Lamine Yamal vs Bukayo Saka Head to Head Stats & Comparison 2025

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Lamine Yamal vs Bukayo Saka 2024/25 Season Comparison

• Although Saka missed a proportion of last season through injury, the Arsenal forward ranked better in key metrics than Lamine Yamal including goals, assists and chances created.
• Yamal took more shots and more shots on target than Saka per 90 minutes, but Saka has a more impressive conversion rate of 14.63% compared to Yamal’s 9.18%.
• Although Saka has a slightly better passing accuracy of 84.28%, he completes on average 9 fewer passes per game than Yamal and the Spanish player enjoys a better long pass accuracy of 48.39% compared to Saka’s 41.18
• Yamal is a more progressive passer too – He completes on average 5 more forward passes per game than Saka plus 7 more passes in the opposition half. He also ranks higher for through-balls and lay-offs than his English counterpart.
• Yamal’s dribbling stats also place him above Saka. He has a take-on success percentage of 55.71 to Saka’s 52.56% and wins 53.67% of his ground duels compared to 51.42% for Saka – although the Arsenal player does win more fouls, perhaps as a result of playing in a more combative league.
• Saka gets into the opposition box more often, taking 9.4 touches in the opposition box per 90 in comparison to Yamal’s 8.1, although the Arsenal man didn’t score from outside the box last season, whereas the Barca man scored five times from outside the penalty area.
• Saka also came out on top defensively, winning more tackles and making more clearances, although Yamal did make more interceptions.

Lamine Yamal vs Bukayo Saka 2024/25 Season Comparison

We asked our followers to see if they could use the Comparison Matrix to try and beat Lamine Yamal’s numbers from last season and in certain instances, Saka certainly came out on top.

Of course with the Comparison Matrix, it really depends what stats you want to see but what’s clear is that these two players are among the greatest wingers, if not players, in world football right now and with Mohamed Salah coming towards the end of his career, they look set to compete for the title of best right winger in football in the coming years.

It’s worth noting that Saka has a few years head start on Yamal, but the Spaniard has already two La Liga titles, a Copa Del Rey and of course Euro 2024 to his trophy cabinet. Saka has an FA Cup to his name, but has some catching up to do here.

With both players still in the early stages of their career, this looks set to be a debate that rages on and on in the coming seasons. Who will come out on top in 2025/26?