Borussia M'gladbach vs Freiburg - who is the better team?

Currently SC Freiburg has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Borussia Monchengladbach has 40 goals and SC Freiburg has a total of 38 goals. Our opinion is that currently SC Freiburg would win the match.

• At the moment SC Freiburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1240 interceptions and 54 blocks.
• In SC Freiburg the two top defensive players are Matthias Ginter and Philipp Lienhart.
• In Borussia Monchengladbach the two top defenders are Nico Elvedi and Ramy Bensebaini.
• Based on this statistics we believe that SC Freiburg 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 0.27 and SC Freiburg has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Borussia Monchengladbach Nathan Ngoumou Minpole has a total value of 0.71 and in the team of SC Freiburg the best player is Vincenzo Grifo.

• 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 40 goals and 130 shots on goal. SC Freiburg scored 38 and 128 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Borussia Monchengladbach are Marcus Thuram with 12 goals and Jonas Hofmann with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 13.96 and 4.69.
• The two best players of SC Freiburg are Vincenzo Grifo with 12 goals and Michael Gregoritsch with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.68 and 8.63.
• Our opinion is that Borussia Monchengladbach has the better offensive players than SC Freiburg.

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