Arsenal FC vs Leicester City - who is the better team?

Currently Arsenal FC has a better 1vs1 performance index with 99. Arsenal FC has 88 goals and Leicester City has a total of 51 goals. Our opinion is that currently Arsenal FC would win the match.

• At the moment Leicester City has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1624 interceptions and 88 blocks.
• In Leicester City the two top defensive players are Wout Felix Lina Faes and Timothy Castagne.
• In Arsenal FC the two top defenders are Gabriel Magalhaes and Benjamin William White.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Leicester City has currently the best defense.

Evaluating the strength of a teams midfield is not easy. At 1vs1 we look at a value called Pass Progression Value (PPV). We measure the ability of players to play the pass into dangerous zones and to create chances. Arsenal FC has a PPV value of 0.38 and Leicester City has a value of 0.23. Within the team of Arsenal FC Olexandr Zinchenko has a total value of 0.71 and in the team of Leicester City the best player is Youri Tielemans.

• To analyse the best strikers of teams we look at the amount of goals, shots on goal and an interesting metric called expected goal value (Xg value – measure who the probability of a chance to turn into a goal.)
• Arsenal FC has scored in this season so far 88 goals and 37.69 shots on goal. Leicester City scored 51 and 38.02 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Arsenal FC are Martin Odegaard with 15 goals and Gabriel Martinelli with 15 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.98 and 8.84.
• The two best players of Leicester City are Harvey Barnes with 13 goals and Kelechi Iheanacho with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.86 and 5.38.
• Our opinion is that Arsenal FC has the better offensive players than Leicester City.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently Arsenal FC is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.