Borussia Dortmund vs VfB Stuttgart - who is the better team?

Currently Borussia Dortmund has a better 1vs1 performance index with 318. Borussia Dortmund has 55 goals and VfB Stuttgart has a total of 48 goals. Our opinion is that currently Borussia Dortmund would win the match.

• At the moment VfB Stuttgart has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1346 interceptions and 83 blocks.
• In VfB Stuttgart the two top defensive players are Wataru Endo and Waldemar Anton.
• In Borussia Dortmund the two top defenders are Mats Hummels and Manuel Akanji.
• Based on this statistics we believe that VfB Stuttgart 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. Borussia Dortmund has a PPV value of 0.3 and VfB Stuttgart has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Borussia Dortmund Raphael Guerreiro has a total value of 0.95 and in the team of VfB Stuttgart the best player is Borna Sosa.

• 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 55 goals and 151 shots on goal. VfB Stuttgart scored 48 and 138 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Borussia Dortmund are Erling Haaland with 21 goals and Jadon Sancho with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 20 and 6.07.
• The two best players of VfB Stuttgart are Sasa Kalajdzic with 13 goals and Silas Wamangituka with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.34 and 8.17.
• Our opinion is that Borussia Dortmund has the better offensive players than VfB Stuttgart.

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.