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

Currently Bayern Munich has a better 1vs1 performance index with 335. Athletic Bilbao has 39 goals and Bayern Munich has a total of 83 goals. Our opinion is that currently Bayern Munich would win the match.

• At the moment Bayern Munich has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1344 interceptions and 60 blocks.
• In Bayern Munich the two top defensive players are David Alaba and Jerome Boateng.
• In Athletic Bilbao the two top defenders are Inigo Martinez and Yeray Alvarez.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Bayern Munich 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 0.33 and Athletic Bilbao has a value of 0.18. Within the team of Bayern Munich Joshua Kimmich has a total value of 0.85 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 39 goals and 112 shots on goal. Bayern Munich scored 83 and 198 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Athletic Bilbao are Alejandro Berenguer Remiro with 7 goals and Inaki Williams with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 3 and 6.67.
• The two best players of Bayern Munich are Robert Lewandowski with 35 goals and Thomas Muller with 10 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 27.89 and 6.19.
• 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.