Manchester City vs Southampton - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 100. Manchester City has 94 goals and Southampton has a total of 36 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester City would win the match.

• At the moment Southampton has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1870 interceptions and 66 blocks.
• In Southampton the two top defensive players are Mohamed Salisu Abdul Karim and Jan Bednarek.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Rodri and Nathan Ake.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Southampton 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 Southampton has a value of 0.24. Within the team of Manchester City Kalvin Phillips has a total value of 1.07 and in the team of Southampton the best player is Stuart Armstrong.

• 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. Southampton scored 36 and 36.01 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 Southampton are James Ward Prowse with 9 goals and Che Adams with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.66 and 5.9.
• Our opinion is that Manchester City has the better offensive players than Southampton.

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.