West Ham United vs Leicester City - who is the better team?

Currently Leicester City has a better 1vs1 performance index with 309. West Ham United has 48 goals and Leicester City has a total of 53 goals. Our opinion is that currently Leicester City would win the match.

• At the moment West Ham United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1455 interceptions and 84 blocks.
• In West Ham United the two top defensive players are Declan Rice and Tomas Soucek.
• In Leicester City the two top defenders are Jonny Evans and James Justin.
• Based on this statistics we believe that West Ham United 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. Leicester City has a PPV value of 0.19 and West Ham United has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Leicester City Thakgalo Khanya Leshabela has a total value of 1.03 and in the team of West Ham United the best player is Arthur Masuaku.

• 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.)
• West Ham United has scored in this season so far 48 goals and 124 shots on goal. Leicester City scored 53 and 132 shots on goal.
• The two best players of West Ham United are Tomas Soucek with 9 goals and Jarrod Bowen with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9 and 4.84.
• The two best players of Leicester City are Jamie Vardy with 12 goals and Harvey Barnes with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 16.46 and 6.03.
• Our opinion is that Leicester City has the better offensive players than West Ham United.

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