Athletic Bilbao vs Atalanta - who is the better team?

Currently Atalanta has a better 1vs1 performance index with 309. Athletic Bilbao has 29 goals and Atalanta has a total of 70 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atalanta would win the match.

• At the moment Athletic Bilbao has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1263 interceptions and 53 blocks.
• In Athletic Bilbao the two top defensive players are Yeray Alvarez and Inigo Martinez.
• In Atalanta the two top defenders are Jose Luis Palomino and Rafael Toloi.
• 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. Atalanta has a PPV value of 0.27 and Athletic Bilbao has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Atalanta Papu Gomez has a total value of 0.77 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. Atalanta scored 70 and 198 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 Atalanta are Josip Ilicic with 15 goals and Luis Muriel with 13 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.53 and 0.57.
• Our opinion is that Atalanta has the better offensive players than Athletic Bilbao.

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.