Aston Villa vs AC Milan - who is the better team?

Currently AC Milan has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Aston Villa has 51 goals and AC Milan has a total of 64 goals. Our opinion is that currently AC Milan would win the match.

• At the moment Aston Villa has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1700 interceptions and 79 blocks.
• In Aston Villa the two top defensive players are Tyrone Mings and Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
• In AC Milan the two top defenders are Fikayo Tomori and Pierre Kazeye Rommel Kalulu Kyatengwa.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Aston Villa 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 Aston Villa has a value of 0.23. Within the team of AC Milan Sergino Dest has a total value of 3.73 and in the team of Aston Villa the best player is Ashley Young.

• 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.)
• Aston Villa has scored in this season so far 51 goals and 36.32 shots on goal. AC Milan scored 64 and 35.08 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Aston Villa are Oliver George Arthur Watkins with 15 goals and Douglas Luiz with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 15.3 and 2.91.
• The two best players of AC Milan are Rafael Leao with 15 goals and Olivier Giroud with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.98 and 14.66.
• Our opinion is that AC Milan has the better offensive players than Aston Villa.

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.