The Squawka Comparison Matrix allows you to compare up to five players or teams of your choice from across the world of football and a huge range of competitions over the last ten years.
Simply choose the players or teams you wish to compare and hit the ‘Edit Stats’ button and you can choose from a variety of different performance indicators. You’ll be able to opt to see basic stats such as goals scored and assists, or you can go far more in-depth to compare players on shot accuracy percentage, aerial duel success rate and ball recoveries among several others.
Bryan Mbeumo vs Bukayo Saka 2024/25 Season Comparison
Bukayo Saka’s 2024/25 season was of course hit by injury at a key point for Arsenal, whereas Bryan Mbeumo featured in every game for Brentford, racking up a career-high 20 goals in the process. That’s not to say that Mbuemo had a better season than Saka last time out, but he certainly had a more prolific one and as the stats above show, his shooting accuracy of 64.06% make him utterly deadly in and around the box.
But in Saka, Arsenal possess a genuine world class superstar and despite those fitness issues, Saka outranks Mbeumo in many metrics. As well as some of the key stats for attackers listed above such as take-on success %, assists and chances created, Saka also managed a higher crossing accuracy and passing accuracy and racked up more touches in the opposition box than Mbeumo last season not just per 90 minutes, but also in total despite playing 13 fewer games, although that stat is perhaps more down to Arsenal’s dominance over most of their opponents in comparison to Brentford.
Why is Bryan Mbeumo vs Bukayo Saka trending right now?
At the time of writing, Bryan Mbeumo is on the verge of securing a huge move to Manchester United for an initial fee of around £65m, and we suspect that United fans are using the Squawka Comparison Matrix to compare some Mbeumo vs Saka stats and see how their new man matches up to their rivals’ star player.
It’s worth United fans noting that they play a different system under Amorim than Arsenal will with Bukayo Saka playing wide on the right, whereas Mbeumo may either play as a central striker or as the right sided no.10 behind a centre forward. Arsenal will hope to be less reliant on Saka’s creativity in the upcoming 2025/26 campaign as that reliance came back to bite them during the England player’s time on the sidelines last term.
What are the key differences between Bryan Mbuemo and Bukayo Saka?
Mbuemo has played in a few different roles under Thomas Frank at Brentford and brings a versatility to this Manchester United attack. What’s more, he comes on the back of an incredible season on the finishing front. He racked up 20 goals in 38 Premier League matches, with an astonishing conversion rate of 31.25%. He’s also arguably more of an aerial threat than Saka, averaging 1 aerial duel won per 90 compared to Saka’s 0.6.
But in Bukayo Saka, Arsenal have a more rounded attacking threat. Although he is less of a deadly finisher than Mbuemo, he racks up more shots, creates more chances, completes more crosses and passes and he’s also a marginally better dribbler – his take-on success percentage of 52.56% only just edges out Mbeumo’s impressive 52.53%, but he draws more fouls at a rate of 2.1 per game compared to Mbeumo’s 1.2.
Who is better, Bryan Mbeumo or Bukayo Saka?
Although this Mbuemo vs Saka head-to-head comparison does give us some clues, we’d never solely use the Comparison Matrix to make such a bold claim that one player is better than the other as there are plenty of ways that players can positively or negatively affect their team’s performance that aren’t visible within the stats.
Saka’s consistent creative output is among the very best in the Premier League and while Mbeumo is unlikely to bring the same kind of ingenuity to Manchester United, he will bring a deadly goalscoring touch which they desperately lacked last season.