VfL Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen - who is the better team?

Currently Bayer 04 Leverkusen has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. VfL Wolfsburg has 44 goals and Bayer 04 Leverkusen has a total of 45 goals. Our opinion is that currently Bayer 04 Leverkusen 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 Bayer 04 Leverkusen the two top defenders are Edmond Faycal Faycial Tapsoba and Jonathan Tah.
• 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. Bayer 04 Leverkusen has a PPV value of 0.25 and VfL Wolfsburg has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Bayer 04 Leverkusen Jeremie Frimpong has a total value of 0.53 and in the team of VfL Wolfsburg the best player is Ridle Bote Baku.

• 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. Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored 45 and 127 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 Bayer 04 Leverkusen are Moussa Diaby with 8 goals and Jeremie Frimpong with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.77 and 5.3.
• Our opinion is that Bayer 04 Leverkusen has the better offensive players than VfL Wolfsburg.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently Bayer 04 Leverkusen is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.