Fiorentina vs Lazio - who is the better team?

Currently S.S. Lazio has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. ACF Fiorentina has 23 goals and S.S. Lazio has a total of 37 goals. Our opinion is that currently S.S. Lazio would win the match.

• At the moment S.S. Lazio has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1073 interceptions and 58 blocks.
• In S.S. Lazio the two top defensive players are Alessio Romagnoli and Adam Marusic.
• In ACF Fiorentina the two top defenders are Nikola Milenkovic and Lucas Martinez Quarta.
• Based on this statistics we believe that S.S. Lazio 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. ACF Fiorentina has a PPV value of 0.38 and S.S. Lazio has a value of 0.22. Within the team of ACF Fiorentina Alfred Duncan has a total value of 1.24 and in the team of S.S. Lazio the best player is Marcos Antonio Silva Santos.

• 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.)
• ACF Fiorentina has scored in this season so far 23 goals and 111 shots on goal. S.S. Lazio scored 37 and 92 shots on goal.
• The two best players of ACF Fiorentina are Nicolas Ivan Gonzalez with 3 goals and Luka Jovic with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 2.67 and 5.78.
• The two best players of S.S. Lazio are Mattia Zaccagni with 8 goals and Ciro Immobile with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.01 and 7.59.
• Our opinion is that S.S. Lazio has the better offensive players than ACF Fiorentina.

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