Chelsea vs Crystal Palace - who is the better team?

Currently Chelsea has a better 1vs1 performance index with 93. Chelsea has 38 goals and Crystal Palace has a total of 40 goals. Our opinion is that currently Chelsea would win the match.

• At the moment Crystal Palace has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1725 interceptions and 58 blocks.
• In Crystal Palace the two top defensive players are Addji Keaninkin Marc-Israel Guehi and Joachim Andersen.
• In Chelsea the two top defenders are Thiago Silva and Marc Cucurella Saseta.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Crystal Palace 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. Chelsea has a PPV value of 0.35 and Crystal Palace has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Chelsea N'Golo Kante has a total value of 0.8 and in the team of Crystal Palace the best player is Albert Sambi Sambi Lokonga.

• 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.)
• Chelsea has scored in this season so far 38 goals and 33.56 shots on goal. Crystal Palace scored 40 and 33.67 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Chelsea are Kai Havertz with 7 goals and Raheem Sterling with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.31 and 8.17.
• The two best players of Crystal Palace are Eberechi Eze with 10 goals and Wilfried Zaha with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.81 and 8.07.
• Our opinion is that Crystal Palace has the better offensive players than Chelsea.

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