Real Madrid vs Napoli - who is the better team?

Currently Napoli has a better 1vs1 performance index with 95. Real Madrid has 75 goals and Napoli has a total of 77 goals. Our opinion is that currently Napoli would win the match.

• At the moment Napoli has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1430 interceptions and 59 blocks.
• In Napoli the two top defensive players are Min-Jae Kim and Andre Franck Anguissa.
• In Real Madrid the two top defenders are Eder Militao and Aurelien Tchouameni.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Napoli 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 Napoli has a value of 0.28. Within the team of Real Madrid Toni Kroos has a total value of 0.85 and in the team of Napoli the best player is Matteo Politano.

• 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. Napoli scored 77 and 37.41 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 Napoli are Victor James Osimhen with 26 goals and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with 12 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 24.78 and 7.53.
• Our opinion is that Napoli has the better offensive players than Real Madrid.

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