VfB Stuttgart vs ACF Fiorentina - who is the better team?

Currently VfB Stuttgart has a better 1vs1 performance index with 283. VfB Stuttgart has 44 goals and ACF Fiorentina has a total of 26 goals. Our opinion is that currently VfB Stuttgart would win the match.

• At the moment VfB Stuttgart has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1145 interceptions and 68 blocks.
• In VfB Stuttgart the two top defensive players are Wataru Endo and Marc Oliver Kempf.
• In ACF Fiorentina the two top defenders are Nikola Milenkovic and German Alejandro Pezzella.
• Based on this statistics we believe that VfB Stuttgart 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. VfB Stuttgart has a PPV value of 0.21 and ACF Fiorentina has a value of 0.2. Within the team of VfB Stuttgart Borna Sosa has a total value of 0.72 and in the team of ACF Fiorentina the best player is Cristiano Biraghi.

• 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.)
• VfB Stuttgart has scored in this season so far 44 goals and 126 shots on goal. ACF Fiorentina scored 26 and 86 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfB Stuttgart are Sasa Kalajdzic with 11 goals and Silas Wamangituka with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.45.
• The two best players of ACF Fiorentina are Dusan Vlahovic with 9 goals and Gaetano Castrovilli with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.61 and 0.21.
• Our opinion is that VfB Stuttgart has the better offensive players than ACF Fiorentina.

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