Newcastle United vs Leeds United - who is the better team?

Currently Newcastle United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Newcastle United has 68 goals and Leeds United has a total of 48 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 1674 interceptions and 76 blocks.
• In Newcastle United the two top defensive players are Kieran Trippier and Fabian Schar.
• In Leeds United the two top defenders are Robin Koch and Luke David Ayling.
• 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 0.22 and Leeds United has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Newcastle United Kieran Trippier has a total value of 0.69 and in the team of Leeds United the best player is Pascal Augustus Struijk.

• 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. Leeds United scored 48 and 36.1 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 Leeds United are Moreno Machado Rodrigo with 13 goals and Luis Fernando Sinisterra Lucumi with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.49 and 2.52.
• Our opinion is that Newcastle United has the better offensive players than Leeds 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.