Roma vs Rayo Vallecano - who is the better team?

Currently AS Roma has a better 1vs1 performance index with 90. AS Roma has 35 goals and Rayo Vallecano has a total of 31 goals. Our opinion is that currently AS Roma would win the match.

• At the moment AS Roma has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1176 interceptions and 56 blocks.
• In AS Roma the two top defensive players are Roger Ibanez and Chris Smalling.
• In Rayo Vallecano the two top defenders are Alejandro Catena Marugan and Francisco Jose Garcia Torres.
• Based on this statistics we believe that AS Roma 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. Rayo Vallecano has a PPV value of 0.39 and AS Roma has a value of 0.28. Within the team of Rayo Vallecano Josep Maria Chavarria Perez has a total value of 4.25 and in the team of AS Roma the best player is Georginio Wijnaldum.

• 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 35 goals and 120 shots on goal. Rayo Vallecano scored 31 and 113 shots on goal.
• The two best players of AS Roma are Paulo Bruno Dybala with 9 goals and Tammy Abraham with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.07 and 8.33.
• 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 AS Roma has the better offensive players than Rayo Vallecano.

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.