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

Currently Paris Saint-Germain has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Real Madrid has 80 goals and Paris Saint-Germain has a total of 87 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 1356 interceptions and 192 blocks.
• In Real Madrid the two top defensive players are Eder Militao and Casemiro.
• In Paris Saint-Germain the two top defenders are Marcos Aoas Correa and Presnel Kimpembe.
• 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 0.49 and Paris Saint-Germain has a value of 0.45. Within the team of Real Madrid Toni Kroos has a total value of 0.88 and in the team of Paris Saint-Germain the best player is Lionel Messi.

• 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 227 shots on goal. Paris Saint-Germain scored 87 and 197 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 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.
• 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.