1. FC Koln vs Eintracht Frankfurt - who is the better team?

Currently Eintracht Frankfurt has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Koln has 49 goals and Eintracht Frankfurt has a total of 58 goals. Our opinion is that currently Eintracht Frankfurt would win the match.

• At the moment Koln has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1585 interceptions and 58 blocks.
• In Koln the two top defensive players are Ellyes Skhiri and Jonas Hector.
• In Eintracht Frankfurt the two top defenders are Lucas Silva Melo and Evan NDicka.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Koln 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 Eintracht Frankfurt has a value of 0.24. Within the team of Koln Benno Schmitz has a total value of 0.73 and in the team of Eintracht Frankfurt the best player is Timothy Chandler.

• 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. Eintracht Frankfurt scored 58 and 36.04 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 Eintracht Frankfurt are Randal Kolo with 15 goals and Daichi Kamada with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 13.02 and 9.12.
• Our opinion is that Eintracht Frankfurt has the better offensive players than Koln.

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.