Marseille vs Manchester City - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 100. Olympique de Marseille has 53 goals and Manchester City has a total of 67 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester City would win the match.

• At the moment Olympique de Marseille has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1244 interceptions and 49 blocks.
• In Olympique de Marseille the two top defensive players are Chancel Mbemba and Leonardo Balerdi.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Rodri and Manuel Akanji.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Olympique de Marseille 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 0.44 and Olympique de Marseille has a value of 0.34. Within the team of Manchester City Kalvin Phillips has a total value of 1.07 and in the team of Olympique de Marseille the best player is Amine Harit.

• 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.)
• Olympique de Marseille has scored in this season so far 53 goals and 152 shots on goal. Manchester City scored 67 and 161 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Olympique de Marseille are Alexis Alehandru Sanchez with 12 goals and Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.33 and 3.68.
• The two best players of Manchester City are Erling Haaland with 28 goals and Phil Foden with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 21.57 and 5.25.
• Our opinion is that Manchester City has the better offensive players than Olympique de Marseille.

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.