Manchester United vs Bochum - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Manchester United has 41 goals and Bochum has a total of 27 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester United would win the match.

• At the moment Bochum has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1346 interceptions and 70 blocks.
• In Bochum the two top defensive players are Ivan Ordets and Anthony Losilla.
• In Manchester United the two top defenders are Lisandro Martinez and Luke Shaw.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Bochum 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 United has a PPV value of 0.25 and Bochum has a value of 0.2. Within the team of Manchester United Luke Shaw has a total value of 0.66 and in the team of Bochum the best player is Christopher Antwi-Adjei.

• 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 United has scored in this season so far 41 goals and 140 shots on goal. Bochum scored 27 and 94 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Manchester United are Marcus Rashford with 14 goals and Bruno Fernandes with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.81 and 5.73.
• The two best players of Bochum are Philipp Hofmann with 7 goals and Erhan Masovic with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.84 and 1.97.
• Our opinion is that Manchester United has the better offensive players than Bochum.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently Manchester United is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.