Newcastle United vs Burnley - who is the better team?

Currently Newcastle United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 85. Newcastle United has 43 goals and Burnley has a total of 32 goals. Our opinion is that currently Newcastle United would win the match.

• At the moment Newcastle United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1908 interceptions and 248.5 blocks.
• In Newcastle United the two top defensive players are Dan Burn and Matt Target.
• In Burnley the two top defenders are James Tarkowski and Charlie Taylor.
• 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. Newcastle United has a PPV value of 0.24 and Burnley has a value of 0.18. Within the team of Newcastle United Kieran Trippier has a total value of 0.78 and in the team of Burnley the best player is Connor Roberts.

• 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 43 goals and 141 shots on goal. Burnley scored 32 and 91 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Newcastle United are Callum Wilson with 6 goals and Chris Wood with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.59 and 10.51.
• The two best players of Burnley are Maxwell Cornet with 8 goals and Wout Weghorst with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.76 and 9.52.
• Our opinion is that Newcastle United has the better offensive players than Burnley.

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.