Bayer Leverkusen vs Freiburg - who is the better team?

Currently SC Freiburg has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Bayer 04 Leverkusen has 57 goals and SC Freiburg has a total of 51 goals. Our opinion is that currently SC Freiburg would win the match.

• At the moment SC Freiburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1427 interceptions and 54 blocks.
• In SC Freiburg the two top defensive players are Matthias Ginter and Nicolas Hofler.
• In Bayer 04 Leverkusen the two top defenders are Edmond Faycal Faycial Tapsoba and Robert Andrich.
• Based on this statistics we believe that SC Freiburg 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. Bayer 04 Leverkusen has a PPV value of 0.25 and SC Freiburg has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Bayer 04 Leverkusen Jeremie Frimpong has a total value of 0.53 and in the team of SC Freiburg the best player is Vincenzo Grifo.

• 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. SC Freiburg scored 51 and 42.71 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 SC Freiburg are Vincenzo Grifo with 15 goals and Michael Gregoritsch with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.26 and 9.54.
• Our opinion is that Bayer 04 Leverkusen has the better offensive players than SC Freiburg.

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