Real Sociedad vs Elche - who is the better team?

Currently Real Sociedad has a better 1vs1 performance index with 87. Real Sociedad has 51 goals and Elche has a total of 30 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Sociedad would win the match.

• At the moment Elche has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1521 interceptions and 51 blocks.
• In Elche the two top defensive players are Omar Mascarell and Carlos Clerc Martinez.
• In Real Sociedad the two top defenders are Martin Zubimendi Ibanez and Mikel Merino.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Elche 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 Sociedad has a PPV value of 0.25 and Elche has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Real Sociedad David Silva has a total value of 0.54 and in the team of Elche the best player is .

• 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 Sociedad has scored in this season so far 51 goals and 40.18 shots on goal. Elche scored 30 and 32.01 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Real Sociedad are Alexander Sorloth with 12 goals and Takefusa Kubo with 9 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.55 and 7.4.
• The two best players of Elche are Lucas Boye with 7 goals and Pere Milla Pena with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.31 and 5.92.
• Our opinion is that Real Sociedad has the better offensive players than Elche.

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