VfL Wolfsburg vs Southampton - who is the better team?

Currently Southampton has a better 1vs1 performance index with 293. VfL Wolfsburg has 37 goals and Southampton has a total of 31 goals. Our opinion is that currently Southampton would win the match.

• At the moment Southampton has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1256 interceptions and 63 blocks.
• In Southampton the two top defensive players are Jan Bednarek and James Ward Prowse.
• In VfL Wolfsburg the two top defenders are Maxence Lacroix and John Anthony Brooks.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Southampton 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. VfL Wolfsburg has a PPV value of 0.21 and Southampton has a value of 0.19. Within the team of VfL Wolfsburg Admir Mehmedi has a total value of 0.58 and in the team of Southampton the best player is Ryan Bertrand.

• 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 37 goals and 112 shots on goal. Southampton scored 31 and 102 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfL Wolfsburg are Wout Weghorst with 14 goals and Renato Steffen with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.45.
• The two best players of Southampton are Danny Ings with 8 goals and James Ward Prowse with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.33 and 0.08.
• Our opinion is that VfL Wolfsburg has the better offensive players than Southampton.

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.