Newcastle United vs Bochum - who is the better team?

Currently Newcastle United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Newcastle United has 39 goals and Bochum has a total of 27 goals. Our opinion is that currently Newcastle United would win the match.

• At the moment Bochum has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1346 interceptions and 70 blocks.
• In Bochum the two top defensive players are Ivan Ordets and Anthony Losilla.
• In Newcastle United the two top defenders are Fabian Schar and Dan Burn.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Bochum 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. Newcastle United has a PPV value of 0.22 and Bochum has a value of 0.2. Within the team of Newcastle United Kieran Trippier has a total value of 0.69 and in the team of Bochum the best player is Christopher Antwi-Adjei.

• 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.)
• Newcastle United has scored in this season so far 39 goals and 128 shots on goal. Bochum scored 27 and 94 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Newcastle United are Miguel Angel Almiron Rejala with 11 goals and Callum Wilson with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.67 and 8.21.
• The two best players of Bochum are Philipp Hofmann with 7 goals and Erhan Masovic with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.84 and 1.97.
• Our opinion is that Newcastle United has the better offensive players than Bochum.

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