Manchester United vs Borussia Dortmund - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Manchester United has 57 goals and Borussia Dortmund has a total of 85 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester United would win the match.

• At the moment Borussia Dortmund has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1971 interceptions and 163 blocks.
• In Borussia Dortmund the two top defensive players are Nico Schlotterbeck and Salih Ozcan.
• In Manchester United the two top defenders are Harry Maguire and Scott McTominay.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Borussia Dortmund 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. Borussia Dortmund has a PPV value of 0.33 and Manchester United has a value of 0.26. Within the team of Borussia Dortmund Raphael Guerreiro has a total value of 0.64 and in the team of Manchester United the best player is Christian Eriksen.

• 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 57 goals and 180 shots on goal. Borussia Dortmund scored 85 and 149 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Manchester United are Cristiano Ronaldo with 18 goals and Bruno Fernandes with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 18.42 and 9.64.
• The two best players of Borussia Dortmund are Julian Brandt with 9 goals and Marco Reus with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.4 and 7.63.
• Our opinion is that Borussia Dortmund has the better offensive players than Manchester United.

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.