Without Messi, Neymar’s numbers are nearly double in Barcelona

  The Brazilian recorded the highest participation in the goals of the trio in the absence of Messi in 2015/16. With a right thigh injury, Lionel Messi will be absent in the games of Barcelona and the Argentine national team for three weeks. The Argentine star was injured in the 1-1 draw with Atlético Madrid […]
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2016-09-24 14:51:00

 

The Brazilian recorded the highest participation in the goals of the trio in the absence of Messi in 2015/16.
With a right thigh injury, Lionel Messi will be absent in the games of Barcelona and the Argentine national team for three weeks. The Argentine star was injured in the 1-1 draw with Atlético Madrid on Wednesday, in the fifth round of the La Liga, and there"s not much exaggeration in saying that his absence almost doubles the performance of the Brazilian and improves the Uruguayan.
MSN without Messi [participation in goals]: Neymar: 9 games, 11 goals and 6 assists.
Suárez: 9 games, 11 goals and 3 assists
Last season, the number 10 was sidelined for two months due to a knee ligament injury, and when adding to the other games where Messi was absent, including 2014/15, it comes to 16 games, since the debut of MSN, on October 25, 2014. This time it will be at least three games, according to the forecast of the medical department of Barcelona. Barcelona face Sporting Gijon on Saturday, Borussia Mönchengladbach on Wednesday, and Celta Vigo, next Sunday. Then there will be an international break, and the expectation is that Messi"s back on the 15th, against Deportivo La Coruña.
Out of the 16 games without Messi, Neymar and Suárez played nine times and scored 11 goals each. The Brazilian gave more assists, six, against three of the Uruguayan and therefore averaged direct participation in more goals [1.88 to 1.55]. It is almost double of Neymar"s average in the period; participation in a goal per game, with 62 goals and 32 assists in 94 matches. If we only consider the goals from the beginning of the trio, Neymar has an average of 0.65 against 0.88 of Suárez. Without Messi, it rises to 1.22, with 11 goals in nine matches. In the nine games of Barcelona where the Brazilian and Uruguayan took the field without the Argentine, the team scored 26 goals. Neymar and Suárez scored 22. Munir, Rakitić, one each, and Sergi Roberto scored the other four goals in the period.

The Brazilian recorded the highest participation in the goals of the trio in the absence of Messi in 2015/16.

With a right thigh injury, Lionel Messi will be absent in the games of Barcelona and the Argentine national team for three weeks. The Argentine star was injured in the 1-1 draw with Atlético Madrid on Wednesday, in the fifth round of the La Liga, and there"s not much exaggeration in saying that his absence almost doubles the performance of the Brazilian and improves the Uruguayan.

MSN without Messi [participation in goals]:

Neymar: 9 games, 11 goals and 6 assists.

Suárez: 9 games, 11 goals and 3 assists

Last season, the number 10 was sidelined for two months due to a knee ligament injury, and when adding to the other games where Messi was absent, including 2014/15, it comes to 16 games, since the debut of MSN, on October 25, 2014. This time it will be at least three games, according to the forecast of the medical department of Barcelona. Barcelona face Sporting Gijon on Saturday, Borussia Mönchengladbach on Wednesday, and Celta Vigo, next Sunday. Then there will be an international break, and the expectation is that Messi"s back on the 15th, against Deportivo La Coruña.

Out of the 16 games without Messi, Neymar and Suárez played nine times and scored 11 goals each. The Brazilian gave more assists, six, against three of the Uruguayan and therefore averaged direct participation in more goals [1.88 to 1.55]. It is almost double of Neymar"s average in the period; participation in a goal per game, with 62 goals and 32 assists in 94 matches. If we only consider the goals from the beginning of the trio, Neymar has an average of 0.65 against 0.88 of Suárez. Without Messi, it rises to 1.22, with 11 goals in nine matches. In the nine games of Barcelona where the Brazilian and Uruguayan took the field without the Argentine, the team scored 26 goals. Neymar and Suárez scored 22. Munir, Rakitić, one each, and Sergi Roberto scored the other four goals in the period.