Werder Bremen vs Union Berlin - who is the better team?

Currently Union Berlin has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Werder Bremen has 51 goals and Union Berlin has a total of 51 goals. Our opinion is that currently Union Berlin would win the match.

• At the moment Werder Bremen has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1506 interceptions and 68 blocks.
• In Werder Bremen the two top defensive players are Marco Friedl and Milos Veljkovic.
• In Union Berlin the two top defenders are Robin Knoche and Diogo Filipe Monteiro Pinto Leite.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Werder Bremen 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. Union Berlin has a PPV value of 0.3 and Werder Bremen has a value of 0.17. Within the team of Union Berlin Paul Seguin has a total value of 0.83 and in the team of Werder Bremen the best player is Felix Agu.

• 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.)
• Werder Bremen has scored in this season so far 51 goals and 40.52 shots on goal. Union Berlin scored 51 and 34.09 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Werder Bremen are Niclas Fullkrug with 16 goals and Marvin Ducksch with 12 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 13.41 and 10.73.
• The two best players of Union Berlin are Sheraldo Becker with 11 goals and Kevin Behrens with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.09 and 5.23.
• Our opinion is that Union Berlin has the better offensive players than Union Berlin.

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