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

Currently Borussia Dortmund has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Borussia Dortmund has 38 goals and Bayer 04 Leverkusen has a total of 30 goals. Our opinion is that currently Borussia Dortmund would win the match.

• At the moment Borussia Dortmund has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 997 interceptions and 49 blocks.
• In Borussia Dortmund the two top defensive players are Nico Schlotterbeck and Salih Ozcan.
• In Bayer 04 Leverkusen the two top defenders are Edmond Faycal Faycial Tapsoba and Jonathan Tah.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Borussia Dortmund 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 Borussia Dortmund has a value of 0.25. Within the team of Bayer 04 Leverkusen Jeremie Frimpong has a total value of 0.53 and in the team of Borussia Dortmund the best player is Thomas Meunier.

• 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.)
• Borussia Dortmund has scored in this season so far 38 goals and 108 shots on goal. Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored 30 and 92 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Borussia Dortmund are Youssoufa Moukoko with 6 goals and Julian Brandt with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.51 and 2.07.
• The two best players of Bayer 04 Leverkusen are Moussa Diaby with 6 goals and Jeremie Frimpong with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.71 and 3.74.
• 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.