O'Reilly has the better season, a 56 to Szoboszlai's 45 — a 11-point edge on our age-blind form rating. O'Reilly is posting 5G/3A and 3.399 defensive actions/90, against 6G/7A (0.361/90) for Szoboszlai.

Their long-term ceilings are level — Rating 97 (Szoboszlai) and 97 (O'Reilly). At 25 vs 21, O'Reilly has more road ahead, which lifts his ceiling.

By market value, Szoboszlai is the pricier asset (193.4 to 174.1). Year-on-year, Szoboszlai (value 193.4, season +7.5% YoY) and O'Reilly (value 174.1, season +390.4% YoY) — with Szoboszlai on the pitch for 100% of available minutes to O'Reilly's 77.4%.