West Bromwich Albion vs Sheffield United - who is the better team?

Currently Sheffield United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 271. West Bromwich Albion has 19 goals and Sheffield United has a total of 15 goals. Our opinion is that currently Sheffield United would win the match.

• At the moment West Bromwich Albion has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1267 interceptions and 99 blocks.
• In West Bromwich Albion the two top defensive players are Oluwasemilogo Adesewo Ibidapo Ajayi and Kyle Bartley.
• In Sheffield United the two top defenders are John Egan and Chris Basham.
• Based on this statistics we believe that West Bromwich Albion 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. Sheffield United has a PPV value of 0.22 and West Bromwich Albion has a value of 0.15. Within the team of Sheffield United Ben Osborn has a total value of 0.76 and in the team of West Bromwich Albion the best player is Conor Townsend.

• 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.)
• West Bromwich Albion has scored in this season so far 19 goals and 68 shots on goal. Sheffield United scored 15 and 75 shots on goal.
• The two best players of West Bromwich Albion are Matheus Fellipe Costa Pereira with 5 goals and Kyle Bartley with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.22.
• The two best players of Sheffield United are David McGoldrick with 5 goals and Billy Sharp with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.24 and 0.4.
• Our opinion is that West Bromwich Albion has the better offensive players than Sheffield United.

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