Liverpool FC vs Aston Villa - who is the better team?

Currently Liverpool FC has a better 1vs1 performance index with 332. Liverpool FC has 68 goals and Aston Villa has a total of 55 goals. Our opinion is that currently Liverpool FC would win the match.

• At the moment Aston Villa has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1726 interceptions and 159 blocks.
• In Aston Villa the two top defensive players are Tyrone Mings and Matt Target.
• In Liverpool FC the two top defenders are Trent Alexander Arnold and Andrew Robertson.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Aston Villa 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. Liverpool FC has a PPV value of 0.31 and Aston Villa has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Liverpool FC Trent Alexander Arnold has a total value of 0.86 and in the team of Aston Villa the best player is Jack Grealish.

• 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.)
• Liverpool FC has scored in this season so far 68 goals and 206 shots on goal. Aston Villa scored 55 and 184 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Liverpool FC are Mohamed Salah with 22 goals and Sadio Mané with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 21 and 18.93.
• The two best players of Aston Villa are Ollie Watkins with 14 goals and Anwar Ghazi with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 17.75 and 8.23.
• Our opinion is that Liverpool FC has the better offensive players than Aston Villa.

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