Real Madrid vs Sheffield United - who is the better team?

Currently Real Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 312. Real Madrid has 46 goals and Sheffield United has a total of 28 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment Sheffield United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1261 interceptions and 77 blocks.
• In Sheffield United the two top defensive players are Chris Basham and Jack O'Connell.
• In Real Madrid the two top defenders are Casemiro and Sergio Ramos.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Sheffield 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. Real Madrid has a PPV value of 0.33 and Sheffield United has a value of 0.25. Within the team of Real Madrid Vieira da Silva Junior Marcelo has a total value of 0.97 and in the team of Sheffield United the best player is Enda Stevens.

• 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 46 goals and 155 shots on goal. Sheffield United scored 28 and 86 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Karim Benzema with 14 goals and Sergio Ramos with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.32.
• The two best players of Sheffield United are John Fleck with 5 goals and Lys Mousset with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.19 and 0.25.
• Our opinion is that Real Madrid has the better offensive players than Sheffield United.

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.