Chelsea vs Real Madrid - who is the better team?

Currently Real Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 94. Chelsea has 29 goals and Real Madrid has a total of 51 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment Chelsea has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1126 interceptions and 62 blocks.
• In Chelsea the two top defensive players are Thiago Silva and Kalidou Koulibaly.
• In Real Madrid the two top defenders are Eder Militao and Daniel Carvajal.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Chelsea 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. Real Madrid has a PPV value of 0.4 and Chelsea has a value of 0.35. Within the team of Real Madrid Toni Kroos has a total value of 0.85 and in the team of Chelsea the best player is N'Golo Kante.

• 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 29 goals and 107 shots on goal. Real Madrid scored 51 and 158 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Chelsea are Kai Havertz with 7 goals and Joao Felix with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.22 and 3.19.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Karim Benzema with 11 goals and Vinicius Junior with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 13.75 and 6.88.
• Our opinion is that Real Madrid has the better offensive players than Chelsea.

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