The 11-metre duel

Lionel Messi vs Samir Handanovič

Lionel Messi converts 77.3% of his career penalties; Samir Handanovič concedes 72.2%. Corrected for sample size and matched against each other, the goal comes out at 69.6%. Your turn to shoot.

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Lionel Messi

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

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Samir Handanovič

🇸🇮 Slovénie★★★★☆1.93 mconcedes 83/115raw 72%adjusted 74%

Shootout : 0 shot

69.6%22.5%7.9%

GoalKeeper saveOff target or woodwork

🎯 Click a zone of the goal to aim — click again to release. Confidence high — the smaller sample in this duel is 115 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 MessiStatisticSamir Handanovič
150Penalties115
77%Raw rate72%
78%Adjusted rate74%
69.6%Head to head30.4%

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