Chelsea vs Real Madrid - who is the better team?

Currently Chelsea has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Chelsea has 75 goals and Real Madrid has a total of 80 goals. Our opinion is that currently Chelsea would win the match.

• At the moment Chelsea has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1628 interceptions and 141 blocks.
• In Chelsea the two top defensive players are Thiago Silva and Antonio Ruediger.
• In Real Madrid the two top defenders are Eder Militao and Casemiro.
• 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 0.49 and Chelsea has a value of 0.39. Within the team of Real Madrid Toni Kroos has a total value of 0.88 and in the team of Chelsea the best player is Robert Kenedy Nunes do Nascimento.

• 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 75 goals and 211 shots on goal. Real Madrid scored 80 and 227 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Chelsea are Mason Mount with 11 goals and Romelu Lukaku with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.4 and 8.45.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Karim Benzema with 27 goals and Vinicius Junior with 17 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 26.04 and 13.03.
• Our opinion is that Real Madrid 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.