Tottenham Hotspur vs Southampton - who is the better team?

Currently Tottenham Hotspur has a better 1vs1 performance index with 94. Tottenham Hotspur has 70 goals and Southampton has a total of 36 goals. Our opinion is that currently Tottenham Hotspur would win the match.

• At the moment Southampton has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1870 interceptions and 66 blocks.
• In Southampton the two top defensive players are Mohamed Salisu Abdul Karim and Jan Bednarek.
• In Tottenham Hotspur the two top defenders are Pierre Emile Hojbjerg and Eric Dier.
• 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. Southampton has a PPV value of 0.24 and Tottenham Hotspur has a value of 0.24. Within the team of Southampton Stuart Armstrong has a total value of 0.64 and in the team of Tottenham Hotspur the best player is Ivan Perisic.

• 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. Southampton scored 36 and 36.01 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 10.79.
• The two best players of Southampton are James Ward Prowse with 9 goals and Che Adams with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.66 and 5.9.
• Our opinion is that Tottenham Hotspur has the better offensive players than Southampton.

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.