Manchester United vs Leicester City - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Manchester United has 58 goals and Leicester City has a total of 51 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester United would win the match.

• At the moment Manchester United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1652 interceptions and 68 blocks.
• In Manchester United the two top defensive players are Lisandro Martinez and Luke Shaw.
• In Leicester City the two top defenders are Wout Felix Lina Faes and Timothy Castagne.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Manchester 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 United has a PPV value of 0.25 and Leicester City 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 Leicester City the best player is Youri Tielemans.

• 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. Leicester City scored 51 and 38.02 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 Leicester City are Harvey Barnes with 13 goals and Kelechi Iheanacho with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.86 and 5.38.
• Our opinion is that Manchester United has the better offensive players than Leicester City.

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.