Werder Bremen vs VfL Wolfsburg - who is the better team?

Currently VfL Wolfsburg has a better 1vs1 performance index with 293. Werder Bremen has 33 goals and VfL Wolfsburg has a total of 51 goals. Our opinion is that currently VfL Wolfsburg would win the match.

• At the moment VfL Wolfsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1653 interceptions and 62 blocks.
• In VfL Wolfsburg the two top defensive players are John Anthony Brooks and Maxence Lacroix.
• In Werder Bremen the two top defenders are Marco Friedl and Omer Toprak.
• 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 Werder Bremen has a value of 0.16. Within the team of VfL Wolfsburg Admir Mehmedi has a total value of 0.59 and in the team of Werder Bremen the best player is Ludwig Augustinsson.

• 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 33 goals and 101 shots on goal. VfL Wolfsburg scored 51 and 146 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Werder Bremen are Kevin Mohwald with 5 goals and Niclas Fullkrug with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1 and 4.14.
• The two best players of VfL Wolfsburg are Wout Weghorst with 19 goals and Ridle Bote Baku with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 16.16 and 3.41.
• Our opinion is that VfL Wolfsburg has the better offensive players than Werder Bremen.

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