Borussia Dortmund vs Chelsea - who is the better team?

Currently Chelsea has a better 1vs1 performance index with 331. Borussia Dortmund has 69 goals and Chelsea has a total of 55 goals. Our opinion is that currently Chelsea would win the match.

• At the moment Chelsea has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1495 interceptions and 86 blocks.
• In Chelsea the two top defensive players are N'Golo Kante and Cesar Azpilicueta.
• In Borussia Dortmund the two top defenders are Mats Hummels and Manuel Akanji.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Chelsea 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. Chelsea has a PPV value of 0.31 and Borussia Dortmund has a value of 0.3. Within the team of Chelsea Mateo Kovacic has a total value of 0.82 and in the team of Borussia Dortmund the best player is Raphael Guerreiro.

• 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 69 goals and 183 shots on goal. Chelsea scored 55 and 189 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Borussia Dortmund are Erling Haaland with 25 goals and Jadon Sancho with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 26 and 7.41.
• The two best players of Chelsea are Frello Filho Jorginho with 6 goals and Timo Werner with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.17 and 12.6.
• Our opinion is that Borussia Dortmund has the better offensive players than Chelsea.

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