Paris Saint-Germain vs Manchester City - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 100. Paris Saint-Germain has 87 goals and Manchester City has a total of 95 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 1321 interceptions and 113 blocks.
• In Manchester City the two top defensive players are Rodri and Joao Cancelo.
• In Paris Saint-Germain the two top defenders are Marcos Aoas Correa and Presnel Kimpembe.
• 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. Paris Saint-Germain has a PPV value of 0.45 and Manchester City has a value of 0.4. Within the team of Paris Saint-Germain Lionel Messi has a total value of 0.9 and in the team of Manchester City the best player is Joao Cancelo.

• 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 87 goals and 197 shots on goal. Manchester City scored 95 and 240 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Paris Saint-Germain are Kylian Mbappe with 28 goals and Junior Neymar with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 19.22 and 10.83.
• The two best players of Manchester City are Kevin de Bruyne with 15 goals and Raheem Sterling with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.29 and 14.13.
• 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.