Real Sociedad vs Villarreal - who is the better team?

Currently Villarreal has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Real Sociedad has 51 goals and Villarreal has a total of 59 goals. Our opinion is that currently Villarreal 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 Villarreal the two top defenders are Pau Torres and Dani Parejo.
• 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. Real Sociedad has a PPV value of 0.25 and Villarreal has a value of 0.2. Within the team of Real Sociedad David Silva has a total value of 0.54 and in the team of Villarreal the best player is Dani Parejo.

• 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. Villarreal scored 59 and 39.33 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 Villarreal are Nicolas Jackson with 12 goals and Gerard Moreno with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.25 and 8.11.
• Our opinion is that Villarreal has the better offensive players than Real Sociedad.

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