As the football world anticipates the first semi-final of this season’s UEFA Champions League, we take a look at the statistics of two of the most lethal forwards on the planet; Sergio Aguero and Cristiano Ronaldo. The Argentine is expected to lead his home team against the visitors today at Etihad Stadium, while Cristiano Ronaldo, is expected to kill the game in the first leg and give his side the upper hand in the reverse fixture.
The goal-scoring factor
Despite suffering from a series of injuries this season, Aguero has proven to be a dependable goal-poacher. He has 23 goals to his name so far in the league, and 2 in the UCL. On the other hand, Ronaldo has found the back of the net 31 times in La Liga, and 16 times in the UCL. In the Champions League, the former Man United man has scored a goal in every 56 minutes this season.
Form this season
In 2015/16 Aguero has scored 28 goals in 3161 minutes of football. That narrows down to an average of 1 goal every 113 minutes of football. On the other hand, Ronaldo has scored 47 goals in 3958 minutes of football, which translates to an everage of 1 goal every 84 minutes.
Most recent form
The two dependable forwards seem equal in terms of their most recent form. CR7 has netted 5 goals in Real Madrid’s last 5 games, including a hat-trick against Wolfsburg at the Santiago Bernabeu.
On the other hand, Aguero has also netted 5 goals in his last five games for the Citizens, including a hat-trick against Chelsea.
So basically, the two superstars have drawn in terms of goals and hat-tricks in their last five matches.
Head to head
The two fowards met each other back in 2012 in the group stage of the Champions League. Aguero scored a penalty to cancel Karim Benzema’s opener for Los Blancos, but the scoreline was not good enough for the Etihad outfit to progress to the next round.
However, both players have scored 2 goals each in the 5 instances they have been together on the pitch at different clubs in the competition.
It will be exciting to watch the two football icons on the pitch against each other on Tuesday. On one hand, Aguero will be looking to send his side to their first ever final appearance of the UCL, while on the other hand, Ronaldo will be hoping to hand Zinedine Zidane his first ever appearance in the finals of the Champions League as manager. The battle lines have been drawn; let the war begin!
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