VfB Stuttgart vs Southampton - who is the better team?

Currently Southampton has a better 1vs1 performance index with 293. VfB Stuttgart has 44 goals and Southampton has a total of 31 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 1216 interceptions and 60 blocks.
• In Southampton the two top defensive players are Jan Bednarek and James Ward Prowse.
• In VfB Stuttgart the two top defenders are Wataru Endo 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. VfB Stuttgart has a PPV value of 0.21 and Southampton has a value of 0.19. Within the team of VfB Stuttgart Borna Sosa has a total value of 0.72 and in the team of Southampton the best player is Ryan Bertrand.

• 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 44 goals and 126 shots on goal. Southampton scored 31 and 101 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfB Stuttgart are Sasa Kalajdzic with 11 goals and Silas Wamangituka with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.45.
• The two best players of Southampton are Danny Ings with 8 goals and James Ward Prowse with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.35 and 0.08.
• Our opinion is that VfB Stuttgart has the better offensive players than Southampton.

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.