1. FC Koln vs Crystal Palace - who is the better team?

Currently Crystal Palace has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Koln has 49 goals and Crystal Palace has a total of 40 goals. Our opinion is that currently Crystal Palace would win the match.

• At the moment Crystal Palace has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1725 interceptions and 58 blocks.
• In Crystal Palace the two top defensive players are Addji Keaninkin Marc-Israel Guehi and Joachim Andersen.
• In Koln the two top defenders are Ellyes Skhiri and Jonas Hector.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Crystal Palace 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. Koln has a PPV value of 0.26 and Crystal Palace has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Koln Benno Schmitz has a total value of 0.73 and in the team of Crystal Palace the best player is Albert Sambi Sambi Lokonga.

• 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.)
• Koln has scored in this season so far 49 goals and 37.37 shots on goal. Crystal Palace scored 40 and 33.67 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Koln are Ellyes Skhiri with 7 goals and Steffen Tigges with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.25 and 5.31.
• The two best players of Crystal Palace are Eberechi Eze with 10 goals and Wilfried Zaha with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.81 and 8.07.
• Our opinion is that Koln has the better offensive players than Crystal Palace.

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