Leicester City vs Southampton - who is the better team?

Currently Leicester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 87. Leicester City has 62 goals and Southampton has a total of 41 goals. Our opinion is that currently Leicester City would win the match.

• At the moment Southampton has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1982 interceptions and 208 blocks.
• In Southampton the two top defensive players are Mohamed Salisu Abdul Karim and Jan Bednarek.
• In Leicester City the two top defenders are Caglar Soyuncu and Luke Thomas.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Southampton 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. Leicester City has a PPV value of 0.26 and Southampton has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Leicester City Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira has a total value of 0.46 and in the team of Southampton the best player is Kyle Walker Peters.

• 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.)
• Leicester City has scored in this season so far 62 goals and 149 shots on goal. Southampton scored 41 and 154 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Leicester City are Jamie Vardy with 15 goals and James Maddison with 12 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.9 and 7.12.
• The two best players of Southampton are James Ward Prowse with 10 goals and Che Adams with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.62 and 7.92.
• Our opinion is that Leicester City has the better offensive players than Southampton.

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