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

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 100. Manchester United has 57 goals and Manchester City has a total of 99 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester City would win the match.

• At the moment Manchester United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1746 interceptions and 218 blocks.
• In Manchester United the two top defensive players are Harry Maguire and Scott McTominay.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Rodri and Joao Cancelo.
• 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 City has a PPV value of 0.39 and Manchester United has a value of 0.26. Within the team of Manchester City Joao Cancelo has a total value of 0.91 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. Manchester City scored 99 and 252 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 Manchester City are Erling Haaland with 22 goals and Kevin de Bruyne with 15 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 17.68 and 6.29.
• Our opinion is that Manchester City has the better offensive players than Manchester United.

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