Comparing Mo Salah’s record against the ‘big six’ with Ronaldo’s
Liverpool‘s Mohamed Salah and Manchester United‘s Cristiano Ronaldo have both enjoyed terrorising Premier League defences – but how do the two compare?
Salah and Ronaldo have both led their sides to Premier League titles, particularly excelling in the games against their biggest rivals.
Here, we’ve taken a look at their records against the Premier League’s “big six” (Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, Man City, Man Utd and Liverpool). Note: we’ve used their stats from all competitions, including their spells outside of the Premier League.
Mo Salah
Games: 63
Starts: 58
Sub appearances: 5
Goals: 32
Assists: 10
Penalties scored: 9
Minutes per goal: 158.7
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 220.9
Minutes per goal or assist: 120.9
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 😱
A goal we’ll never tire of watching. Out of this world from @MoSalah 👏 pic.twitter.com/mZEq9OI0Wx
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 3, 2021
Cristiano Ronaldo
Games: 79
Starts: 70
Sub appearances: 9
Goals: 28
Assists: 14
Penalties scored: 10
Minutes per goal: 228
Minutes per non-penalty goal: 354.7
Minutes per goal or assist: 152
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