PSG vs Manchester City - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 100. Paris Saint-Germain has 48 goals and Manchester City has a total of 53 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester City would win the match.

• At the moment Manchester City has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 682 interceptions and 35 blocks.
• In Manchester City the two top defensive players are Rodri and Ederson Santana de Moraes.
• In Paris Saint-Germain the two top defenders are Marcos Aoas Correa and Sergio Ramos.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Manchester City 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 Paris Saint-Germain has a value of 0.43. Within the team of Manchester City Kalvin Phillips has a total value of 1.07 and in the team of Paris Saint-Germain the best player is Marco Verratti.

• 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.)
• Paris Saint-Germain has scored in this season so far 48 goals and 142 shots on goal. Manchester City scored 53 and 123 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Paris Saint-Germain are Kylian Mbappe with 13 goals and Junior Neymar with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.81 and 6.93.
• The two best players of Manchester City are Erling Haaland with 25 goals and Phil Foden with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 16.87 and 4.06.
• Our opinion is that Manchester City has the better offensive players than Paris Saint-Germain.

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.