AC Milan vs Rayo Vallecano - who is the better team?

Currently AC Milan has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. AC Milan has 44 goals and Rayo Vallecano has a total of 31 goals. Our opinion is that currently AC Milan would win the match.

• At the moment Rayo Vallecano has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1173 interceptions and 57 blocks.
• In Rayo Vallecano the two top defensive players are Alejandro Catena Marugan and Francisco Jose Garcia Torres.
• In AC Milan the two top defenders are Fikayo Tomori and Pierre Kazeye Rommel Kalulu Kyatengwa.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Rayo Vallecano 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. AC Milan has a PPV value of 0.45 and Rayo Vallecano has a value of 0.39. Within the team of AC Milan Sergino Dest has a total value of 3.73 and in the team of Rayo Vallecano the best player is Josep Maria Chavarria Perez.

• 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.)
• AC Milan has scored in this season so far 44 goals and 138 shots on goal. Rayo Vallecano scored 31 and 113 shots on goal.
• The two best players of AC Milan are Olivier Giroud with 8 goals and Rafael Leao with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.32 and 5.61.
• The two best players of Rayo Vallecano are Isaac Palazon Camacho with 6 goals and Sergio Camello Perez with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.92 and 6.21.
• Our opinion is that AC Milan has the better offensive players than Rayo Vallecano.

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