Arsenal FC vs Lazio - who is the better team?

Currently Arsenal FC has a better 1vs1 performance index with 99. Arsenal FC has 88 goals and S.S. Lazio has a total of 60 goals. Our opinion is that currently Arsenal FC would win the match.

• At the moment S.S. Lazio has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1544 interceptions and 58 blocks.
• In S.S. Lazio the two top defensive players are Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Adam Marusic.
• In Arsenal FC the two top defenders are Gabriel Magalhaes and Benjamin William White.
• 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. Arsenal FC has a PPV value of 0.38 and S.S. Lazio has a value of 0.22. Within the team of Arsenal FC Olexandr Zinchenko has a total value of 0.71 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.)
• Arsenal FC has scored in this season so far 88 goals and 37.69 shots on goal. S.S. Lazio scored 60 and 39.72 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Arsenal FC are Martin Odegaard with 15 goals and Gabriel Martinelli with 15 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.98 and 8.84.
• The two best players of S.S. Lazio are Ciro Immobile with 12 goals and Mattia Zaccagni with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 14.2 and 6.79.
• Our opinion is that Arsenal FC has the better offensive players than S.S. Lazio.

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