Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have both meted out heavy punishment to all Premier League clubs over the years. And this is despite the diminutive Argentine having never played in England’s top-flight.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo, on the other hand, is a three-time Premier League\u00a0winner who is currently enjoying his second rite of passage at Old Trafford, dramatically announcing his return at the opening of the 2021\/22 campaign with four goals from nine games domestically, not to mention some goals in the recent Champions League matches that saved more than a few blushes for his Manchester United club.<\/p>\n
Messi and Ronaldo against the English clubs<\/strong><\/p>\n It has often been to the Argentine\u2019s perceived disadvantage that some fans still doubt that Messi would be able to acquit himself well, let alone shine, on English shores despite the 6-time Ballon d’Or winner having more than proven himself in his razzling-dazzling, magical \u2018other-worldly\u2019 best against the stiffest competition that the Premier League has had to offer in encounters in the Champions League over the years.<\/p>\n While everyone is entitled to their opinion, there is yet a truth latent in quantifiable historical football data and concrete-hard statistics that could easily run contrary to the presumption that Messi wouldn’t be able to stand up well under the more physical demands in the Premier League, unlike his arch-rival Ronaldo.<\/p>\n While it is an absolute impossibility to recreate the entire division completely factoring in the presence of Messi, extracting information from data involving Messi in matches against Premier League teams in all and any other competitions flying under European banners – whilst also correspondingly showing Ronaldo\u2019s results against the same Premier League teams \u2013 would definitely suffice to piece together a definite picture of how well both the superstars match up against each other in their stats against English clubs.<\/p>\n Ronaldo and Messi vs Prem ‘big six’<\/strong><\/p>\n Comparisons between Messi and Ronaldo’s statistics against the English Premier League\u2019s formidable ‘Big Six’ clubs have been made using data collected by William Hill prior to the Paris Saint-Germain vs Manchester City game and duly updating the data to include the most recent Wednesday’s game in an attempt to keep things up to date.<\/p>\n The premise is no doubt a fascinating one, and the ensuing results are even more intriguing in seeing how both the super strikers fare against each other by checking out their stats against the Premier League big guns below:<\/p>\n Record against Premier League ‘big six’ clubs<\/strong><\/p>\n Games:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 82-36 Messi<\/p>\n Goals:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 29-27 Messi<\/p>\n Assists:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 10-6 Messi<\/p>\n Goal involvements per game:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 0.48-0.92 Messi<\/p>\n Record against Arsenal\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Games:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 15-6 Messi<\/p>\n Goals:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 6-9 Messi<\/p>\n Assists:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 1-1 Messi<\/p>\n Goal involvements per game:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 0.47-1.67 Messi<\/p>\n Record against Chelsea\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Games:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 15-10 Messi<\/p>\n Goals:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 1-3 Messi<\/p>\n Assists:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 2-3 Messi<\/p>\n Goal involvements per game:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 0.20-0.60 Messi<\/p>\n Record against Liverpool\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Games:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 13-4 Messi<\/p>\n Goals:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 3-2 Messi<\/p>\n Assists:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 1-0 Messi<\/p>\n Goal involvements per game:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 0.31-0.50- Messi<\/p>\n Record against Manchester City<\/strong><\/p>\n Games:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 15-8 Messi<\/p>\n Goals:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 5-7 Messi<\/p>\n Assists:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 2-2 Messi<\/p>\n Goal involvements per game:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 0.47-1.12 Messi<\/p>\n Record against Manchester United<\/strong><\/p>\n Games:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 5-6 Messi<\/p>\n Goals:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 3-4 Messi<\/p>\n Assists:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 0-0 Messi<\/p>\n Goal involvements per game:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 0.60-0.67 Messi<\/p>\n Record against Tottenham Hotspur<\/strong><\/p>\n Games:<\/strong>\u00a0Ronaldo 19-2 Messi<\/p>\n