The two best players in the world have an appointment this Saturday at the famous Clasico de la Liga. An exercise in which Lionel Messi is generally more to his advantage than Cristiano Ronaldo.
This year again, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will have made the talk powder. Under the jersey of Real Madrid, the Portuguese has already scored 42 goals in 2017, plus 11 with the Selecçao for a total of 53 achievements. The same record on the active Barcelona, who in Blaugrana hit 49 times for four goals planted under the banner of Albiceleste. But the two men, who now have the same number of Ballons d'Or (5 each, the latest to the benefit of CR7), have the opportunity to decide this Saturday as part of the Clasico of the 17th day of Liga .
A rendezvous always special that the two behemoths know well, the Argentine having already played 36 times since 2004 when the Lusitanian has played 28 times since 2009. The first having however a clear advantage in terms of statistics, if only in the final result. Of his 36 previous in the Clasico, Lionel Messi had 16 victories, a percentage of 44.4%. Cristiano Ronaldo won only eight times, with a triumphant percentage of only 28.6%.
Even in front of goal, La Pulga takes the lead since Real has already conceded 24 goals of the master to play Barça. That is a percentage of 66.7% in 36 parts. CR7, certainly, is not far with its 17 achievements in 28 games and 60.7% success. Remains the trend and the record of the last double confrontation date: the Spanish Supercup last summer. Ronaldo had scored twice, when Messi had just won a penalty. For a net merengue success in the cumulative two meetings (5-1).