Sheffield United vs Southampton - who is the better team?

Currently Southampton has a better 1vs1 performance index with 292. Sheffield United has 17 goals and Southampton has a total of 39 goals. Our opinion is that currently Southampton would win the match.

• At the moment Southampton has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1457 interceptions and 70 blocks.
• In Southampton the two top defensive players are Jan Bednarek and James Ward Prowse.
• In Sheffield United the two top defenders are John Egan and Ethan Ampadu.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Southampton 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. Sheffield United has a PPV value of 0.21 and Southampton has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Sheffield United Ben Osborn has a total value of 0.72 and in the team of Southampton the best player is Ryan Bertrand.

• 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.)
• Sheffield United has scored in this season so far 17 goals and 85 shots on goal. Southampton scored 39 and 133 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Sheffield United are David McGoldrick with 6 goals and Billy Sharp with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6 and 3.18.
• The two best players of Southampton are Danny Ings with 9 goals and Che Adams with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.59 and 8.36.
• Our opinion is that Southampton has the better offensive players than Sheffield United.

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