Espanyol vs Valencia CF - who is the better team?

Currently Valencia CF has a better 1vs1 performance index with 279. Espanyol has 27 goals and Valencia CF has a total of 45 goals. Our opinion is that currently Valencia CF would win the match.

• At the moment Espanyol has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1588 interceptions and 87 blocks.
• In Espanyol the two top defensive players are Leandro Cabrera and Bernardo Espinosa.
• In Valencia CF the two top defenders are Gabriel Armando de Abreu and Daniel Wass.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Espanyol 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. Valencia CF has a PPV value of 0.19 and Espanyol has a value of 0.17. Within the team of Valencia CF Alessandro Florenzi has a total value of 0.54 and in the team of Espanyol the best player is Nicolas Melamed Melamed Ribaudo.

• 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 27 goals and 124 shots on goal. Valencia CF scored 45 and 114 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Espanyol are Lei Wu Lei with 4 goals and David Lopez with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.11.
• The two best players of Valencia CF are Maximiliano Gomez with 9 goals and Dani Parejo with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.37 and 0.31.
• Our opinion is that Valencia CF has the better offensive players than Espanyol.

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