Athletic Bilbao vs Angers SCO - who is the better team?

Currently Angers SCO has a better 1vs1 performance index with 280. Athletic Bilbao has 29 goals and Angers SCO has a total of 28 goals. Our opinion is that currently Angers SCO would win the match.

• At the moment Angers SCO has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1305 interceptions and 44 blocks.
• In Angers SCO the two top defensive players are Romain Thomas and Baptiste Santamaria.
• In Athletic Bilbao the two top defenders are Yeray Alvarez and Inigo Martinez.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Angers SCO 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. Angers SCO has a PPV value of 0.23 and Athletic Bilbao has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Angers SCO Thomas Mangani has a total value of 0.58 and in the team of Athletic Bilbao the best player is Unai Vencedor Paris.

• 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.)
• Athletic Bilbao has scored in this season so far 29 goals and 102 shots on goal. Angers SCO scored 28 and 116 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Athletic Bilbao are Raul Garcia with 9 goals and Inaki Williams with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.39.
• The two best players of Angers SCO are Rachid Alioui with 6 goals and Stephane Bahoken with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.31 and 0.26.
• Our opinion is that Athletic Bilbao has the better offensive players than Angers SCO.

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