# Tiago Manso or Tiago Esgaio: who is the better Defender? 2025-26 Liga Portugal | La Lente trivia

> Tiago Manso or Tiago Esgaio: who is the better Defender? 2025-26 Liga Portugal. The answer and the context, with La Lente data.

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Datos al: 2026-10-25
Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/).

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## Two 2025-26 Liga Portugal defenders. According to La Lente, who is the better Defender?

Liga Portugal · 2025-26

| Stat | A | B |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles per 90 | 2.40 | 1.17 |
| Duels won | 47 % | 58 % |
| Times dribbled past per 90 | 1.64 | 0.47 |
| Interceptions per 90 | 1.00 | 1.10 |
| Aerials won per 90 | 0.70 | 3.25 |
| Recoveries per 90 | 4.05 | 3.29 |

- Player A
- Player B

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Answer

**Player B.** Tiago Esgaio (Arouca), Defender B (percentile 70), against Tiago Manso (Tondela), X (percentile 5). Tiago Manso has more tackles per 90, but Tiago Esgaio wins more duels and wins more in the air.

Context

Tiago Manso records more than double the tackles per 90 (2.40 to 1.17). Even so, Tiago Esgaio wins 58% of his duels and adds 3.25 aerial duels won per 90.

[Profile of Tiago Manso →](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tiago-manso-21414082/) [Profile of Tiago Esgaio →](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tiago-esgaio-371377/)

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