VfL Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid - who is the better team?

Currently Real Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 304. VfL Wolfsburg has 61 goals and Real Madrid has a total of 67 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment VfL Wolfsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1931 interceptions and 72 blocks.
• In VfL Wolfsburg the two top defensive players are Maxence Lacroix and John Anthony Brooks.
• In Real Madrid the two top defenders are Casemiro and Raphael Varane.
• 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. Real Madrid has a PPV value of 0.3 and VfL Wolfsburg has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Real Madrid Toni Kroos has a total value of 0.88 and in the team of VfL Wolfsburg the best player is Melingo Kevin Mbabu.

• 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 61 goals and 170 shots on goal. Real Madrid scored 67 and 175 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfL Wolfsburg are Wout Weghorst with 20 goals and Josip Brekalo with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 18 and 3.09.
• The two best players of Real Madrid are Karim Benzema with 23 goals and Casemiro with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 20.31 and 6.62.
• Our opinion is that Real Madrid has the better offensive players than VfL Wolfsburg.

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