VfB Stuttgart vs Manchester United - who is the better team?

Currently Manchester United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 326. VfB Stuttgart has 50 goals and Manchester United has a total of 61 goals. Our opinion is that currently Manchester United would win the match.

• At the moment VfB Stuttgart has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1393 interceptions and 88 blocks.
• In VfB Stuttgart the two top defensive players are Wataru Endo and Waldemar Anton.
• In Manchester United the two top defenders are Harry Maguire and Aaron Bissaka.
• 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. Manchester United has a PPV value of 0.29 and VfB Stuttgart has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Manchester United Amad Diallo Traore has a total value of 0.8 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 50 goals and 141 shots on goal. Manchester United scored 61 and 172 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfB Stuttgart are Sasa Kalajdzic with 14 goals and Silas Wamangituka with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11 and 8.17.
• The two best players of Manchester United are Bruno Fernandes with 16 goals and Marcus Rashford with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 12.98 and 8.14.
• Our opinion is that Manchester United has the better offensive players than VfB Stuttgart.

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