Southampton vs Wolverhampton Wanderers - who is the better team?

Currently Wolverhampton Wanderers has a better 1vs1 performance index with 292. Southampton has 39 goals and Wolverhampton Wanderers has a total of 31 goals. Our opinion is that currently Wolverhampton Wanderers 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 Wolverhampton Wanderers the two top defenders are Ruben Diogo Neves and Romain Saiss.
• 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. Wolverhampton Wanderers has a PPV value of 0.19 and Southampton has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Wolverhampton Wanderers Fernando Marcal has a total value of 0.63 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.)
• Southampton has scored in this season so far 39 goals and 133 shots on goal. Wolverhampton Wanderers scored 31 and 124 shots on goal.
• 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 8 and 8.36.
• The two best players of Wolverhampton Wanderers are Ruben Diogo Neves with 5 goals and Pedro Neto with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.13 and 5.45.
• Our opinion is that Southampton has the better offensive players than Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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