Bayer Leverkusen vs Rayo Vallecano - who is the better team?

Currently Bayer 04 Leverkusen has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Bayer 04 Leverkusen has 45 goals and Rayo Vallecano has a total of 31 goals. Our opinion is that currently Bayer 04 Leverkusen would win the match.

• At the moment Bayer 04 Leverkusen has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1207 interceptions and 69 blocks.
• In Bayer 04 Leverkusen the two top defensive players are Edmond Faycal Faycial Tapsoba and Jonathan Tah.
• In Rayo Vallecano the two top defenders are Alejandro Catena Marugan and Francisco Jose Garcia Torres.
• 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. Rayo Vallecano has a PPV value of 0.39 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen has a value of 0.25. Within the team of Rayo Vallecano Josep Maria Chavarria Perez has a total value of 4.25 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 45 goals and 127 shots on goal. Rayo Vallecano scored 31 and 113 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Bayer 04 Leverkusen are Moussa Diaby with 8 goals and Jeremie Frimpong with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.77 and 5.3.
• The two best players of Rayo Vallecano are Isaac Palazon Camacho with 6 goals and Sergio Camello Perez with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.92 and 6.21.
• Our opinion is that Bayer 04 Leverkusen has the better offensive players than Rayo Vallecano.

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.