Newcastle United vs Brentford - who is the better team?

Currently Newcastle United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Newcastle United has 39 goals and Brentford has a total of 43 goals. Our opinion is that currently Newcastle United would win the match.

• At the moment Brentford has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1319 interceptions and 88 blocks.
• In Brentford the two top defensive players are Ethan Rupert Pinnock and Ben Mee.
• In Newcastle United the two top defenders are Fabian Schar and Dan Burn.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Brentford 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. Brentford has a PPV value of 0.22 and Newcastle United has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Brentford Mathias Jensen has a total value of 0.76 and in the team of Newcastle United the best player is Kieran Trippier.

• 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. Brentford scored 43 and 121 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 Brentford are Ivan Toney with 16 goals and Mathias Jensen with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 17.11 and 1.53.
• Our opinion is that Brentford has the better offensive players than Newcastle United.

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.