Real Madrid vs Paris Saint-Germain - who is the better team?

Currently Paris Saint-Germain has a better 1vs1 performance index with 336. Real Madrid has 49 goals and Paris Saint-Germain has a total of 75 goals. Our opinion is that currently Paris Saint-Germain would win the match.

• At the moment Real Madrid has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1114 interceptions and 53 blocks.
• In Real Madrid the two top defensive players are Casemiro and Sergio Ramos.
• In Paris Saint-Germain the two top defenders are Thiago Silva and Marcos Aoas Correa.
• 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. Paris Saint-Germain has a PPV value of 0.38 and Real Madrid has a value of 0.34. Within the team of Paris Saint-Germain Marco Verratti has a total value of 1.04 and in the team of Real Madrid the best player is Vieira da Silva Junior Marcelo.

• 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 49 goals and 171 shots on goal. Paris Saint-Germain scored 75 and 202 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Karim Benzema with 15 goals and Sergio Ramos with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.26.
• The two best players of Paris Saint-Germain are Kylian Mbappe with 18 goals and Junior Neymar with 12 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.91 and 1.09.
• Our opinion is that Paris Saint-Germain has the better offensive players than Real Madrid.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently Paris Saint-Germain is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.