Newcastle United vs Brighton & Hove Albion - who is the better team?

Currently Brighton and Hove Albion has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Newcastle United has 68 goals and Brighton and Hove Albion has a total of 72 goals. Our opinion is that currently Brighton and Hove Albion would win the match.

• At the moment Newcastle United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1674 interceptions and 76 blocks.
• In Newcastle United the two top defensive players are Kieran Trippier and Fabian Schar.
• In Brighton and Hove Albion the two top defenders are Lewis Dunk and Moises Isaac Caicedo Corozo.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Newcastle United 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. Brighton and Hove Albion has a PPV value of 0.27 and Newcastle United has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Brighton and Hove Albion Kaoru Mitoma has a total value of 0.9 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 68 goals and 36.4 shots on goal. Brighton and Hove Albion scored 72 and 38.19 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Newcastle United are Callum Wilson with 18 goals and Miguel Angel Almiron Rejala with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 18.04 and 7.82.
• The two best players of Brighton and Hove Albion are Alexis Mac Allister with 10 goals and Pascal Gross with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.55 and 5.35.
• Our opinion is that Brighton and Hove Albion has the better offensive players than Newcastle United.

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