Ahead of Saturday’s UEFA Champions League decider in Milan, the guys over at Oulala have divided an Opta statistics-based combined XI, pitting the best of either side head to head.
What do you make of the selections?
Goalkeeper: Keylor Navas beats Jan Oblak
Clean Sheets – 13 to 24
Saves (per game) – 2.7 to 2.1
Defensive Errors – 0 to 1
Goals Conceded – 28 to 18
Punches (per game) – 0.4 to 0.3
Catches (per game) – 2.4 to 2.1
Right-back: (Juanfran) Torres Belén beats Daniel Carvajal
Clearances (per game) – 1.9 to 1.4
Interceptions (per game) – 1.9 to 1.8
Tackles Won (per game) – 1.5 to 1
Take-On Success Rate – 62% to 56%
Successful Passes (per game) – 26 to 39
Chances Created (per game) – 0.9 to 1.4
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Centre-back: Pepe beats José Maria Giménez
Tackles Won (per game) – 1.1 to 1.5
Clearances (per game) – 3.7 to 5.7
Interceptions (per game) – 2.5 to 2.5
Blocks (per game) – 1 to 0.7
Successful Passes (per game) – 45 to 22
Aerial Success Rate – 69% to 67%
Centre-back: Sergio Ramos beats Diego Godín
Tackles Won (per game) – 1.1 to 1.6
Clearances (per game) – 3.5 to 5.3
Interceptions (per game) – 3.4 to 3.3
Blocks (per game) – 0.9 to 0.3
Successful Passes (per game) – 48 to 27
Aerial Success Rate – 70% to 62%
Left-back: Filipe Luís Kamirski beats Marcelo
Clearances (per game) – 1.9 to 1.3
Interceptions (per game) – 2.7 to 1.8
Tackles Won (per game) – 3 to 2.2
Take-On Success Rate – 57% to 57%
Successful Passes (per game) – 42 to 48
Chances Created (per game) – 0.9 to 1.7
Centre-midfield: Toni Kroos beats Saúl Ñíguez
Chances Created (per game) – 1.8 to 0.6
Tackles Won (per game) – 1.5 to 2.2
Take-On Success Rate (per game) – 76% to 47%
Pass Completion Rate – 94% to 76%
Assists – 10 to 2
Goals – 1 to 4
Centre-midfield: Casemiro beats Agusto Fernandez
Chances Created (per game) – 0.3 to 0.1
Tackles Won (per game) – 2.5 to 1.5
Take-On Success Rate (per game) – 75% to 82%
Pass Completion Rate – 87% to 86%
Assists – 3 to 0
Goals – 1 to 0
Centre-midfield: Luka Modric beats Gabriel Fernandez Arenas (Gabi)
Chances Created (per game) – 1.9 to 0.8
Tackles Won (per game) – 1.1 to 2
Take-On Success Rate (per game) – 78% to 64%
Pass Completion Rate – 91% to 82%
Assists – 4 to 3
Goals – 2 to 1
Right-wing: Gareth Bale beats Antoine Griezmann
Chances Created (per game) – 2.2 to 1.4
Successful Take-Ons (per game) – 1.8 to 0.8
Take-On Success Rate – 59% to 44%
Shot Accuracy – 51% to 57%
Assists – 10 to 5
Goals – 19 to 22
Left-wing: Cristiano Ronaldo beats Koke
Chances Created (per game) – 1.4 to 2.2
Successful Take-Ons (per game) – 1.4 to 0.4
Take-On Success Rate – 55% to 44%
Shot Accuracy – 52% to 38%
Assists – 11 to 14
Goals – 35 to 5
Centre-forward: Karim Benzema beats Fernando Torres
Chances Created (per game) – 1.6 to 0.7
Assists – 7 to 4
Shots (per game) – 3.6 to 1.9
Shot Accuracy – 61% to 51%
Conversion Rate – 24% to 19%
Goals – 24 to 11
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