51	56	34	5	90
Carlos Vela	2022	mx MEX	FW,MF	Los Angeles FC	25.8	846	1154	73.3	15440	5745	394	466	84.5	299	370	80.8	130	234	55.6	9	8.8	8.7	+0.2	77	102	65	7	177
Xherdan Shaqiri	2022	ch SUI	MF	Chicago Fire	25.0	912	1317	69.2	15749	5707	449	514	87.4	316	442	71.5	117	250	46.8	7	7.6	8.1	-0.6	71	112	67	16	184

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
Dries Mertens	2022-23	be BEL	MF	Galatasaray	22.7							123
Andrés Iniesta	2022	es ESP	MF,FW	Vissel Kobe	16.4							91
Gonzalo Higuaín	2022	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	19.4	523	394	123	23	4	15	61	5	44	23	16	0	374	6	8
Jesús Ferreira	2022	us USA	FW,MF	FC Dallas	29.5	869	738	118	15	13	11	68	9	48	11	25	1	620	13	15
Carlos Vela	2022	mx MEX	FW,MF	Los Angeles FC	25.8	1154	969	183	50	9	16	155	28	96	71	20	0	846	2	33
Xherdan Shaqiri	2022	ch SUI	MF	Chicago Fire	25.0	1317	1113	188	67	11	14	188	11	97	58	27	0	912	16	34

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
Dries Mertens	2022-23	be BEL	MF	Galatasaray	22.7
Andrés Iniesta	2022	es ESP	MF,FW	Vissel Kobe	16.4
Gonzalo Higuaín	2022	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	19.4	59	3.04	28	16	11	2	2	0	8	0.41	3	2	3	0	0	0
Jesús Ferreira	2022	us USA	FW,MF	FC Dallas	29.5	99	3.35	67	17	8	6	0	1	13	0.44	9	0	4	0	0	0
Carlos Vela	2022	mx MEX	FW,MF	Los Angeles FC	25.8	141	5.47	88	38	3	4	7	1	22	0.85	16	2	0	3	1	0
Xherdan Shaqiri	2022	ch SUI	MF	Chicago Fire	25.0	123	4.92	90	23	4	4	2	0	13	0.52	11	2	0	0	0	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
Dries Mertens	2022-23	be BEL	MF	Galatasaray	22.7		21											10	0
Andrés Iniesta	2022	es ESP	MF,FW	Vissel Kobe	16.4		11											15	0
Gonzalo Higuaín	2022	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	19.4	7	2	1	2	4	1	11	9.1	10	6	2	4	0	7	10	0
Jesús Ferreira	2022	us USA	FW,MF	FC Dallas	29.5	23	11	7	10	6	7	23	30.4	16	10	0	10	15	38	21	0
Carlos Vela	2022	mx MEX	FW,MF	Los Angeles FC	25.8	19	11	5	9	5	10	26	38.5	16	9	2	7	4	23	9	0
Xherdan Shaqiri	2022	ch SUI	MF	Chicago Fire	25.0	18	11	3	6	9	9	19	47.4	10	3	0	3	3	21	2	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
Dries Mertens	2022-23	be BEL	MF	Galatasaray	22.7
Andrés Iniesta	2022	es ESP	MF,FW	Vissel Kobe	16.4
Gonzalo Higuaín	2022	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	19.4	701	14	34	308	371	72	696	47	23	48.9	22	46.8	385	2222	760	27	24	14	52	21	474	96
Jesús Ferreira	2022	us USA	FW,MF	FC Dallas	29.5	1103	24	113	506	494	115	1103	41	23	56.1	18	43.9	592	2645	1443	49	33	26	45	16	754	129
Carlos Vela	2022	mx MEX	FW,MF	Los Angeles FC	25.8	1386	16	111	534	760	102	1381	61	25	41.0	30	49.2	914	5077	2118	63	47	22	58	40	1044	245
Xherdan Shaqiri	2022	ch SUI	MF	Chicago Fire	25.0	1520	4	95	661	786	70	1516	50	25	50.0	22	44.0	944	4698	1952	59	56	18	73	53	1182	213

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
Dries Mertens	2022-23	be BEL	MF	Galatasaray	30	2,044	68	66.8	22.7	27	73	2	3	25	0	2.43	50	20	+30	+1.32	-0.98
Andrés Iniesta	2022	es ESP	MF,FW	Vissel Kobe	24	1,473	61	48.1	16.4	17	75	5	7	29	0	0.88	13	22	-9	-0.55	-0.72
Gonzalo Higuaín	2022	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	28	1,749	62	57.2	19.4	20	79	9	8	21	1	1.45	31	36	-5	-0.26	+0.02	23.7	28.2	-4.4	-0.23	-0.09
Jesús Ferreira	2022	us USA	FW,MF	FC Dallas	33	2,658	81	86.9	29.5	29	87	17	4	34	0	1.54	46	28	+18	+0.61	+2.18	38.8	36.4	+2.4	+0.08	+0.87
Carlos Vela	2022	mx MEX	FW,MF	Los Angeles FC	32	2,319	72	75.8	25.8	28	77	11	4	38	0	2.03	52	29	+23	+0.89	+0.29	44.8	25.8	+19.0	+0.74	-0.31
Xherdan Shaqiri	2022	ch SUI	MF	Chicago Fire	29	2,252	78	73.6	25.0	27	82	18	2	17	0	1.10	34	37	-3	-0.12	+0.55	37.6	33.5	+4.1	+0.17	+0.63

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%
Dries Mertens	2022-23	be BEL	MF	Galatasaray	22.7	7	0	0	41	41	2	123	10	21			0
Andrés Iniesta	2022	es ESP	MF,FW	Vissel Kobe	16.4	1	0	0	21	24	1	91	15	11			0
Gonzalo Higuaín	2022	ar ARG	FW	Inter Miami	19.4	2	0	0	16	21	29	61	0	2	0	0	0	39	11	17	39.3
Jesús Ferreira	2022	us USA	FW,MF	FC Dallas	29.5	5	0	0	20	11	7	68	15	11	0	0	0	85	3	31	8.8
Carlos Vela	2022	mx MEX	FW,MF	Los Angeles FC	25.8	2	0	0	28	43	13	155	4	11	1	0	0	82	14	27	34.1
Xherdan Shaqiri	2022	ch SUI	MF	Chicago Fire	25.0	4	0	0	26	49	16	188	3	11	0	0	0	107	13	16	44.8

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