Manchester City vs Osasuna - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 100. Manchester City has 67 goals and Osasuna has a total of 22 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester City would win the match.

• At the moment Osasuna has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1138 interceptions and 52 blocks.
• In Osasuna the two top defensive players are David Garcia Zubiria and Lucas Torro Marset.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Rodri and Manuel Akanji.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Osasuna 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 Osasuna has a value of 0.27. Within the team of Manchester City Kalvin Phillips has a total value of 1.07 and in the team of Osasuna the best player is Manuel Sanchez Sanchez de la Pena.

• 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. Osasuna scored 22 and 94 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 Osasuna are Luis Ezequiel Avila with 7 goals and Aimar Oroz Huarte with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.57 and 3.17.
• Our opinion is that Manchester City has the better offensive players than Osasuna.

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.