Athletic Bilbao vs Bayern Munich - who is the better team?

Currently Bayern Munich has a better 1vs1 performance index with 321. Athletic Bilbao has 21 goals and Bayern Munich has a total of 50 goals. Our opinion is that currently Bayern Munich would win the match.

• At the moment Athletic Bilbao has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 981 interceptions and 40 blocks.
• In Athletic Bilbao the two top defensive players are Yeray Alvarez and Dani Garcia.
• In Bayern Munich the two top defenders are Joshua Kimmich and Alphonso Davies.
• 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. Bayern Munich has a PPV value of 0.41 and Athletic Bilbao has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Bayern Munich Joshua Kimmich has a total value of 0.91 and in the team of Athletic Bilbao the best player is Ander Capa.

• 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 75 shots on goal. Bayern Munich scored 50 and 134 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Athletic Bilbao are Raul Garcia with 6 goals and Iker Muniain with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.27.
• The two best players of Bayern Munich are Robert Lewandowski with 20 goals and Serge Gnabry with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.98 and 0.52.
• Our opinion is that Bayern Munich has the better offensive players than Athletic Bilbao.

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