Manchester City vs West Ham United - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 100. Manchester City has 95 goals and West Ham United has a total of 57 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester City would win the match.

• At the moment West Ham United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1650 interceptions and 225 blocks.
• In West Ham United the two top defensive players are Declan Rice and Tomas Soucek.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Rodri and Joao Cancelo.
• Based on this statistics we believe that West Ham 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 0.4 and West Ham United has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Manchester City Joao Cancelo has a total value of 0.9 and in the team of West Ham United the best player is Aaron Cresswell.

• 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 95 goals and 240 shots on goal. West Ham United scored 57 and 134 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Manchester City are Kevin de Bruyne with 15 goals and Raheem Sterling with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.29 and 14.13.
• The two best players of West Ham United are Jarrod Bowen with 12 goals and Michail Antonio with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 12.52 and 13.06.
• Our opinion is that Manchester City has the better offensive players than West Ham 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.