Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Borussia Dortmund - who is the better team?

Currently Borussia Dortmund has a better 1vs1 performance index with 318. Bayer 04 Leverkusen has 48 goals and Borussia Dortmund has a total of 62 goals. Our opinion is that currently Borussia Dortmund would win the match.

• At the moment Bayer 04 Leverkusen has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1426 interceptions and 65 blocks.
• In Bayer 04 Leverkusen the two top defensive players are Edmond Faycal Faycial Tapsoba and Jonathan Tah.
• In Borussia Dortmund the two top defenders are Mats Hummels and Manuel Akanji.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Bayer 04 Leverkusen 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 Dortmund has a PPV value of 0.3 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen has a value of 0.27. Within the team of Borussia Dortmund Raphael Guerreiro has a total value of 0.96 and in the team of Bayer 04 Leverkusen the best player is Aleksandar Dragovic.

• 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.)
• Bayer 04 Leverkusen has scored in this season so far 48 goals and 144 shots on goal. Borussia Dortmund scored 62 and 166 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Bayer 04 Leverkusen are Lucas Nicolas Alario with 10 goals and Patrik Schick with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7 and 9.7.
• The two best players of Borussia Dortmund are Erling Haaland with 23 goals and Jadon Sancho with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 21.93 and 6.07.
• Our opinion is that Borussia Dortmund has the better offensive players than Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

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