Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Nottingham Forest - who is the better team?

Currently Wolverhampton Wanderers has a better 1vs1 performance index with 87. Wolverhampton Wanderers has 22 goals and Nottingham Forrest has a total of 22 goals. Our opinion is that currently Wolverhampton Wanderers would win the match.

• At the moment Wolverhampton Wanderers has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1324 interceptions and 67 blocks.
• In Wolverhampton Wanderers the two top defensive players are Maximilian Kilman and Ruben Diogo Neves.
• In Nottingham Forrest the two top defenders are Remo Freuler and Serge Aurier.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Wolverhampton Wanderers 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. Wolverhampton Wanderers has a PPV value of 0.26 and Nottingham Forrest has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Wolverhampton Wanderers Adama Traore Diarra has a total value of 0.65 and in the team of Nottingham Forrest the best player is Serge Aurier.

• 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.)
• Wolverhampton Wanderers has scored in this season so far 22 goals and 106 shots on goal. Nottingham Forrest scored 22 and 88 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Wolverhampton Wanderers are Ruben Diogo Neves with 5 goals and Daniel Pedro Castelo Podence with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 3.83 and 4.
• The two best players of Nottingham Forrest are Brennan Price Johnson with 7 goals and Taiwo Awoniyi with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.39 and 4.56.
• Our opinion is that Nottingham Forrest has the better offensive players than Nottingham Forrest.

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