head to head
vs
FIFA Soccer 13vsTop Spin 4
FIFA Soccer 13 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Top Spin 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
FIFA Soccer 13Top Spin 4
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Top Spin 4 leans harder on execution: Shot timing meter decides every rally
Reads6 vs 5
FIFA Soccer 13 leans harder on reads: Online humans keep adjusting their patterns
Variance3 vs 1
FIFA Soccer 13 leans harder on variance: First-touch randomness and deflections add chaos
Optimization4 vs 4
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.