Tottenham Hotspur vs Leeds United - who is the better team?

Currently Tottenham Hotspur has a better 1vs1 performance index with 94. Tottenham Hotspur has 70 goals and Leeds United has a total of 48 goals. Our opinion is that currently Tottenham Hotspur would win the match.

• At the moment Leeds United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1571 interceptions and 64 blocks.
• In Leeds United the two top defensive players are Robin Koch and Luke David Ayling.
• In Tottenham Hotspur the two top defenders are Pierre Emile Hojbjerg and Eric Dier.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Leeds United 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. Tottenham Hotspur has a PPV value of 0.24 and Leeds United has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Tottenham Hotspur Ivan Perisic has a total value of 0.6 and in the team of Leeds United the best player is Pascal Augustus Struijk.

• 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.)
• Tottenham Hotspur has scored in this season so far 70 goals and 39.42 shots on goal. Leeds United scored 48 and 36.1 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Tottenham Hotspur are Harry Kane with 30 goals and Heung min Son with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 21.41 and 10.85.
• The two best players of Leeds United are Moreno Machado Rodrigo with 13 goals and Luis Fernando Sinisterra Lucumi with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.49 and 2.52.
• Our opinion is that Tottenham Hotspur has the better offensive players than Leeds United.

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