Real Madrid vs Valencia CF - who is the better team?

Currently Real Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 307. Real Madrid has 3 goals and Valencia CF has a total of 6 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment Valencia CF has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 133 interceptions and 8 blocks.
• In Valencia CF the two top defensive players are Mouctar Diakhaby and Gabriel Armando de Abreu.
• In Real Madrid the two top defenders are Daniel Carvajal Ramos and Raphael Varane.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Valencia CF 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 0.28 and Valencia CF has a value of 0.16. Within the team of Real Madrid Toni Kroos has a total value of 1.05 and in the team of Valencia CF the best player is Thierry Rendall Correia.

• 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 3 goals and 8 shots on goal. Valencia CF scored 6 and 12 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Federico Valverde with 1 goals and Sergio Ramos with 1 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.95.
• The two best players of Valencia CF are Manuel Javier Vallejo Galvan with 2 goals and Maximiliano Gomez with 2 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1.09 and 0.54.
• Our opinion is that Valencia CF 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.