Espanyol vs Valencia CF - who is the better team?

Currently Valencia CF has a better 1vs1 performance index with 85. Espanyol has 22 goals and Valencia CF has a total of 25 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 790 interceptions and 70 blocks.
• In Espanyol the two top defensive players are Leandro Cabrera and Vinicius de Souza Costa.
• In Valencia CF the two top defenders are Thierry Rendall Correia and Eray Ervin Comert.
• 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 0.27 and Espanyol has a value of 0.18. Within the team of Valencia CF Jose Gaya has a total value of 0.82 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 22 goals and 62 shots on goal. Valencia CF scored 25 and 75 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Espanyol are Jose Luis Sanmartin Mato with 10 goals and Martin Braithwaite with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 10 and 4.08.
• The two best players of Valencia CF are Edinson Roberto Cavani with 5 goals and Justin Kluivert with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.84 and 1.82.
• 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.