Valencia CF vs Villarreal - who is the better team?

Currently Villarreal has a better 1vs1 performance index with 81. Valencia CF has 48 goals and Villarreal has a total of 63 goals. Our opinion is that currently Villarreal would win the match.

• At the moment Villarreal has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1975 interceptions and 226 blocks.
• In Villarreal the two top defensive players are Jorge Cuenca Barreno and Raul Tortajada Albiol.
• In Valencia CF the two top defenders are Gabriel Armando de Abreu and Mouctar Diakhaby.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Villarreal 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. Villarreal has a PPV value of 0.28 and Valencia CF has a value of 0.17. Within the team of Villarreal Dani Parejo has a total value of 0.62 and in the team of Valencia CF the best player is Samuel Castillejo Azuaga.

• 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.)
• Valencia CF has scored in this season so far 48 goals and 106 shots on goal. Villarreal scored 63 and 199 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Valencia CF are Carlos Soler Baragan with 11 goals and Goncalo Manuel Guedes with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.01 and 6.53.
• The two best players of Villarreal are Jose Luis Morales with 13 goals and Arnaut Danjuma Adam Adam Groeneveld with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 12.42 and 13.61.
• Our opinion is that Villarreal has the better offensive players than Valencia CF.

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