Stuttgart vs Borussia M'gladbach - who is the better team?

Currently Borussia Monchengladbach has a better 1vs1 performance index with 87. VfB Stuttgart has 21 goals and Borussia Monchengladbach has a total of 30 goals. Our opinion is that currently Borussia Monchengladbach would win the match.

• At the moment VfB Stuttgart has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 843 interceptions and 78 blocks.
• In VfB Stuttgart the two top defensive players are Waldemar Anton and Hiroki Ito.
• In Borussia Monchengladbach the two top defenders are Ramy Bensebaini and Nico Elvedi.
• 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. Borussia Monchengladbach has a PPV value of 0.27 and VfB Stuttgart has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Borussia Monchengladbach Nathan Ngoumou Minpole has a total value of 0.71 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 21 goals and 75 shots on goal. Borussia Monchengladbach scored 30 and 92 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfB Stuttgart are Serhou Guirassy with 6 goals and Silas Katompa Mvumpa with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.29 and 3.2.
• The two best players of Borussia Monchengladbach are Marcus Thuram with 10 goals and Ramy Bensebaini with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11 and 5.04.
• Our opinion is that Borussia Monchengladbach has the better offensive players than VfB Stuttgart.

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