Borussia Dortmund vs Manchester City - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 100. Borussia Dortmund has 55 goals and Manchester City has a total of 67 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester City would win the match.

• At the moment Borussia Dortmund has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1278 interceptions and 49 blocks.
• In Borussia Dortmund the two top defensive players are Nico Schlotterbeck and Mats Hummels.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Rodri and Manuel Akanji.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Borussia Dortmund 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. Manchester City has a PPV value of 0.44 and Borussia Dortmund has a value of 0.25. Within the team of Manchester City Kalvin Phillips has a total value of 1.07 and in the team of Borussia Dortmund the best player is Marius Wolf.

• 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.)
• Borussia Dortmund has scored in this season so far 55 goals and 154 shots on goal. Manchester City scored 67 and 161 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Borussia Dortmund are Julian Brandt with 8 goals and Youssoufa Moukoko with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 3.38 and 5.51.
• The two best players of Manchester City are Erling Haaland with 28 goals and Phil Foden with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 21.57 and 5.25.
• Our opinion is that Manchester City has the better offensive players than Borussia Dortmund.

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