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

Currently Arsenal FC has a better 1vs1 performance index with 89. Arsenal FC has 61 goals and Leicester City has a total of 62 goals. Our opinion is that currently Arsenal FC would win the match.

• At the moment Arsenal FC has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1840 interceptions and 210 blocks.
• In Arsenal FC the two top defensive players are William Saliba and Benjamin William White.
• In Leicester City the two top defenders are Caglar Soyuncu and Luke Thomas.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Arsenal FC 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 0.36 and Leicester City has a value of 0.27. Within the team of Arsenal FC Olexandr Zinchenko has a total value of 0.91 and in the team of Leicester City the best player is Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira.

• 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 61 goals and 203 shots on goal. Leicester City scored 62 and 145 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Arsenal FC are Bukayo Saka with 11 goals and Gabriel Jesus with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 10.5 and 11.56.
• The two best players of Leicester City are Jamie Vardy with 15 goals and James Maddison with 12 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.9 and 7.12.
• Our opinion is that Leicester City has the better offensive players than Arsenal FC.

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.