The 11-metre duel

Neymar vs Edwin van der Sar

Neymar converts 81.5% of his career penalties; Edwin van der Sar concedes 89.3%. Corrected for sample size and matched against each other, the goal comes out at 87.1%. Your turn to shoot.

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Neymar

🇧🇷 Brésil97/119 scoredraw 82%adjusted 81%

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Edwin van der Sar

🇳🇱 Pays-Bas1.99 mconcedes 50/56raw 89%adjusted 87%

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87.1%9.6%

GoalKeeper saveOff target or woodwork

Confidence high — the smaller sample in this duel is 56 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.

NeymarStatisticEdwin van der Sar
119Penalties56
82%Raw rate89%
81%Adjusted rate87%
87.1%Head to head12.9%

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