Mbappe, Neymar and Icardi could line up against Sancho, Haaland and Reus – but do PSG or Dortmund boast best attackers?

TONIGHT could well go down as one of the most exciting nights in recent Champions League memory – last season’s semi-final comebacks from Liverpool and Tottenham aside…

After all, we’re surely set for goals, goals, goals with a hoard of the world’s best strikers on show.

Dortmund vs PSG promises to be full of goals – but who’s got the best attack?

Stats correct prior to most recent weekend’s action

There’s Liverpool’s trip to Atletico Madrid as the likes of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah go up against Joao Felix, Diego Costa, Alvaro Morata.

And then there’s Paris Saint-Germain’s trip to Borussia Dortmund.

Over in Germany, we’re set to be treated to goal-machine Erling Haaland and his wing threats Jadon Sancho and Marco Reus.

At the other end, Mauro Icardi is set to spearhead an attack which features Kylian Mbappe and Neymar.

But which front-three is statistically the best? We’ve taken a good, hard look…

There’s little doubt at this stage that Mbappe is the best striker on the planet – he’s scored 24 times and added 11 assists this season already.

That all adds up to be a goal involvement every HOUR.

HAA-RD TO BEAT THAT

At the other end there’s a certain Mr Haaland, who is scoring a goal every 34 minutes in what has been a truly ridiculous start to life in Germany.

The former Red Bull Salzburg ace has scored eight goals in just TWO starts, converting a simply outrageous 61.5 per cent of all of his shots.

For PSG, Icardi and Neymar have both been amongst the goals too at 18 and 15 respectively.

Young England whiz Sancho leads the scoring charts for Dortmund with 15 strikes, while veteran ace Reus hass added 12.

What’s noticeable within the stats is that Sancho has also added a staggering 16 assists, meaning he has been involved in 31 goals this season – or one every 76 minutes.

Given the sample size – far larger than Haaland or Neymar, thanks to his injury problems – that is incredible work from Sancho.

Of the six stars, only Reus has a conversion rate of under 20 per cent – but even at “just” 18.8 per cent, that tally is more than impressive.

So which set is better? Well, that’s the question isn’t it?

You could argue all day and all night, but what it might simply come down to is who works harder or has their shooting boots on on the night.

…Or perhaps which defence can hold the firmest. That’s no enviable task.

Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk