Borussia Dortmund vs Paris Saint-Germain - who is the better team?

Currently Paris Saint-Germain has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Borussia Dortmund has 85 goals and Paris Saint-Germain has a total of 90 goals. Our opinion is that currently Paris Saint-Germain would win the match.

• At the moment Borussia Dortmund has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1971 interceptions and 163 blocks.
• In Borussia Dortmund the two top defensive players are Nico Schlotterbeck and Salih Ozcan.
• In Paris Saint-Germain the two top defenders are Marcos Aoas Correa and Presnel Kimpembe.
• 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. Paris Saint-Germain has a PPV value of 0.41 and Borussia Dortmund has a value of 0.33. Within the team of Paris Saint-Germain Isma?l Gharbi has a total value of 1.37 and in the team of Borussia Dortmund the best player is Raphael Guerreiro.

• 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 85 goals and 149 shots on goal. Paris Saint-Germain scored 90 and 236 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Borussia Dortmund are Julian Brandt with 9 goals and Marco Reus with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.4 and 7.63.
• The two best players of Paris Saint-Germain are Kylian Mbappe with 28 goals and Junior Neymar with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 19.22 and 10.83.
• Our opinion is that Paris Saint-Germain has the better offensive players than Borussia Dortmund.

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