Liverpool FC vs West Ham United - who is the better team?

Currently Liverpool FC has a better 1vs1 performance index with 94. Liverpool FC has 47 goals and West Ham United has a total of 24 goals. Our opinion is that currently Liverpool FC would win the match.

• At the moment Liverpool FC has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1173 interceptions and 44 blocks.
• In Liverpool FC the two top defensive players are Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander Arnold.
• In West Ham United the two top defenders are Declan Rice and Thilo Kehrer.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Liverpool FC 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 0.34 and West Ham United has a value of 0.24. Within the team of Liverpool FC Trent Alexander Arnold has a total value of 0.95 and in the team of West Ham United the best player is Aaron Cresswell.

• 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 47 goals and 160 shots on goal. West Ham United scored 24 and 100 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Liverpool FC are Mohamed Salah with 11 goals and Darwin Núñez with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 12.74 and 10.51.
• The two best players of West Ham United are Danny Ings with 8 goals and Said Benrahma with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.54 and 5.23.
• Our opinion is that Liverpool FC has the better offensive players than West Ham United.

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.