Virgil Van Dijk vs. Harry Maguire

Stats comparison ; a thread

VVD has the better tackles won %, with 75% of his tackles being successful in comparison to HM 70%.

VVD is superior in the air, winning 80% of his air challenges in comparison to HM 77%.

VVD pass accuracy % is 92 in comparison to HM 90, again another area of the game Van Dijk comes out on top.

VVD effects the game going forward more in terms of key passes, 45% to Maguires 38%.

VVD recovers the ball more for this team, he regains possessions 11x on avg per game in comparison to HM 9x

Van Dijk has also scored more goals than Maguire this season.

VVD loses possession less than HM per game. Harry Maguire loses it 3.7x to VVD 3.3.

VVD also makes less fouls than Maguire per game. 0.48 per match to 0.98.

One is elite, one is not.