Athletic Bilbao vs Atletico Madrid - who is the better team?

Currently Atletico Madrid has a better 1vs1 performance index with 274. Athletic Bilbao has 19 goals and Atletico Madrid has a total of 16 goals. Our opinion is that currently Atletico Madrid would win the match.

• At the moment Athletic Bilbao has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 760 interceptions and 29 blocks.
• In Athletic Bilbao the two top defensive players are Yeray Alvarez and Dani Garcia.
• In Atletico Madrid the two top defenders are Saul Niguez Esclapez and Mario Hermoso.
• 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. Atletico Madrid has a PPV value of 0.22 and Athletic Bilbao has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Atletico Madrid Kieran Trippier has a total value of 0.78 and in the team of Athletic Bilbao the best player is Ibai Gomez.

• 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 19 goals and 64 shots on goal. Atletico Madrid scored 16 and 52 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Athletic Bilbao are Raul Garcia with 5 goals and Iker Muniain with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.25.
• The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Alvaro Borja Morata Martin with 5 goals and Diego da Silva Costa with 2 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.6 and 0.37.
• Our opinion is that Athletic Bilbao has the better offensive players than Atletico Madrid.

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