Villarreal vs Southampton - who is the better team?

Currently Villarreal has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Villarreal has 59 goals and Southampton has a total of 36 goals. Our opinion is that currently Villarreal would win the match.

• At the moment Southampton has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1870 interceptions and 66 blocks.
• In Southampton the two top defensive players are Mohamed Salisu Abdul Karim and Jan Bednarek.
• In Villarreal the two top defenders are Pau Torres and Dani Parejo.
• 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. Southampton has a PPV value of 0.24 and Villarreal has a value of 0.2. Within the team of Southampton Stuart Armstrong has a total value of 0.64 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 59 goals and 39.33 shots on goal. Southampton scored 36 and 36.01 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Villarreal are Nicolas Jackson with 12 goals and Gerard Moreno with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.25 and 8.11.
• The two best players of Southampton are James Ward Prowse with 9 goals and Che Adams with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.66 and 5.9.
• Our opinion is that Villarreal has the better offensive players than Southampton.

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.