Atalanta vs Sassuolo - who is the better team?

Currently Atalanta has a better 1vs1 performance index with 89. Atalanta has 61 goals and U.S. Sassuolo has a total of 46 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atalanta would win the match.

• At the moment Atalanta has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1562 interceptions and 48 blocks.
• In Atalanta the two top defensive players are Rafael Toloi and Marten Roon.
• In U.S. Sassuolo the two top defenders are Martin Erlic and Rogerio Oliveira da Silva.
• 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. Atalanta has a PPV value of 0.27 and U.S. Sassuolo has a value of 0.26. Within the team of Atalanta Jeremie Boga has a total value of 0.82 and in the team of U.S. Sassuolo the best player is Emil Konradsen Konradsen Ceide.

• 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.)
• Atalanta has scored in this season so far 61 goals and 35.32 shots on goal. U.S. Sassuolo scored 46 and 36.85 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Atalanta are Ademola Lookman with 13 goals and Rasmus Winter Winther Hojlund with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 8.89 and 7.02.
• The two best players of U.S. Sassuolo are Domenico Berardi with 11 goals and Armand Lauriente with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 9.03 and 5.18.
• Our opinion is that Atalanta has the better offensive players than U.S. Sassuolo.

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