Roma vs Atalanta - who is the better team?

Currently AS Roma has a better 1vs1 performance index with 90. AS Roma has 50 goals and Atalanta has a total of 66 goals. Our opinion is that currently AS Roma would win the match.

• At the moment Atalanta has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1599 interceptions and 48 blocks.
• In Atalanta the two top defensive players are Rafael Toloi and Marten Roon.
• In AS Roma the two top defenders are Roger Ibanez and Chris Smalling.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Atalanta 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. AS Roma has a PPV value of 0.28 and Atalanta has a value of 0.27. Within the team of AS Roma Georginio Wijnaldum has a total value of 1.19 and in the team of Atalanta the best player is Jeremie Boga.

• 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.)
• AS Roma has scored in this season so far 50 goals and 35.1 shots on goal. Atalanta scored 66 and 36.09 shots on goal.
• The two best players of AS Roma are Paulo Bruno Dybala with 12 goals and Tammy Abraham with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.46 and 9.01.
• The two best players of Atalanta are Ademola Lookman with 13 goals and Teun Koopmeiners with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.27 and 9.86.
• Our opinion is that Atalanta has the better offensive players than AS Roma.

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