Sevilla vs VfL Wolfsburg - who is the better team?

Currently VfL Wolfsburg has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Sevilla has 47 goals and VfL Wolfsburg has a total of 57 goals. Our opinion is that currently VfL Wolfsburg would win the match.

• At the moment VfL Wolfsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1496 interceptions and 80 blocks.
• In VfL Wolfsburg the two top defensive players are Maximilian Arnold and Micky van de Ven.
• In Sevilla the two top defenders are Nemanja Gudelj and Jesus Navas.
• Based on this statistics we believe that VfL Wolfsburg 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. Sevilla has a PPV value of 0.27 and VfL Wolfsburg has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Sevilla Gonzalo Ariel Montiel has a total value of 1 and in the team of VfL Wolfsburg the best player is Ridle Bote Baku.

• 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.)
• Sevilla has scored in this season so far 47 goals and 33.87 shots on goal. VfL Wolfsburg scored 57 and 37.73 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Sevilla are Youssef En Nesyri with 8 goals and Rafael Mir Vicente with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.11 and 8.13.
• The two best players of VfL Wolfsburg are Yannick Gerhardt with 6 goals and Jonas Older Wind with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.06 and 6.06.
• Our opinion is that VfL Wolfsburg has the better offensive players than Sevilla.

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