VfB Stuttgart vs Eintracht Frankfurt - who is the better team?

Currently Eintracht Frankfurt has a better 1vs1 performance index with 294. VfB Stuttgart has 39 goals and Eintracht Frankfurt has a total of 45 goals. Our opinion is that currently Eintracht Frankfurt would win the match.

• At the moment Eintracht Frankfurt has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1214 interceptions and 48 blocks.
• In Eintracht Frankfurt the two top defensive players are Martin Hinteregger and Makoto Hasebe.
• In VfB Stuttgart the two top defenders are Wataru Endo and Marc Oliver Kempf.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Eintracht Frankfurt 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. Eintracht Frankfurt has a PPV value of 0.22 and VfB Stuttgart has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Eintracht Frankfurt Filip Kostic has a total value of 0.67 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 39 goals and 116 shots on goal. Eintracht Frankfurt scored 45 and 110 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfB Stuttgart are Silas Wamangituka with 11 goals and Sasa Kalajdzic with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.54.
• The two best players of Eintracht Frankfurt are Andre Silva with 18 goals and Amin Younes with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.99 and 0.23.
• Our opinion is that Eintracht Frankfurt has the better offensive players than VfB Stuttgart.

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