TSG 1899 Hoffenheim vs Augsburg - who is the better team?

Currently TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has a better 1vs1 performance index with 84. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has 33 goals and Augsburg has a total of 32 goals. Our opinion is that currently TSG 1899 Hoffenheim would win the match.

• At the moment Augsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1290 interceptions and 88 blocks.
• In Augsburg the two top defensive players are Jeffrey Gouweleeuw and Rafal Gikiewicz.
• In TSG 1899 Hoffenheim the two top defenders are Ozan Muhammed Kabak and Kevin Vogt.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Augsburg 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. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has a PPV value of 0.21 and Augsburg has a value of 0.17. Within the team of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Pavel Kaderabek has a total value of 0.57 and in the team of Augsburg the best player is Iago Amaral Iago.

• 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.)
• TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has scored in this season so far 33 goals and 121 shots on goal. Augsburg scored 32 and 90 shots on goal.
• The two best players of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim are Andrej Kramaric with 7 goals and Moanes Dabbur with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.3 and 3.5.
• The two best players of Augsburg are Mergim Berisha with 8 goals and Ermedin Demirovic with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.68 and 6.58.
• Our opinion is that TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has the better offensive players than Augsburg.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently TSG 1899 Hoffenheim is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.