Koln vs Manchester City - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 349. Koln has 21 goals and Manchester City has a total of 56 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester City would win the match.

• At the moment Koln has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1228 interceptions and 73 blocks.
• In Koln the two top defensive players are Ellyes Skhiri and Sebastiaan Bornauw.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Ruben Dias and Rodri.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Koln 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 0.33 and Koln has a value of 0.15. Within the team of Manchester City Joao Cancelo has a total value of 0.85 and in the team of Koln the best player is Marco Hoger.

• 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.)
• Koln has scored in this season so far 21 goals and 64 shots on goal. Manchester City scored 56 and 153 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Koln are Elvis Rexhbecaj with 5 goals and Ellyes Skhiri with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.23.
• The two best players of Manchester City are Ilkay Gundogan with 11 goals and Raheem Sterling with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.49 and 0.46.
• Our opinion is that Manchester City has the better offensive players than Koln.

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.