VfL Wolfsburg vs Aston Villa - who is the better team?

Currently Aston Villa has a better 1vs1 performance index with 303. VfL Wolfsburg has 38 goals and Aston Villa has a total of 38 goals. Our opinion is that currently Aston Villa would win the match.

• At the moment VfL Wolfsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1335 interceptions and 55 blocks.
• In VfL Wolfsburg the two top defensive players are Maxence Lacroix and John Anthony Brooks.
• In Aston Villa the two top defenders are Tyrone Mings and Matt Target.
• Based on this statistics we believe that VfL Wolfsburg 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. Aston Villa has a PPV value of 0.22 and VfL Wolfsburg has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Aston Villa Jack Grealish has a total value of 0.66 and in the team of VfL Wolfsburg the best player is Admir Mehmedi.

• 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.)
• VfL Wolfsburg has scored in this season so far 38 goals and 118 shots on goal. Aston Villa scored 38 and 130 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfL Wolfsburg are Wout Weghorst with 15 goals and Renato Steffen with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.45.
• The two best players of Aston Villa are Ollie Watkins with 10 goals and Jack Grealish with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.63 and 0.27.
• Our opinion is that Aston Villa has the better offensive players than Aston Villa.

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