Chelsea vs Newcastle United - who is the better team?

Currently Newcastle United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Chelsea has 38 goals and Newcastle United has a total of 68 goals. Our opinion is that currently Newcastle United would win the match.

• At the moment Newcastle United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1674 interceptions and 76 blocks.
• In Newcastle United the two top defensive players are Kieran Trippier and Fabian Schar.
• In Chelsea the two top defenders are Thiago Silva and Marc Cucurella Saseta.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Newcastle United 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 Newcastle United has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Chelsea N'Golo Kante has a total value of 0.8 and in the team of Newcastle United the best player is Kieran Trippier.

• 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. Newcastle United scored 68 and 36.4 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 Newcastle United are Callum Wilson with 18 goals and Miguel Angel Almiron Rejala with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 18.04 and 7.82.
• Our opinion is that Newcastle United has the better offensive players than Chelsea.

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