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 67 goals and West Ham United has a total of 24 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 1170 interceptions and 72 blocks.
• In West Ham United the two top defensive players are Declan Rice and Thilo Kehrer.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Rodri and Manuel Akanji.
• 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 0.44 and West Ham United 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 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 67 goals and 161 shots on goal. West Ham United scored 24 and 100 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 West Ham United are Danny Ings with 8 goals and Said Benrahma with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.54 and 5.23.
• 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.