Manchester United vs Fulham - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Manchester United has 58 goals and Fulham has a total of 55 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester United would win the match.

• At the moment Fulham has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1663 interceptions and 70 blocks.
• In Fulham the two top defensive players are Antonee Robinson and Kenny Tete.
• In Manchester United the two top defenders are Lisandro Martinez and Luke Shaw.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Fulham 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 Fulham has a value of 0.23. Within the team of Manchester United Luke Shaw has a total value of 0.66 and in the team of Fulham the best player is Tom Cairney.

• 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 58 goals and 37.01 shots on goal. Fulham scored 55 and 37.4 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Manchester United are Marcus Rashford with 17 goals and Bruno Fernandes with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 13.03 and 9.3.
• The two best players of Fulham are Aleksandar Mitrovic with 14 goals and Willian Borges da Silva with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 15.69 and 4.29.
• Our opinion is that Manchester United has the better offensive players than Fulham.

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.