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Goals of Messi and Ronaldo in head-to-head games before turning 30 years old by season

Cumulative distribution

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2007/2008	0	0	0
2008/2009	1	0	+1
2009/2010	2	0	+2
2010/2011	6	3	+3
2011/2012	9	7	+2
2012/2013	14	13	+1
2013/2014	17	14	+3
2014/2015	17	15	+2
2015/2016	17	15	+2
2016/2017	19	15	+4

How do they score?

Player	Games	Home		Away		Neutral field		Right foot		Left foot		Header		Other parts		Penalty		Free kick
Leo Messi	32	5/19	26.32%	13/19	68.42%	1/19	5.26%	3/19	15.79%	15/19	78.95%	1/19	5.26%	0/19	0%	5/19	26.32%	2/19	10.53%
Cristiano Ronaldo	27	6/15	40%	8/15	53.33%	1/15	6.67%	10/15	66.67%	3/15	20%	2/15	13.33%	0/15	0%	4/15	26.67%	0/15	0%

Source: Opta™ Sports – Last update: 23/04/2017

Distribution by season

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2007/2008			0
2008/2009	1		+1
2009/2010	1		+1
2010/2011	4	3	+1
2011/2012	3	4	-1
2012/2013	5	6	-1
2013/2014	3	1	+2
2014/2015		1	-1
2015/2016			0
2016/2017	2		+2

Cumulative distribution (Without penalties)

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2008	0	0	0
2009	1	0	+1
2010	2	0	+2
2011	7	3	+4
2012	10	10	0
2013	11	11	0
2014	12	11	+1
2015	12	11	+1
2016	12	11	+1
2017	14	11	+3

Distribution by season (Without penalties)

Period	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Difference
2008			0
2009	1		+1
2010	1		+1
2011	5	3	+2
2012	3	7	-4
2013	1	1	0
2014	1		+1
2015			0
2016			0
2017	2		+2