VfL Wolfsburg vs Wolverhampton Wanderers - who is the better team?

Currently Wolverhampton Wanderers has a better 1vs1 performance index with 290. VfL Wolfsburg has 27 goals and Wolverhampton Wanderers has a total of 21 goals. Our opinion is that currently Wolverhampton Wanderers would win the match.

• At the moment VfL Wolfsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 798 interceptions and 35 blocks.
• In VfL Wolfsburg the two top defensive players are Maxence Lacroix and John Anthony Brooks.
• In Wolverhampton Wanderers the two top defenders are Romain Saiss and Ruben Diogo Neves.
• 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. VfL Wolfsburg has a PPV value of 0.21 and Wolverhampton Wanderers has a value of 0.19. Within the team of VfL Wolfsburg Admir Mehmedi has a total value of 0.59 and in the team of Wolverhampton Wanderers the best player is Ki-Jana Hoever.

• 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 27 goals and 76 shots on goal. Wolverhampton Wanderers scored 21 and 73 shots on goal.
• The two best players of VfL Wolfsburg are Wout Weghorst with 10 goals and Ridle Bote Baku with 2 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 0.15.
• The two best players of Wolverhampton Wanderers are Raul Alonso Jimenez Rodriguez with 4 goals and Pedro Neto with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.33 and 0.19.
• Our opinion is that VfL Wolfsburg has the better offensive players than Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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