Espanyol vs Union Berlin - who is the better team?

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

• At the moment Union Berlin has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1199 interceptions and 60 blocks.
• In Union Berlin the two top defensive players are Robin Knoche and Diogo Filipe Monteiro Pinto Leite.
• In Espanyol the two top defenders are Leandro Cabrera and Vinicius de Souza Costa.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Union Berlin 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. Union Berlin has a PPV value of 0.3 and Espanyol has a value of 0.18. Within the team of Union Berlin Paul Seguin has a total value of 0.83 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. Union Berlin scored 38 and 96 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 Union Berlin are Sheraldo Becker with 7 goals and Kevin Behrens with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 2.75 and 2.62.
• Our opinion is that Union Berlin has the better offensive players than Espanyol.

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