Bayern Munich vs Leicester City - who is the better team?

Currently Bayern Munich has a better 1vs1 performance index with 334. Bayern Munich has 67 goals and Leicester City has a total of 45 goals. Our opinion is that currently Bayern Munich would win the match.

• At the moment Leicester City has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1157 interceptions and 62 blocks.
• In Leicester City the two top defensive players are Jonny Evans and James Justin.
• In Bayern Munich the two top defenders are David Alaba and Jerome Boateng.
• 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. Bayern Munich has a PPV value of 0.34 and Leicester City has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Bayern Munich Joshua Kimmich has a total value of 0.88 and in the team of Leicester City the best player is Cengiz Under.

• 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.)
• Bayern Munich has scored in this season so far 67 goals and 163 shots on goal. Leicester City scored 45 and 113 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Bayern Munich are Robert Lewandowski with 28 goals and Thomas Muller with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.33.
• The two best players of Leicester City are Jamie Vardy with 12 goals and Harvey Barnes with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.83 and 0.29.
• Our opinion is that Bayern Munich has the better offensive players than Leicester City.

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