Manchester United vs Sassuolo - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Manchester United has 41 goals and U.S. Sassuolo has a total of 35 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 1279 interceptions and 68 blocks.
• In Manchester United the two top defensive players are Lisandro Martinez and Luke Shaw.
• In U.S. Sassuolo the two top defenders are Rogerio Oliveira da Silva and Martin Erlic.
• 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. U.S. Sassuolo has a PPV value of 0.26 and Manchester United has a value of 0.25. Within the team of U.S. Sassuolo Emil Konradsen Konradsen Ceide has a total value of 0.63 and in the team of Manchester United the best player is Luke Shaw.

• 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 41 goals and 140 shots on goal. U.S. Sassuolo scored 35 and 131 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Manchester United are Marcus Rashford with 14 goals and Bruno Fernandes with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.81 and 5.73.
• The two best players of U.S. Sassuolo are Davide Frattesi with 6 goals and Domenico Berardi with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.86 and 7.05.
• Our opinion is that Manchester United has the better offensive players than U.S. Sassuolo.

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.