VfB Stuttgart vs Aston Villa - who is the better team?

Currently Aston Villa has a better 1vs1 performance index with 305. VfB Stuttgart has 44 goals and Aston Villa has a total of 38 goals. Our opinion is that currently Aston Villa 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 Aston Villa the two top defenders are Tyrone Mings and Matt Target.
• 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. Aston Villa has a PPV value of 0.21 and VfB Stuttgart has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Aston Villa Jack Grealish has a total value of 0.66 and in the team of VfB Stuttgart the best player is Borna Sosa.

• 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. Aston Villa scored 38 and 126 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 Aston Villa are Ollie Watkins with 10 goals and Jack Grealish with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.65 and 0.27.
• Our opinion is that VfB Stuttgart has the better offensive players than Aston Villa.

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