Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund - who is the better team?

Currently Real Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 94. Real Madrid has 75 goals and Borussia Dortmund has a total of 83 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment Real Madrid has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1394 interceptions and 48 blocks.
• In Real Madrid the two top defensive players are Eder Militao and Aurelien Tchouameni.
• In Borussia Dortmund the two top defenders are Nico Schlotterbeck and Jude Bellingham.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Real Madrid 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. Real Madrid has a PPV value of 0.4 and Borussia Dortmund has a value of 0.25. Within the team of Real Madrid Toni Kroos has a total value of 0.85 and in the team of Borussia Dortmund the best player is Marius Wolf.

• 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.)
• Real Madrid has scored in this season so far 75 goals and 34.58 shots on goal. Borussia Dortmund scored 83 and 42.36 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Karim Benzema with 19 goals and Vinicius Junior with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 22.47 and 8.29.
• The two best players of Borussia Dortmund are Sebastien Haller with 9 goals and Julian Brandt with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.26 and 3.79.
• Our opinion is that Borussia Dortmund has the better offensive players than Real Madrid.

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