Manchester City vs Union Berlin - who is the better team?

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

• At the moment Union Berlin has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1199 interceptions and 60 blocks.
• In Union Berlin the two top defensive players are Robin Knoche and Diogo Filipe Monteiro Pinto Leite.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Rodri and Manuel Akanji.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Union Berlin 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 Union Berlin has a value of 0.3. Within the team of Manchester City Kalvin Phillips has a total value of 1.07 and in the team of Union Berlin the best player is Paul Seguin.

• 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. Union Berlin scored 38 and 96 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 Union Berlin are Sheraldo Becker with 7 goals and Kevin Behrens with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 2.75 and 2.62.
• Our opinion is that Manchester City has the better offensive players than Union Berlin.

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.