Villarreal vs Rayo Vallecano - who is the better team?

Currently Villarreal has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Villarreal has 57 goals and Rayo Vallecano has a total of 45 goals. Our opinion is that currently Villarreal would win the match.

• At the moment Rayo Vallecano has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1570 interceptions and 57 blocks.
• In Rayo Vallecano the two top defensive players are Alejandro Catena Marugan and Francisco Jose Garcia Torres.
• In Villarreal the two top defenders are Pau Torres and Dani Parejo.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Rayo Vallecano 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. Rayo Vallecano has a PPV value of 0.39 and Villarreal has a value of 0.2. Within the team of Rayo Vallecano Josep Maria Chavarria Perez has a total value of 4.25 and in the team of Villarreal the best player is Dani Parejo.

• 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.)
• Villarreal has scored in this season so far 57 goals and 39.52 shots on goal. Rayo Vallecano scored 45 and 32.31 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Villarreal are Nicolas Jackson with 11 goals and Gerard Moreno with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.87 and 8.11.
• The two best players of Rayo Vallecano are Isaac Palazon Camacho with 9 goals and Sergio Camello Perez with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.21 and 7.46.
• Our opinion is that Villarreal has the better offensive players than Rayo Vallecano.

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