Manchester City vs Leicester City - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 100. Manchester City has 67 goals and Leicester City has a total of 38 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester City would win the match.

• At the moment Leicester City has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1164 interceptions and 88 blocks.
• In Leicester City the two top defensive players are Timothy Castagne and Daniel Amartey.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Rodri and Manuel Akanji.
• 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. Manchester City has a PPV value of 0.44 and Leicester City has a value of 0.23. Within the team of Manchester City Kalvin Phillips has a total value of 1.07 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.)
• Manchester City has scored in this season so far 67 goals and 161 shots on goal. Leicester City scored 38 and 102 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Manchester City are Erling Haaland with 28 goals and Phil Foden with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 21.57 and 5.25.
• The two best players of Leicester City are Harvey Barnes with 9 goals and James Maddison with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.59 and 4.23.
• Our opinion is that Manchester City has the better offensive players than Leicester 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.