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

Currently Eintracht Frankfurt has a better 1vs1 performance index with 283. VfB Stuttgart has 16 goals and Eintracht Frankfurt has a total of 11 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 430 interceptions and 22 blocks.
• In Eintracht Frankfurt the two top defensive players are David Angel Abraham and Martin Hinteregger.
• In VfB Stuttgart the two top defenders are Pascal Stenzel 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 0.23 and VfB Stuttgart has a value of 0.2. Within the team of Eintracht Frankfurt Filip Kostic has a total value of 0.76 and in the team of VfB Stuttgart the best player is Marcin Kaminski.

• 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 16 goals and 41 shots on goal. Eintracht Frankfurt scored 11 and 37 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfB Stuttgart are Sasa Kalajdzic with 3 goals and Silas Wamangituka with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.27.
• The two best players of Eintracht Frankfurt are Andre Andre Silva with 5 goals and Bas Dost with 2 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.85 and 0.5.
• Our opinion is that VfB Stuttgart has the better offensive players than Eintracht Frankfurt.

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.