Chelsea vs West Ham United - who is the better team?

Currently Chelsea has a better 1vs1 performance index with 93. Chelsea has 29 goals and West Ham United has a total of 24 goals. Our opinion is that currently Chelsea would win the match.

• At the moment West Ham United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1170 interceptions and 72 blocks.
• In West Ham United the two top defensive players are Declan Rice and Thilo Kehrer.
• In Chelsea the two top defenders are Thiago Silva and Kalidou Koulibaly.
• Based on this statistics we believe that West Ham 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 West Ham United 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 West Ham United the best player is Aaron Cresswell.

• 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. West Ham United scored 24 and 100 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 West Ham United are Danny Ings with 8 goals and Said Benrahma with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.54 and 5.23.
• Our opinion is that Chelsea has the better offensive players than West Ham United.

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.