Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbappe have dominated the 2022 World Cup.Both have been the driving forces behind Argentina and Frances respective runs to the final.And the Paris Saint-Germain team-mates are not just vying for glory for their nations in Sundays showdown at Lusail Stadium.The Golden Ball award for the best outfield player at the tournament as well as the Golden Boot, are up for grabs.But what do the Opta numbers say ahead of the mouth-watering clash?Game timeThe pair have both appeared in all six of their sides games in Qatar. However, while Mbappe came on from the bench in Frances surprise lo s to Tunisia at the end of the group stage, Me si has played every minute for Argentina, which is quite extraordinary given his age.Naturally, its Me si set to become the all-time leading appearance-maker in Anthony Lamb Jersey World Cup history when he takes to the field on Sunday who comes out on top for minutes played, with 570 to Mbappes 477.GoalsIts five goals apiece heading into the final, though its worth noting three of Me Bruce Brown Jr. Jersey sis strikes have come from the penalty spot, whereas Mbappe has scored all of his goals from open play.Me si has averaged a goal every 114 minutes, while his club-mate has registered one every 95 minutes. Both players have outperformed their expected goals (xG), albeit Mbappe, whose xG stands at 3.46 in contrast to Me sis 4.75, more so.The 35-year-old is now Argentinas all-time leading scorer at the World Cup, with 11 goals, while should he score against France he will become the first player to find the net in the group stage, the round of 16, the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in a single edition of the tournament.A goal involvement will also make Me si the first player to record 20 at the competition (since 1966), while if Mbappe scores he will be the youngest player to net in multiple World Cup finals (at the age of 23 years and 363 days). That would also make Frances main man surpa s the late Gerd Muller as the youngest player to hit 10 World Cup goals.ShootingThe duo are incredibly close in this category, too. Me si has taken 27 shots, Khyri Thomas Jersey two more than his opposite number, who boasts a slightly better shot conversion rate (20 per cent compared to 19). Mbappe has hit the target 11 times, with Me si doing so on 14 occasions a tournament high. CreativityA sists are not always the best barometer for a se sing a players creativity, of course. Me si does edge out Mbappe in this statistic (three a sists to two), but the differential is greater in terms of chances created Argentinas talisman has crafted 18 goalscoring opportunities to Mbappes 11.Me sis expected a sists (xA) of 1.63 suggests the finishing of his Argentina team-mates from the opportunities he has provided has exceeded expectations, while Mbappe has also outperformed his xA (1.23).Its Mbappe who leads the tournament for involvement in open play shot-ending sequences, with 45. Unsurprisingly, Me si is a close second (43); Antoine Griezmann is third, with 13 fewer such involvements.With his a sist for Julian Alvarezs goal against Croatia on Tuesday, Me si matched Diego Maradonas record of eight a sists in World Cup finals (since such data is available from Andre Drummond Jersey 1966 onwards). Acro s the last two World Cups, Me si and Mbappe are the players to have generated the most chances following a carry moving at least five metres with the ball with 27 and 22 respectively. On the ballNeither player is renowned for his off-the-ball work, but in po se sion is when they turn on the style.Me Ben Wallace Jersey si is the focus of Argentinas play, and thats reflected by his 432 touches; Mbappe, in comparison, has had 319 touches. However, it is the France forward who has had more touches in the oppositions box (58 to 37).Of Me sis 294 pa ses, 249 (84.7 per cent) have been accurate, a slight improvement on Mbappes 82.7 per cent accuracy. Mbappe has played 83 succe sful pa ses ending in the final third, way down on Me sis total of 121.It is the 23-year-old who has completed more dribbles (21 to 15), though Me si edges it out for duels won, winning 39 to Mbappes 29.
