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

Currently Real Sociedad has a better 1vs1 performance index with 87. Real Sociedad has 51 goals and Valencia CF has a total of 42 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Sociedad would win the match.

• At the moment Real Sociedad has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1420 interceptions and 43 blocks.
• In Real Sociedad the two top defensive players are Martin Zubimendi Ibanez and Mikel Merino.
• In Valencia CF the two top defenders are Mouctar Diakhaby and Thierry Rendall Correia.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Real Sociedad 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. Valencia CF has a PPV value of 0.27 and Real Sociedad has a value of 0.25. Within the team of Valencia CF Jose Gaya has a total value of 0.82 and in the team of Real Sociedad the best player is David Silva.

• 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. Valencia CF scored 42 and 33.03 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 Valencia CF are Justin Kluivert with 6 goals and Samuel Dias Lino with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.01 and 7.42.
• Our opinion is that Real Sociedad has the better offensive players than Valencia CF.

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.