Atalanta vs VfL Wolfsburg - who is the better team?

Currently Atalanta has a better 1vs1 performance index with 308. Atalanta has 71 goals and VfL Wolfsburg has a total of 49 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atalanta would win the match.

• At the moment VfL Wolfsburg has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1597 interceptions and 60 blocks.
• In VfL Wolfsburg the two top defensive players are John Anthony Brooks and Maxence Lacroix.
• In Atalanta the two top defenders are Jose Luis Palomino and Marten Roon.
• Based on this statistics we believe that VfL Wolfsburg 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 0.26 and VfL Wolfsburg has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Atalanta Josip Ilicic has a total value of 0.85 and in the team of VfL Wolfsburg the best player is Admir Mehmedi.

• 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 71 goals and 180 shots on goal. VfL Wolfsburg scored 49 and 143 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Atalanta are Luis Muriel with 18 goals and Duvan Zapata with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11 and 15.85.
• The two best players of VfL Wolfsburg are Wout Weghorst with 18 goals and Ridle Bote Baku with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 15.94 and 3.07.
• Our opinion is that Atalanta has the better offensive players than VfL Wolfsburg.

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.