VfL Wolfsburg vs Augsburg - who is the better team?

Currently VfL Wolfsburg has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. VfL Wolfsburg has 44 goals and Augsburg has a total of 32 goals. Our opinion is that currently VfL Wolfsburg would win the match.

• At the moment VfL Wolfsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1303 interceptions and 80 blocks.
• In VfL Wolfsburg the two top defensive players are Micky van de Ven and Maximilian Arnold.
• In Augsburg the two top defenders are Jeffrey Gouweleeuw and Rafal Gikiewicz.
• 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. VfL Wolfsburg has a PPV value of 0.19 and Augsburg has a value of 0.17. Within the team of VfL Wolfsburg Ridle Bote Baku has a total value of 0.5 and in the team of Augsburg the best player is Iago Amaral Iago.

• 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 44 goals and 112 shots on goal. Augsburg scored 32 and 90 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfL Wolfsburg are Yannick Gerhardt with 6 goals and Omar Marmoush with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.38 and 3.86.
• The two best players of Augsburg are Mergim Berisha with 8 goals and Ermedin Demirovic with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.68 and 6.58.
• Our opinion is that VfL Wolfsburg has the better offensive players than Augsburg.

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