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

Currently Manchester United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 322. Borussia Dortmund has 45 goals and Manchester United has a total of 53 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester United would win the match.

• At the moment Manchester United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1083 interceptions and 71 blocks.
• In Manchester United the two top defensive players are Harry Maguire and Aaron Bissaka.
• In Borussia Dortmund the two top defenders are Mats Hummels and Manuel Obafemi Akanji.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Manchester United 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. Borussia Dortmund has a PPV value of 0.31 and Manchester United has a value of 0.28. Within the team of Borussia Dortmund Raphael Guerreiro has a total value of 0.96 and in the team of Manchester United the best player is Amad Diallo Traore.

• 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 45 goals and 124 shots on goal. Manchester United scored 53 and 145 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Borussia Dortmund are Erling Haaland with 17 goals and Jadon Sancho with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.26.
• The two best players of Manchester United are Bruno Fernandes with 14 goals and Marcus Rashford with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.48 and 0.33.
• Our opinion is that Manchester United has the better offensive players than Borussia Dortmund.

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