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

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 100. Liverpool FC has 91 goals and Manchester City has a total of 87 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester City would win the match.

• At the moment Liverpool FC has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1696 interceptions and 124 blocks.
• In Liverpool FC the two top defensive players are Joel Matip and Virgil van Dijk.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Rodri and Joao Cancelo.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Liverpool FC 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 0.41 and Liverpool FC has a value of 0.34. Within the team of Manchester City Joao Cancelo has a total value of 0.91 and in the team of Liverpool FC the best player is Trent Alexander Arnold.

• 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 91 goals and 258 shots on goal. Manchester City scored 87 and 214 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Liverpool FC are Mohamed Salah with 23 goals and Sadio Mané with 16 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 22.22 and 16.68.
• The two best players of Manchester City are Kevin de Bruyne with 15 goals and Raheem Sterling with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.29 and 14.13.
• Our opinion is that Liverpool FC has the better offensive players than Manchester City.

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.