The 11-metre duel

Lionel Messi vs Oliver Kahn

Lionel Messi converts 77.3% of his career penalties; Oliver Kahn concedes 82.9%. Corrected for sample size and matched against each other, the goal comes out at 79.0%. Your turn to shoot.

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Lionel Messi

🇦🇷 Argentine★★☆☆☆116/150 scoredraw 77%adjusted 78%

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Oliver Kahn

🇩🇪 Allemagne★★☆☆☆concedes 63/76raw 83%adjusted 83%

Shootout : 0 shot

79.0%15.5%

GoalKeeper saveOff target or woodwork

Confidence high — the smaller sample in this duel is 76 penalties. Below 12, a few points of difference mean nothing.

Tale of the tape

The raw numbers, and what is left of them once corrected for sample size.

Lionel MessiStatisticOliver Kahn
150Penalties76
77%Raw rate83%
78%Adjusted rate83%
79.0%Head to head21.0%

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