Augsburg vs Borussia Monchengladbach - who is the better team?

Currently Borussia Monchengladbach has a better 1vs1 performance index with 290. Augsburg has 29 goals and Borussia Monchengladbach has a total of 48 goals. Our opinion is that currently Borussia Monchengladbach would win the match.

• At the moment Augsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1518 interceptions and 89 blocks.
• In Augsburg the two top defensive players are Jeffrey Gouweleeuw and Felix Uduokhai.
• In Borussia Monchengladbach the two top defenders are Nico Elvedi and Matthias Ginter.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Augsburg 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. Borussia Monchengladbach has a PPV value of 0.21 and Augsburg has a value of 0.14. Within the team of Borussia Monchengladbach Rocco Reitz has a total value of 0.77 and in the team of Augsburg the best player is Iago Amaral Iago.

• 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.)
• Augsburg has scored in this season so far 29 goals and 82 shots on goal. Borussia Monchengladbach scored 48 and 141 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Augsburg are Andre Hahn with 7 goals and Ruben Estephan Vargas Martinez with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5 and 3.53.
• The two best players of Borussia Monchengladbach are Lars Stindl with 12 goals and Marcus Thuram with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.39 and 6.43.
• Our opinion is that Borussia Monchengladbach has the better offensive players than Augsburg.

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