Villarreal vs Salernitana - who is the better team?

Currently Villarreal has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Villarreal has 32 goals and Salernitana has a total of 31 goals. Our opinion is that currently Villarreal would win the match.

• At the moment Salernitana has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1164 interceptions and 65 blocks.
• In Salernitana the two top defensive players are Flavius David Daniliuc and Federico Julian Fazio.
• In Villarreal the two top defenders are Raul Tortajada Albiol and Pau Torres.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Salernitana 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. Salernitana has a PPV value of 0.25 and Villarreal has a value of 0.2. Within the team of Salernitana Domagoj Bradaric has a total value of 0.97 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 32 goals and 117 shots on goal. Salernitana scored 31 and 92 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Villarreal are Gerard Moreno with 6 goals and Jose Luis Morales with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 7.27 and 3.86.
• The two best players of Salernitana are Boulaye Dia with 10 goals and Krzysztof Piatek with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.99 and 6.73.
• Our opinion is that Villarreal has the better offensive players than Salernitana.

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.