Two of the best young talents in football are going great guns for their
clubs in two of the top leagues in the world. Eden Hazard was the
player of the season for Chelsea
last year while James Rodriguez starred for Real Madrid in his first
season at the club.
Both players have the ability to turn matches on
their heads with one magical moment and we compare just which player is
actually better than the other using the power of Squawka.com. We only look at the per game average stats since both players didn’t appear in the same number of games last season.
Two stars, almost inseparable
While Eden played more games than Rodriguez, both players had great
seasons for their respective clubs.
The ability of both players to run
with the ball and take on opponents is unprecedented with Hazard winning
64% of all his take ons while James comes in with a 47% record of
successful take ons from last season.
However it is James who tops the board when it comes to goals scored
and chances created. The Colombian averaged 0.46 goals per game for Real
Madrid last season compared to 0.37 goals per game for Hazard at
Chelsea.
The Colombian also was a better assister than Hazard with 2.66
chances created per game compared to 2.63 chances created by the Belgian
at Chelsea.
Hazard though storms back with more forward passes than Rodriguez,
the Belgian averaged 32 forward passes per game last season while
Rodriguez managed 27 forward passes per game for Real Madrid last
season.
Hazard also had more key passes than Rodriguez for the Blue of
Chelsea last season with 2.39 key passes per game while James was just a
little short with 2.21 key passes per game.
The Colombian though did provide more assists than Hazard last season
with 0.45 assists per game compared to 0.24 assists per game for
Hazard. To be fair it is extremely difficult to come to a conclusion as
to which player is better than the other. Both are important for their
teams and have done extremely well for them, both are young and have a
lot of time on their hands to grow and get better.
They should kick off this season with a bang and do more than what
they did last season for their respective teams. The onus is on James
Rodriguez to shine as bright as Cristiano Ronaldo and maybe for Hazard
to maintain the level he performed at last season.
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