VfB Stuttgart vs Southampton - who is the better team?

Currently Southampton has a better 1vs1 performance index with 300. VfB Stuttgart has 17 goals and Southampton has a total of 19 goals. Our opinion is that currently Southampton would win the match.

• At the moment Southampton has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 486 interceptions and 30 blocks.
• In Southampton the two top defensive players are Jan Bednarek and Jannik Vestergaard.
• In VfB Stuttgart the two top defenders are Pascal Stenzel and Marc Oliver Kempf.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Southampton 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. Southampton has a PPV value of 0.2 and VfB Stuttgart has a value of 0.2. Within the team of Southampton Ryan Bertrand has a total value of 0.57 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 17 goals and 46 shots on goal. Southampton scored 19 and 50 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 0.25.
• The two best players of Southampton are Danny Ings with 5 goals and James Ward Prowse with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.43 and 0.13.
• Our opinion is that Southampton has the better offensive players than VfB Stuttgart.

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