https://www.disputeball.com/disputes daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://www.disputeball.com/disputes/salahvshazard monthly 0.5 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8a5202868fd26b91b2460/389c0c2d-24c1-477a-8e9e-844110aaadfd/336FBB34-E1FE-47F8-923D-8043825D71BB.jpg Disputes - salah vs hazard - Dribbling = Hazard Salah vs Hazard (2017-2019 average): Successful dribbles: 76.5 vs 151.5 Dribbles per ninety: 2.07 vs 4.93 Bases on these statistics, Hazard is the far superior dribbler, averaging nearly twice as many successful dribbles per season as Salah, with a higher frequency and efficiency that reflected his central role in ball progression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8a5202868fd26b91b2460/81610a0e-8a26-437e-a14f-4bb0f597bf9d/CF1E55A6-9D84-4E36-8991-13FFF8427FFF.jpg Disputes - salah vs hazard - Passing = Hazard Salah vs Hazard (2017-2019 average): Assists: 9 vs 9.5 Chances created: 64.5 vs 98.5 Passing accuracy: 76% vs 84% Progressive passes: 149 vs 233.5 Through balls: 5.5 vs 18.5 Despite similar assist numbers, Hazard is the superior passer, with greater accuracy, more progressive passes, and notably more through balls, highlighting his more prominent influence on build-up play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8a5202868fd26b91b2460/1742571472966-WWHZHTDY2CUK85FLR53F/FBD4D897-D733-47AC-B93B-E7FD996B838F.JPEG Disputes - salah vs hazard - Using only objective facts and statistics, it’s time to settle this long-standing Dispute once and for all… 1. Individual Honours 2. Team Honours 3. ‘Stat Wars’ 4. Who is the ‘better footballer’? 5. Conclusions 6. Dispute Ball… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8a5202868fd26b91b2460/f2a8c2dd-3d15-4b5b-a8ee-f7f45458779c/5339D1CA-A322-4AD3-B563-7D16B4555820.jpg Disputes - salah vs hazard - Make it stand out *As of 26/03/2025 **Both have also won the English Football League Cup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8a5202868fd26b91b2460/2588a09c-10c3-405c-80f7-05588932bc23/Dispute+Ball+logo+w%3A+writing.PNG Disputes - salah vs hazard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8a5202868fd26b91b2460/ee17ebc1-cf8a-4453-a542-13f3c0ce7f4f/49634BAE-5EA4-4876-851E-0847CD58FE7D.jpg Disputes - salah vs hazard - Defending & Physicality = Hazard Salah vs Hazard (2017-2019 average): Ground duels won: 126.5 vs 254 Ground duel success rate: 38.95% vs 61.82% Hazard won significantly more ground duels across both seasons, suggesting greater defensive involvement. However, a full comparison is limited by the lack of reliable pressures-per-90 data — a statistic in which Salah likely excelled as a key component of Klopp’s relentless gegenpressing system during these years. Furthermore, these defensive attributes were not central to either player’s game, with both operating as wingers on the front foot and renowned for their offensive contributions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8a5202868fd26b91b2460/c43ea599-d8b0-4e8c-b88c-291888472e96/0674A3FC-343F-4E74-94FA-3EE8B444D328.jpg Disputes - salah vs hazard - We believe these specific attributes best embody a player’s overall footballing ability. Using their individual data, we’ll break down each stat to determine who truly ranks as the ‘better footballer’. Our analysis will focus explicitly on the 2017/18 and 2018/19 Premier League seasons — the period in which both players were competing simultaneously in top flight of English football. A mean calculation will be drawn from each of their individual statistics from across the two seasons. Thus, each stat you see can be interpreted as "average ‘x’ per season”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8a5202868fd26b91b2460/a39c9a3e-8b8f-49ee-9384-c575a9d09dd7/EAA79F95-5DB9-4B6F-9893-8113626DA4C9.jpg Disputes - salah vs hazard - Pace = Salah / Hazard Both could boast top sprint speeds of around 35 km/h over the course of the two seasons and average distances covered of approximately 9 km per match. However, with limited raw individual sprint data available, it’s only fair to conclude there is little to split them here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8a5202868fd26b91b2460/a42b4419-59f4-41c0-8720-e2aa22ded208/37820F9D-BBFB-46E1-8077-21E06192BCC2.jpg Disputes - salah vs hazard - Shooting = Salah Salah vs Hazard (2017-2019 average): Goals: 27 vs 14 Shots: 140.5 vs 82 Shots on target: 65.5 vs 40 Shooting accuracy: 46.6% vs 49% Conversion rate: 19.15% vs 17.1% xG: 22.64 vs 13.47 xG Goals per match: 0.73 vs 0.39 Salah is the superior finisher, averaging 27 goals from an xG of 22.64, whilst Hazard averaged 14 goals from an xG of 13.47, showing that Salah not only produced more but consistently exceeded expectations. https://www.disputeball.com/home daily 1.0 2025-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66c8a5202868fd26b91b2460/2d8a7cbe-a29d-4ca3-9fda-142ceb4ee65b/Dispute+Ball+logo+w%3A+writing.PNG