Chelsea vs Wolverhampton Wanderers - who is the better team?

Currently Chelsea has a better 1vs1 performance index with 93. Chelsea has 38 goals and Wolverhampton Wanderers has a total of 31 goals. Our opinion is that currently Chelsea would win the match.

• At the moment Wolverhampton Wanderers has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1645 interceptions and 67 blocks.
• In Wolverhampton Wanderers the two top defensive players are Maximilian Kilman and Ruben Diogo Neves.
• In Chelsea the two top defenders are Thiago Silva and Marc Cucurella Saseta.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Wolverhampton Wanderers 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 Wolverhampton Wanderers has a value of 0.26. Within the team of Chelsea N'Golo Kante has a total value of 0.8 and in the team of Wolverhampton Wanderers the best player is Adama Traore Diarra.

• 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. Wolverhampton Wanderers scored 31 and 31.76 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 Wolverhampton Wanderers are Ruben Diogo Neves with 6 goals and Daniel Pedro Castelo Podence with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.68 and 4.2.
• Our opinion is that Chelsea has the better offensive players than Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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.