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

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 352. Manchester City has 66 goals and Leeds United has a total of 47 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 1333 interceptions and 112 blocks.
• In Leeds United the two top defensive players are Luke Ayling and Liam Cooper.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Ruben Dias and Rodri.
• 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 0.33 and Leeds United has a value of 0.24. Within the team of Manchester City Joao Cancelo has a total value of 0.84 and in the team of Leeds United the best player is Pablo Dominguez Hernandez Dominguez.

• 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 66 goals and 181 shots on goal. Leeds United scored 47 and 155 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Manchester City are Ilkay Gundogan with 12 goals and Riyad Mahrez with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9 and 6.62.
• The two best players of Leeds United are Patrick Kojo Bamford with 14 goals and Jack Harrison with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 17.83 and 5.99.
• 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.