VfL Wolfsburg vs Southampton - who is the better team?

Currently Southampton has a better 1vs1 performance index with 300. VfL Wolfsburg has 14 goals and Southampton has a total of 17 goals. Our opinion is that currently Southampton would win the match.

• At the moment VfL Wolfsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 498 interceptions and 24 blocks.
• In VfL Wolfsburg the two top defensive players are John Anthony Brooks and Maxence Lacroix.
• In Southampton the two top defenders are Jan Bednarek and Jannik Vestergaard.
• 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. Southampton has a PPV value of 0.2 and VfL Wolfsburg has a value of 0.2. Within the team of Southampton Ryan Bertrand has a total value of 0.57 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 14 goals and 40 shots on goal. Southampton scored 17 and 45 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfL Wolfsburg are Wout Weghorst with 6 goals and Ridle Bote Baku with 2 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.18.
• The two best players of Southampton are Danny Ings with 5 goals and James Ward Prowse with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.43 and 0.13.
• Our opinion is that Southampton has the better offensive players than VfL Wolfsburg.

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