Tottenham Hotspur vs PSG - who is the better team?

Currently Paris Saint-Germain has a better 1vs1 performance index with 94. Tottenham Hotspur has 70 goals and Paris Saint-Germain has a total of 89 goals. Our opinion is that currently Paris Saint-Germain would win the match.

• At the moment Tottenham Hotspur has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1524 interceptions and 99 blocks.
• In Tottenham Hotspur the two top defensive players are Pierre Emile Hojbjerg and Eric Dier.
• In Paris Saint-Germain the two top defenders are Danilo Pereira and Sergio Ramos.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Tottenham Hotspur 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 0.43 and Tottenham Hotspur has a value of 0.24. Within the team of Paris Saint-Germain Marco Verratti has a total value of 0.91 and in the team of Tottenham Hotspur the best player is Ivan Perisic.

• 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.)
• Tottenham Hotspur has scored in this season so far 70 goals and 39.42 shots on goal. Paris Saint-Germain scored 89 and 44.06 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Tottenham Hotspur are Harry Kane with 30 goals and Heung min Son with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 21.41 and 10.79.
• The two best players of Paris Saint-Germain are Kylian Mbappe with 29 goals and Lionel Messi with 16 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 24.64 and 17.45.
• Our opinion is that Paris Saint-Germain has the better offensive players than Tottenham Hotspur.

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.