Eintracht Frankfurt vs Empoli - who is the better team?

Currently Eintracht Frankfurt has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Eintracht Frankfurt has 46 goals and Empoli has a total of 24 goals. Our opinion is that currently Eintracht Frankfurt would win the match.

• At the moment Eintracht Frankfurt has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1337 interceptions and 69 blocks.
• In Eintracht Frankfurt the two top defensive players are Lucas Silva Melo and Evan NDicka.
• In Empoli the two top defenders are Sebastiano Luperto and Ardian Ismajli.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Eintracht Frankfurt 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. Eintracht Frankfurt has a PPV value of 0.24 and Empoli has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Eintracht Frankfurt Timothy Chandler has a total value of 0.71 and in the team of Empoli the best player is Fabiano Parisi.

• 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.)
• Eintracht Frankfurt has scored in this season so far 46 goals and 111 shots on goal. Empoli scored 24 and 103 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Eintracht Frankfurt are Randal Kolo with 11 goals and Daichi Kamada with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.74 and 5.36.
• The two best players of Empoli are Tommaso Baldanzi with 4 goals and Nicolo Cambiaghi with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1.49 and 2.23.
• Our opinion is that Eintracht Frankfurt has the better offensive players than Empoli.

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