Player Comparison: Granit Xhaka vs. Axel Witsel

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Compare player statistics for: Granit Xhaka in 2021-22 vs. Axel Witsel in 2021-22, 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
Granit Xhaka	2021-22	ch SUI	MF,DF	Arsenal	27	27	2,327	25.9	1	2	3	1	0	0	10	1	1.4	1.4	2.3	3.7	39	230	67	0.04	0.08	0.12	0.04	0.12	0.05	0.09	0.14	0.05	0.14
Axel Witsel	2021-22	be BEL	MF,DF	Dortmund	29	22	1,941	21.6	2	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	0.8	0.8	0.7	1.4	10	86	8	0.09	0.00	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.04	0.03	0.07	0.04	0.07

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
Granit Xhaka	2021-22	ch SUI	MF,DF	Arsenal	25.9	1	27	5	18.5	1.04	0.19	0.04	0.20	23.4	1	0	0	1.4	1.4	0.05	-0.4	-0.4
Axel Witsel	2021-22	be BEL	MF,DF	Dortmund	21.6	2	8	2	25.0	0.37	0.09	0.25	1.00	20.8	0	0	0	0.8	0.8	0.10	+1.2	+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
Granit Xhaka	2021-22	ch SUI	MF,DF	Arsenal	25.9	1367	1589	86.0	23204	6399	634	713	88.9	594	667	89.1	109	150	72.7	2	2.3	2.2	-0.3	32	194	41	7	230
Axel Witsel	2021-22	be BEL	MF,DF	Dortmund	21.6	1217	1305	93.3	19643	5320	571	610	93.6	541	562	96.3	62	71	87.3	0	0.7	0.8	-0.7	6	87	4	0	86

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
Granit Xhaka	2021-22	ch SUI	MF,DF	Arsenal	25.9	1589	1519	70	43	8	15	25	21	0	0	0	0	1367	0	20
Axel Witsel	2021-22	be BEL	MF,DF	Dortmund	21.6	1305	1253	52	48	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	1217	0	9

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
Granit Xhaka	2021-22	ch SUI	MF,DF	Arsenal	25.9	87	3.36	80	2	1	2	1	1	5	0.19	5	0	0	0	0	0
Axel Witsel	2021-22	be BEL	MF,DF	Dortmund	21.6	25	1.16	23	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.05	1	0	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
Granit Xhaka	2021-22	ch SUI	MF,DF	Arsenal	25.9	32	18	16	12	4	16	41	39.0	25	21	6	15	21	53	31	0
Axel Witsel	2021-22	be BEL	MF,DF	Dortmund	21.6	42	27	12	23	7	18	30	60.0	12	24	9	15	27	69	38	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
Granit Xhaka	2021-22	ch SUI	MF,DF	Arsenal	25.9	1786	61	311	1028	461	36	1786	26	19	73.1	7	26.9	1030	4746	2374	39	29	4	23	23	1297	67
Axel Witsel	2021-22	be BEL	MF,DF	Dortmund	21.6	1491	82	423	958	116	11	1491	7	5	71.4	2	28.6	934	3991	1619	10	11	2	17	14	1049	8

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
Granit Xhaka	2021-22	ch SUI	MF,DF	Arsenal	27	2,327	86	68.0	25.9	27	86	23	0		0	1.78	46	35	+11	+0.43	+0.26	43.6	28.6	+15.0	+0.58	+0.59
Axel Witsel	2021-22	be BEL	MF,DF	Dortmund	29	1,941	67	63.4	21.6	22	83	12	7	17	4	2.24	50	32	+18	+0.83	-0.37	37.8	29.0	+8.7	+0.40	-0.32

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%
Granit Xhaka	2021-22	ch SUI	MF,DF	Arsenal	25.9	10	1	0	29	19	2	25	21	18	0	1	0	146	27	29	48.2
Axel Witsel	2021-22	be BEL	MF,DF	Dortmund	21.6	4	0	0	26	30	1	0	27	27	0	2	0	152	31	15	67.4

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