Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur - who is the better team?

Currently Tottenham Hotspur has a better 1vs1 performance index with 94. Chelsea has 38 goals and Tottenham Hotspur has a total of 70 goals. Our opinion is that currently Tottenham Hotspur would win the match.

• At the moment Tottenham Hotspur has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1524 interceptions and 99 blocks.
• In Tottenham Hotspur the two top defensive players are Pierre Emile Hojbjerg and Eric Dier.
• In Chelsea the two top defenders are Thiago Silva and Marc Cucurella Saseta.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Tottenham Hotspur 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 Tottenham Hotspur has a value of 0.24. Within the team of Chelsea N'Golo Kante has a total value of 0.8 and in the team of Tottenham Hotspur the best player is Ivan Perisic.

• 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. Tottenham Hotspur scored 70 and 39.42 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 Tottenham Hotspur are Harry Kane with 30 goals and Heung min Son with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 21.41 and 10.79.
• Our opinion is that Tottenham Hotspur has the better offensive players than Chelsea.

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