Bayern Munich vs U.S. Sassuolo - who is the better team?

Currently Bayern Munich has a better 1vs1 performance index with 334. Bayern Munich has 62 goals and U.S. Sassuolo has a total of 37 goals. Our opinion is that currently Bayern Munich would win the match.

• At the moment Bayern Munich has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 986 interceptions and 48 blocks.
• In Bayern Munich the two top defensive players are David Alaba and Jerome Boateng.
• In U.S. Sassuolo the two top defenders are Manuel Locatelli and Gian Marco Ferrari.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Bayern Munich 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. Bayern Munich has a PPV value of 0.34 and U.S. Sassuolo has a value of 0.25. Within the team of Bayern Munich Joshua Kimmich has a total value of 0.89 and in the team of U.S. Sassuolo the best player is Manuel Locatelli.

• 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.)
• Bayern Munich has scored in this season so far 62 goals and 156 shots on goal. U.S. Sassuolo scored 37 and 104 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Bayern Munich are Robert Lewandowski with 25 goals and Thomas Muller with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.33.
• The two best players of U.S. Sassuolo are Francesco Caputo with 10 goals and Domenico Berardi with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.62 and 0.31.
• Our opinion is that Bayern Munich has the better offensive players than U.S. Sassuolo.

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