Espanyol vs Freiburg - who is the better team?

Currently SC Freiburg has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Espanyol has 32 goals and SC Freiburg has a total of 38 goals. Our opinion is that currently SC Freiburg would win the match.

• At the moment SC Freiburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1240 interceptions and 54 blocks.
• In SC Freiburg the two top defensive players are Matthias Ginter and Philipp Lienhart.
• In Espanyol the two top defenders are Leandro Cabrera and Vinicius de Souza Costa.
• Based on this statistics we believe that SC Freiburg 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. SC Freiburg has a PPV value of 0.22 and Espanyol has a value of 0.18. Within the team of SC Freiburg Vincenzo Grifo has a total value of 0.61 and in the team of Espanyol the best player is Brian Olivan Herrero.

• 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.)
• Espanyol has scored in this season so far 32 goals and 92 shots on goal. SC Freiburg scored 38 and 128 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Espanyol are Jose Luis Sanmartin Mato with 12 goals and Martin Braithwaite with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.17 and 7.03.
• The two best players of SC Freiburg are Vincenzo Grifo with 12 goals and Michael Gregoritsch with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.68 and 8.63.
• Our opinion is that SC Freiburg has the better offensive players than Espanyol.

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