FSV Mainz 05 vs West Ham United - who is the better team?

Currently West Ham United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 312. FSV Mainz 05 has 23 goals and West Ham United has a total of 39 goals. Our opinion is that currently West Ham United would win the match.

• At the moment West Ham United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1239 interceptions and 56 blocks.
• In West Ham United the two top defensive players are Angelo Ogbonna and Declan Rice.
• In FSV Mainz 05 the two top defenders are Jeremiah St. Juste and Robin Zentner.
• Based on this statistics we believe that West Ham United 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. West Ham United has a PPV value of 0.19 and FSV Mainz 05 has a value of 0.16. Within the team of West Ham United Arthur Masuaku has a total value of 0.66 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 77 shots on goal. West Ham United scored 39 and 107 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 0.35.
• The two best players of West Ham United are Tomas Soucek with 8 goals and Michail Antonio with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.43 and 0.62.
• Our opinion is that West Ham United has the better offensive players than FSV Mainz 05.

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