Manchester United vs Crystal Palace - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Manchester United has 51 goals and Crystal Palace has a total of 50 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester United would win the match.

• At the moment Crystal Palace has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1825 interceptions and 203 blocks.
• In Crystal Palace the two top defensive players are Joachim Andersen and Addji Keaninkin Marc-Israel Guehi.
• In Manchester United the two top defenders are Harry Maguire and Scott McTominay.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Crystal Palace 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 0.26 and Crystal Palace has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Manchester United Juan Mata has a total value of 0.74 and in the team of Crystal Palace the best player is Michael Olise.

• 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 51 goals and 166 shots on goal. Crystal Palace scored 50 and 138 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 Crystal Palace are Wilfried Zaha with 14 goals and Conor Gallagher with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 10.25 and 6.86.
• Our opinion is that Manchester United has the better offensive players than Crystal Palace.

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.