Alisson facing major battle as Liverpool goalkeeper dealt Brazil setback
Brazil National team head coach Fernando Diniz, who replaced the outgoing Tite in July 2023, finds himself with an interesting selection dilemma in the goalkeeping department of the squad.
The two viable starting options are Liverpool’s Alisson Becker and Manchester City’s Ederson Moraes, both of whom are star players for their domestic club employers - and two of the best goalkeepers in the world.
Although Alisson was preferred by previous manager Tete, starting in all but one of Brazil’s 2022 World Cup games in Qatar, Ederson has found himself in the starting XI for new manager Diniz for the recent World Cup Qualification CONMEBOL fixtures. But who should be Brazil’s number one?
When comparing the two goalkeepers on Squawka’s comparison matrix for the 2022/23 Premier League season, the disparity between the two players is larger than you’d perhaps expect. Ederson’s long pass accuracy is, as expected, higher than Alisson’s at 52% to 45%, with Ederson’s ability to accurately pick out a pass one of his greatest qualities as a player.
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But despite conceding 43 goals to Ederson’s 32, Alisson picked up more clean sheets with 14 to 11 and had a higher save percentage with 71% compared to Ederson’s 59%. However, Alisson would face more shots on target than Ederson at 149 to 78, with this likely playing a part in the save percentages of the two and ultimately lead to the Liverpool man conceding more goals. According to Fotmob, both Alisson and Ederson outperformed their xGOT faced (expected goals on target), although Alisson conceded eight fewer
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