Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia M'gladbach - who is the better team?

Currently Bayer 04 Leverkusen has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Bayer 04 Leverkusen has 57 goals and Borussia Monchengladbach has a total of 52 goals. Our opinion is that currently Bayer 04 Leverkusen would win the match.

• At the moment Borussia Monchengladbach has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1466 interceptions and 59 blocks.
• In Borussia Monchengladbach the two top defensive players are Nico Elvedi and Ramy Bensebaini.
• In Bayer 04 Leverkusen the two top defenders are Edmond Faycal Faycial Tapsoba and Robert Andrich.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Borussia Monchengladbach 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 0.27 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen has a value of 0.25. Within the team of Borussia Monchengladbach Nathan Ngoumou Minpole has a total value of 0.71 and in the team of Bayer 04 Leverkusen the best player is Jeremie Frimpong.

• 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 57 goals and 40.1 shots on goal. Borussia Monchengladbach scored 52 and 43.3 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Bayer 04 Leverkusen are Moussa Diaby with 9 goals and Jeremie Frimpong with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.2 and 6.58.
• The two best players of Borussia Monchengladbach are Marcus Thuram with 13 goals and Jonas Hofmann with 12 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 16.18 and 6.46.
• Our opinion is that Bayer 04 Leverkusen has the better offensive players than Borussia Monchengladbach.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently Bayer 04 Leverkusen is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.