Aston Villa vs Roma - who is the better team?

Currently AS Roma has a better 1vs1 performance index with 90. Aston Villa has 51 goals and AS Roma has a total of 50 goals. Our opinion is that currently AS Roma 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 AS Roma the two top defenders are Roger Ibanez and Chris Smalling.
• 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. AS Roma has a PPV value of 0.28 and Aston Villa has a value of 0.23. Within the team of AS Roma Georginio Wijnaldum has a total value of 1.19 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. AS Roma scored 50 and 35.1 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 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.
• Our opinion is that Aston Villa 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.