Aston Villa vs Union Berlin - who is the better team?

Currently Aston Villa has a better 1vs1 performance index with 90. Aston Villa has 35 goals and Union Berlin has a total of 38 goals. Our opinion is that currently Aston Villa would win the match.

• At the moment Aston Villa has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1314 interceptions and 79 blocks.
• In Aston Villa the two top defensive players are Tyrone Mings and Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
• In Union Berlin the two top defenders are Robin Knoche and Diogo Filipe Monteiro Pinto Leite.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Aston Villa 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. Union Berlin has a PPV value of 0.3 and Aston Villa has a value of 0.23. Within the team of Union Berlin Paul Seguin has a total value of 0.83 and in the team of Aston Villa the best player is Ashley Young.

• 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.)
• Aston Villa has scored in this season so far 35 goals and 115 shots on goal. Union Berlin scored 38 and 96 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Aston Villa are Oliver George Arthur Watkins with 9 goals and Emiliano Buendia Stati with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.9 and 3.92.
• The two best players of Union Berlin are Sheraldo Becker with 7 goals and Kevin Behrens with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 2.75 and 2.62.
• Our opinion is that Union Berlin has the better offensive players than Aston Villa.

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