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

Currently Real Sociedad has a better 1vs1 performance index with 289. VfL Wolfsburg has 9 goals and Real Sociedad has a total of 21 goals. Our opinion is that currently Real Sociedad would win the match.

• At the moment VfL Wolfsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 450 interceptions and 24 blocks.
• In VfL Wolfsburg the two top defensive players are John Anthony Brooks and Maxence Lacroix.
• In Real Sociedad the two top defenders are Aritz Elustondo and Robin Le Normand.
• 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 Sociedad has a PPV value of 0.19 and VfL Wolfsburg has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Real Sociedad Adnan Januzaj has a total value of 0.76 and in the team of VfL Wolfsburg the best player is Paulo Otavio Paulo Otavio.

• 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 9 goals and 34 shots on goal. Real Sociedad scored 21 and 51 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfL Wolfsburg are Wout Weghorst with 4 goals and Ridle Bote Baku with 1 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.22.
• The two best players of Real Sociedad are Oyarzabal with 6 goals and Portu with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.81 and 0.2.
• Our opinion is that Real Sociedad has the better offensive players than VfL Wolfsburg.

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