Borussia Dortmund vs VfL Wolfsburg - who is the better team?

Currently Borussia Dortmund has a better 1vs1 performance index with 318. Borussia Dortmund has 55 goals and VfL Wolfsburg has a total of 46 goals. Our opinion is that currently Borussia Dortmund would win the match.

• At the moment VfL Wolfsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1519 interceptions and 59 blocks.
• In VfL Wolfsburg the two top defensive players are John Anthony Brooks and Maxence Lacroix.
• In Borussia Dortmund the two top defenders are Mats Hummels and Manuel Akanji.
• Based on this statistics we believe that VfL Wolfsburg 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 VfL Wolfsburg has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Borussia Dortmund Raphael Guerreiro has a total value of 0.95 and in the team of VfL Wolfsburg the best player is Admir Mehmedi.

• 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. VfL Wolfsburg scored 46 and 136 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 VfL Wolfsburg are Wout Weghorst with 18 goals and Ridle Bote Baku with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 15.25 and 2.89.
• Our opinion is that Borussia Dortmund has the better offensive players than VfL Wolfsburg.

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.