TSG 1899 Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund - who is the better team?

Currently Borussia Dortmund has a better 1vs1 performance index with 318. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has 41 goals and Borussia Dortmund has a total of 58 goals. Our opinion is that currently Borussia Dortmund would win the match.

• At the moment TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1441 interceptions and 70 blocks.
• In TSG 1899 Hoffenheim the two top defensive players are Diadie Samassekou and Florian Grillitsch.
• In Borussia Dortmund the two top defenders are Mats Hummels and Manuel Akanji.
• Based on this statistics we believe that TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 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. Borussia Dortmund has a PPV value of 0.3 and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has a value of 0.23. Within the team of Borussia Dortmund Raphael Guerreiro has a total value of 0.93 and in the team of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim the best player is Pavel Kaderabek.

• 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 41 goals and 120 shots on goal. Borussia Dortmund scored 58 and 158 shots on goal.
• The two best players of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim are Andrej Kramaric with 14 goals and Ihlas Bebou with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 13 and 8.22.
• The two best players of Borussia Dortmund are Erling Haaland with 21 goals and Jadon Sancho with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 20.43 and 6.07.
• Our opinion is that Borussia Dortmund has the better offensive players than TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.

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