FSV Mainz 05 vs Eintracht Frankfurt - who is the better team?

Currently Eintracht Frankfurt has a better 1vs1 performance index with 293. FSV Mainz 05 has 23 goals and Eintracht Frankfurt has a total of 46 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 1252 interceptions and 51 blocks.
• In Eintracht Frankfurt the two top defensive players are Martin Hinteregger and Makoto Hasebe.
• In FSV Mainz 05 the two top defenders are Jeremiah St. Juste and Robin Zentner.
• 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 0.23 and FSV Mainz 05 has a value of 0.17. Within the team of Eintracht Frankfurt Almamy Toure has a total value of 0.65 and in the team of FSV Mainz 05 the best player is Robert Nesta Glatzel.

• 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.)
• FSV Mainz 05 has scored in this season so far 23 goals and 82 shots on goal. Eintracht Frankfurt scored 46 and 114 shots on goal.
• The two best players of FSV Mainz 05 are Moussa Niakhate with 3 goals and Kevin Stoger with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.29.
• The two best players of Eintracht Frankfurt are Andre Silva with 19 goals and Amin Younes with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.98 and 0.23.
• Our opinion is that Eintracht Frankfurt has the better offensive players than FSV Mainz 05.

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.