VfL Wolfsburg vs Sevilla - who is the better team?

Currently Sevilla has a better 1vs1 performance index with 292. VfL Wolfsburg has 61 goals and Sevilla has a total of 53 goals. Our opinion is that currently Sevilla 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 Sevilla the two top defenders are Jules Kounde and Fernando Francisco Reges.
• 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. Sevilla has a PPV value of 0.22 and VfL Wolfsburg has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Sevilla Jesus Navas has a total value of 0.79 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. Sevilla scored 53 and 143 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 Sevilla are Youssef En Nesyri with 18 goals and Papu Gomez with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 18.28 and 1.51.
• Our opinion is that VfL Wolfsburg has the better offensive players than Sevilla.

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