The curious stat that links Messi to Sancho

Although he continues with a strange goalscoring drought, the match at the Benito Villmarín showed again that Leo Messi is the best in the league by far.

The Argentine star got 3 assists that were decisive for Barca's win over Betis, but it wasn't the only thing that he did. Joel denied him twice and he wasn't given a penalty after Marc Bartra seemed to have pulled him.

A total of 6 clear passages of play that served to confirm that he is the player that generates the most on the planet. Not surprisingly, only one other player has reached this stat.

In the league alone, Leo has got 14 goals and 11 assists so far this season. A low stat when speaking about him, but which is explained by the injuries he had at the start of the season and which prevented him from playing until matchday 5.

The only player that has managed to keep up with him is Jadon Sancho. Dortmund's English player is having the season of his life. Despite his side's 4-3 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday, a match where he got an assist, the team are in a good run of form.

And Sancho is the true reflection that things are going well. He is the only one alongside Messi to have double digits in goals and assists in all of Europe.

If Leo has 14 goals and 11 assists in the league, Jadon has 12 and 13 at the moment. Some numbers that obviously invite us to think that he will go to an even better team in a few months.