Ba - 27 years is a Forward who recently moved from Newcastle United to Chelsea. His professional form this season has generated lots of attention from local and international media. An unnoticed but steady rise to the spotlight has characterized this chap's career.
Balotelli - 22 years is a Forward. One never to get in a hurry. He is particularly famous for providing media with events to always talk about - on and off the ball. Prolific and solid on the ball. Erratic and unpredictable off it.
Temperament
Ba infuses a certain docility to play that makes co-work with team mates and managers rich and mutually beneficial. Two yellow cards in 20 games is a bold attestation to his meticulousness off the ball.
Career Appearances 53 66
Yellow cards 14 2
Red cards 3 0
Proficiency
Both are pretty much lethal as central forwards to any central defender braced to extinguish them. Ba though having the advantage of age and appearances has a significantly more rewarding streak than Balotelli. Ba has a combined goals record of 37 in 66 games. Balotelli's got 20 in 53 games.
This is makes Ba 56.06% proficient and Balotelli 37.74% proficient.
Composure
Though judgement here can be quite subjective, it is widely agreeable to peg Ba a better chance converter than Balotelli. The proficiency record above should buttress this claim.
Personality
Described by Jose Mourinho as 'unmanageable' and Roberto Mancini as 'crazy', Mario Balotelli brings to the fore a delinquency that shadows true sportsmanship and dampens the respect he sometimes deserves from football spectators. Ba on the other hand has been fortunate with team mates and managers inter personally. His religious piety is noticeable in his trademark goal celebrations of a Muslim prayer.
Influence
Making it to ESPN's Premier League's Best for the first half of last season as well as being named Premier League Footballer of the month for December 2011 are accolades Demba Ba can readily revel in. His sterling form this season has also given him reasons to consistently feature on the highest goal scorers list this term. Balotelli on the converse may not have such happy stories to tell though but could also boast of having a song chanted in his honour by Manchester City fans, bagging the 2011 FA cup final man of the match award and a 2010 Golden Boy award given by Italian journalists.
Mission Conciousness
Though stats may be lacking, you definitely can be assured Ba would keep his eye on the goal and chase that all day. Balotelli would almost definitely lose it somewhere - a phenomenon that scares managers from starting him in games.
Stability
Physically, Balotelli might have the upper hand because of Ba's injury proneness. A litany of injuries at various club sides led West Ham United in 2011 to effect a 'pay as you play policy' in the young man's stint with the club.
Mentally - which proves most vital sees Ba easily upturn Balotelli. Not wont to lose his temper for losing balls like Balotelli will, Ba's carefulness makes his play the least to prone to referee scolds and cards.
