Athletic Bilbao vs AS Roma - who is the better team?

Currently AS Roma has a better 1vs1 performance index with 294. Athletic Bilbao has 23 goals and AS Roma has a total of 43 goals. Our opinion is that currently AS Roma would win the match.

• At the moment Athletic Bilbao has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1137 interceptions and 47 blocks.
• In Athletic Bilbao the two top defensive players are Yeray Alvarez and Inigo Martinez.
• In AS Roma the two top defenders are Gianluca Mancini and Chris Smalling.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Athletic Bilbao 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 0.24 and Athletic Bilbao has a value of 0.19. Within the team of AS Roma Javier Mathias Pastore has a total value of 0.59 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 23 goals and 86 shots on goal. AS Roma scored 43 and 131 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Athletic Bilbao are Raul Garcia with 6 goals and Inaki Williams with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.37.
• The two best players of AS Roma are Edin Dzeko with 11 goals and Aleksandar Kolarov with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.69 and 0.27.
• Our opinion is that AS Roma has the better offensive players than Athletic Bilbao.

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.