article_snippet: It is an unforgiving game for the two undisputed best players on the planet.
article_snippet: Barcelona's Messi nemesis, Ronaldo.
article_snippet: Before the Ballon d'Or ceremony, Ronaldo beat Barcelona's Messi in goals (33 to 25), goals per game (1.18 to 1), minutes per goal (70.94 to 87.24), shots (119 to 96), minutes-per-goal involvement (52.02 to 58.95) and they had 12 assists apiece in all competitions.
article_snippet: Barcelona's Messi beats Ronaldo on goals (18 to 8), goals per game (1.2 to 0.73), minutes per goal (75 to 122.75), shots (60 to 52), chances created (39 to 17), assists (9 to 3) and minutes-per-goal involvement (50 to 89.27).
article_snippet: To the overall statistics in all competitions this season, it puts Barcelona's Messi ahead in the three major categories: goals (43 to 41), assists (21 to 15) and, comfortably, chances created (112 to 68).
article_snippet: There was a moment on November 22, when Ronaldo had 20 goals to Barcelona's Messi's seven. 
article_snippet: Yet today, Ronaldo has 30 to Barcelona's Messi's 32.
article_snippet: All this has reopened the debate between Barcelona's Messi and Barcelona's Messi great rival that had a dissimilar experience in Europe last Tuesday.
article_snippet: Yet on Sunday at 8pm, another chapter of Barcelona's Messi vs Ronaldo – a rivalry that demands Ronaldo – own Wikipedia page – will be written in front of an estimated global television audience of 500 million.
article_snippet: The table below shows how the attacking trios of Barcelona (Messi, Neymar and Suarez) and Real Madrid (Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale) compare in all competitions.
highlights_snippet: Messi has 18 goals to Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo's eight since that blow back in January .
  
highlights_snippet: Real Madrid face Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Sunday in El Clasico .
  