Freiburg vs Bochum - who is the better team?

Currently SC Freiburg has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. SC Freiburg has 38 goals and Bochum has a total of 27 goals. Our opinion is that currently SC Freiburg would win the match.

• At the moment Bochum has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1346 interceptions and 70 blocks.
• In Bochum the two top defensive players are Ivan Ordets and Anthony Losilla.
• In SC Freiburg the two top defenders are Matthias Ginter and Philipp Lienhart.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Bochum 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. SC Freiburg has a PPV value of 0.22 and Bochum has a value of 0.2. Within the team of SC Freiburg Vincenzo Grifo has a total value of 0.61 and in the team of Bochum the best player is Christopher Antwi-Adjei.

• 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.)
• SC Freiburg has scored in this season so far 38 goals and 128 shots on goal. Bochum scored 27 and 94 shots on goal.
• The two best players of SC Freiburg are Vincenzo Grifo with 12 goals and Michael Gregoritsch with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.68 and 8.63.
• The two best players of Bochum are Philipp Hofmann with 7 goals and Erhan Masovic with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.84 and 1.97.
• Our opinion is that SC Freiburg has the better offensive players than Bochum.

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