Real Madrid vs Manchester City - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 100. Real Madrid has 80 goals and Manchester City has a total of 99 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester City would win the match.

• At the moment Real Madrid has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1798 interceptions and 228 blocks.
• In Real Madrid the two top defensive players are Aurelien Tchouameni and Eder Militao.
• In Manchester City the two top defenders are Rodri and Joao Cancelo.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Real Madrid 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. Real Madrid has a PPV value of 0.5 and Manchester City has a value of 0.39. Within the team of Real Madrid Toni Kroos has a total value of 0.88 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.)
• Real Madrid has scored in this season so far 80 goals and 250 shots on goal. Manchester City scored 99 and 252 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Karim Benzema with 27 goals and Vinicius Junior with 17 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 26.04 and 13.03.
• 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 Real Madrid.

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.