Liverpool FC vs Leicester City - who is the better team?

Currently Liverpool FC has a better 1vs1 performance index with 94. Liverpool FC has 75 goals and Leicester City has a total of 51 goals. Our opinion is that currently Liverpool FC would win the match.

• At the moment Leicester City has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1624 interceptions and 88 blocks.
• In Leicester City the two top defensive players are Wout Felix Lina Faes and Timothy Castagne.
• In Liverpool FC the two top defenders are Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Leicester City 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. Liverpool FC has a PPV value of 0.34 and Leicester City has a value of 0.23. Within the team of Liverpool FC Trent Alexander Arnold has a total value of 0.95 and in the team of Leicester City the best player is Youri Tielemans.

• 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.)
• Liverpool FC has scored in this season so far 75 goals and 36.49 shots on goal. Leicester City scored 51 and 38.02 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Liverpool FC are Mohamed Salah with 19 goals and Roberto Firmino with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 20.03 and 7.7.
• The two best players of Leicester City are Harvey Barnes with 13 goals and Kelechi Iheanacho with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.86 and 5.38.
• Our opinion is that Liverpool FC has the better offensive players than Leicester City.

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