Newcastle United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers - who is the better team?

Currently Newcastle United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Newcastle United has 39 goals and Wolverhampton Wanderers has a total of 22 goals. Our opinion is that currently Newcastle United would win the match.

• At the moment Wolverhampton Wanderers has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1324 interceptions and 67 blocks.
• In Wolverhampton Wanderers the two top defensive players are Maximilian Kilman and Ruben Diogo Neves.
• In Newcastle United the two top defenders are Fabian Schar and Dan Burn.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Wolverhampton Wanderers 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. Wolverhampton Wanderers has a PPV value of 0.26 and Newcastle United has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Wolverhampton Wanderers Adama Traore Diarra has a total value of 0.65 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. Wolverhampton Wanderers scored 22 and 106 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 Wolverhampton Wanderers are Ruben Diogo Neves with 5 goals and Daniel Pedro Castelo Podence with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 3.83 and 4.
• Our opinion is that Newcastle United has the better offensive players than Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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.