Borussia Dortmund vs Villarreal - who is the better team?

Currently Borussia Dortmund has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Borussia Dortmund has 85 goals and Villarreal has a total of 63 goals. Our opinion is that currently Borussia Dortmund would win the match.

• At the moment Villarreal has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1975 interceptions and 226 blocks.
• In Villarreal the two top defensive players are Jorge Cuenca Barreno and Raul Tortajada Albiol.
• In Borussia Dortmund the two top defenders are Nico Schlotterbeck and Salih Ozcan.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Villarreal 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 0.33 and Villarreal has a value of 0.28. Within the team of Borussia Dortmund Raphael Guerreiro has a total value of 0.64 and in the team of Villarreal the best player is Dani Parejo.

• 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 85 goals and 149 shots on goal. Villarreal scored 63 and 199 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Borussia Dortmund are Julian Brandt with 9 goals and Marco Reus with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.4 and 7.63.
• The two best players of Villarreal are Jose Luis Morales with 13 goals and Arnaut Danjuma Adam Adam Groeneveld with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 12.42 and 13.61.
• Our opinion is that Borussia Dortmund has the better offensive players than Villarreal.

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.