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

Currently Tottenham Hotspur has a better 1vs1 performance index with 93. Tottenham Hotspur has 69 goals and Newcastle United has a total of 44 goals. Our opinion is that currently Tottenham Hotspur would win the match.

• At the moment Newcastle United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 2245 interceptions and 270.5 blocks.
• In Newcastle United the two top defensive players are Dan Burn and Nick Pope.
• In Tottenham Hotspur the two top defenders are Pierre Emile Hojbjerg and Eric Dier.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Newcastle 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 0.34 and Newcastle United has a value of 0.24. Within the team of Tottenham Hotspur Ivan Perisic has a total value of 0.77 and in the team of Newcastle United the best player is Kieran Trippier.

• 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 69 goals and 217 shots on goal. Newcastle United scored 44 and 145 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Tottenham Hotspur are Heung min Son with 23 goals and Harry Kane with 17 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 14.49 and 19.22.
• The two best players of Newcastle United are Callum Wilson with 8 goals and Chris Wood with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.09 and 10.51.
• Our opinion is that Tottenham Hotspur has the better offensive players than Newcastle 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.