Leeds United vs Nottingham Forest - who is the better team?

Currently Leeds United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 87. Leeds United has 35 goals and Nottingham Forrest has a total of 22 goals. Our opinion is that currently Leeds United would win the match.

• At the moment Nottingham Forrest has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1313 interceptions and 91 blocks.
• In Nottingham Forrest the two top defensive players are Remo Freuler and Serge Aurier.
• In Leeds United the two top defenders are Robin Koch and Tyler Shaan Adams.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Nottingham Forrest 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. Nottingham Forrest has a PPV value of 0.21 and Leeds United has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Nottingham Forrest Serge Aurier has a total value of 0.72 and in the team of Leeds United the best player is Pascal Augustus Struijk.

• 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.)
• Leeds United has scored in this season so far 35 goals and 110 shots on goal. Nottingham Forrest scored 22 and 88 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Leeds United are Moreno Machado Rodrigo with 11 goals and Crysencio Jilbert Sylverio Cir Summerville with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.99 and 3.72.
• The two best players of Nottingham Forrest are Brennan Price Johnson with 7 goals and Taiwo Awoniyi with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.39 and 4.56.
• Our opinion is that Leeds United has the better offensive players than Nottingham Forrest.

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