Napoli vs VfB Stuttgart - who is the better team?

Currently Napoli has a better 1vs1 performance index with 306. Napoli has 86 goals and VfB Stuttgart has a total of 56 goals. Our opinion is that currently Napoli would win the match.

• At the moment VfB Stuttgart has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1669 interceptions and 105 blocks.
• In VfB Stuttgart the two top defensive players are Waldemar Anton and Marc Oliver Kempf.
• In Napoli the two top defenders are Ruiz Fabian and Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
• Based on this statistics we believe that VfB Stuttgart 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. Napoli has a PPV value of 0.23 and VfB Stuttgart has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Napoli Faouzi Ghoulam has a total value of 0.72 and in the team of VfB Stuttgart the best player is Marcin Kaminski.

• 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.)
• Napoli has scored in this season so far 86 goals and 225 shots on goal. VfB Stuttgart scored 56 and 159 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Napoli are Lorenzo Insigne with 19 goals and Hirving Rodrigo Lozano Bahena with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 17 and 8.74.
• The two best players of VfB Stuttgart are Sasa Kalajdzic with 16 goals and Silas Wamangituka with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 13.38 and 8.17.
• Our opinion is that Napoli has the better offensive players than VfB Stuttgart.

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