Athletic Bilbao vs Atalanta - who is the better team?

Currently Atalanta has a better 1vs1 performance index with 311. Athletic Bilbao has 21 goals and Atalanta has a total of 44 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 740 interceptions and 23 blocks.
• In Athletic Bilbao the two top defensive players are Inigo Martinez and Ander Capa.
• In Atalanta the two top defenders are Berat Djimsiti and Marten Roon.
• 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 0.17. Within the team of Atalanta Matteo Ruggeri has a total value of 1.01 and in the team of Athletic Bilbao the best player is Inigo Vicente Elorduy.

• 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 21 goals and 62 shots on goal. Atalanta scored 44 and 88 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Athletic Bilbao are Inaki Williams with 4 goals and Iker Muniain with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.36.
• The two best players of Atalanta are Luis Muriel with 9 goals and Duvan Zapata with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.55 and 0.56.
• 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.