Koln vs SC Freiburg - who is the better team?

Currently SC Freiburg has a better 1vs1 performance index with 267. Koln has 8 goals and SC Freiburg has a total of 9 goals. Our opinion is that currently SC Freiburg would win the match.

• At the moment Koln has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 445 interceptions and 24 blocks.
• In Koln the two top defensive players are Sebastiaan Bornauw and Ellyes Skhiri.
• In SC Freiburg the two top defenders are Nicolas Hofler and Philipp Lienhart.
• 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. SC Freiburg has a PPV value of 0.21 and Koln has a value of 0.16. Within the team of SC Freiburg Christian Gunter has a total value of 0.64 and in the team of Koln the best player is Marco Hoger.

• 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 8 goals and 24 shots on goal. SC Freiburg scored 9 and 35 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Koln are Dominick Drexler with 2 goals and Sebastian Andersson with 2 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.47.
• The two best players of SC Freiburg are Nils Petersen with 4 goals and Vincenzo Grifo with 2 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.41 and 0.14.
• Our opinion is that SC Freiburg has the better offensive players than Koln.

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