Levante UD vs Deportivo Alaves - who is the better team?

Currently Levante UD has a better 1vs1 performance index with 73. Levante UD has 52 goals and Deportivo Alaves has a total of 29 goals. Our opinion is that currently Levante UD would win the match.

• At the moment Deportivo Alaves has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1812 interceptions and 183 blocks.
• In Deportivo Alaves the two top defensive players are Victor Laguardia and Florian Lejeune.
• In Levante UD the two top defenders are Roberto Pier and Ruben Vezo.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Deportivo Alaves 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. Levante UD has a PPV value of 0.24 and Deportivo Alaves has a value of 0.2. Within the team of Levante UD Marcelo Josemir Saracchi Pintos has a total value of 0.62 and in the team of Deportivo Alaves the best player is Mircea Alexandru Tirlea.

• 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.)
• Levante UD has scored in this season so far 52 goals and 140 shots on goal. Deportivo Alaves scored 29 and 90 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Levante UD are Jose Luis Morales with 13 goals and Gonzalo Julian Melero Manzanares with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 12.42 and 4.39.
• The two best players of Deportivo Alaves are Jose Luis Sanmartin Mato with 14 goals and Gonzalo Escalante with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 14.67 and 3.02.
• Our opinion is that Levante UD has the better offensive players than Deportivo Alaves.

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