Borussia Monchengladbach vs Koln - who is the better team?

Currently Borussia Monchengladbach has a better 1vs1 performance index with 290. Borussia Monchengladbach has 48 goals and Koln has a total of 27 goals. Our opinion is that currently Borussia Monchengladbach would win the match.

• At the moment Koln has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1473 interceptions and 82 blocks.
• In Koln the two top defensive players are Ellyes Skhiri and Rafael Czichos.
• In Borussia Monchengladbach the two top defenders are Nico Elvedi and Matthias Ginter.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Koln 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 Monchengladbach has a PPV value of 0.21 and Koln has a value of 0.17. Within the team of Borussia Monchengladbach Rocco Reitz has a total value of 0.77 and in the team of Koln the best player is Marco Hoger.

• 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 Monchengladbach has scored in this season so far 48 goals and 141 shots on goal. Koln scored 27 and 80 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Borussia Monchengladbach are Lars Stindl with 12 goals and Marcus Thuram with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11 and 6.43.
• The two best players of Koln are Elvis Rexhbecaj with 5 goals and Ondrej Duda with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1.92 and 4.81.
• Our opinion is that Borussia Monchengladbach has the better offensive players than Koln.

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