Chelsea vs Manchester United - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Chelsea has 38 goals and Manchester United has a total of 58 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 1652 interceptions and 68 blocks.
• In Manchester United the two top defensive players are Lisandro Martinez and Luke Shaw.
• In Chelsea the two top defenders are Thiago Silva and Marc Cucurella Saseta.
• 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. Chelsea has a PPV value of 0.35 and Manchester United has a value of 0.25. Within the team of Chelsea N'Golo Kante has a total value of 0.8 and in the team of Manchester United the best player is Luke Shaw.

• 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.)
• Chelsea has scored in this season so far 38 goals and 33.56 shots on goal. Manchester United scored 58 and 37.01 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Chelsea are Kai Havertz with 7 goals and Raheem Sterling with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.31 and 8.17.
• The two best players of Manchester United are Marcus Rashford with 17 goals and Bruno Fernandes with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 13.03 and 9.3.
• Our opinion is that Manchester United has the better offensive players than Chelsea.

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.