Manchester City vs Leeds United - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 100. Manchester City has 94 goals and Leeds United has a total of 48 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester City would win the match.

• At the moment Leeds United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1571 interceptions and 64 blocks.
• In Leeds United the two top defensive players are Robin Koch and Luke David Ayling.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Rodri and Nathan Ake.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Leeds 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. Manchester City has a PPV value of 0.44 and Leeds United has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Manchester City Kalvin Phillips has a total value of 1.07 and in the team of Leeds United the best player is Pascal Augustus Struijk.

• 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.)
• Manchester City has scored in this season so far 94 goals and 37.97 shots on goal. Leeds United scored 48 and 36.1 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Manchester City are Erling Haaland with 36 goals and Phil Foden with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 28.1 and 6.11.
• The two best players of Leeds United are Moreno Machado Rodrigo with 13 goals and Luis Fernando Sinisterra Lucumi with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.49 and 2.52.
• Our opinion is that Manchester City has the better offensive players than Leeds United.

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.