Athletic Bilbao vs Newcastle United - who is the better team?

Currently Newcastle United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 289. Athletic Bilbao has 29 goals and Newcastle United has a total of 25 goals. Our opinion is that currently Newcastle United would win the match.

• At the moment Newcastle United has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1461 interceptions and 105 blocks.
• In Newcastle United the two top defensive players are Federico Fernandez and Jamaal Lascelles.
• In Athletic Bilbao the two top defenders are Yeray Alvarez and Inigo Martinez.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Newcastle United 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. Athletic Bilbao has a PPV value of 0.19 and Newcastle United has a value of 0.16. Within the team of Athletic Bilbao Unai Vencedor Paris has a total value of 0.51 and in the team of Newcastle United the best player is Valentino Lazaro.

• 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. Newcastle United scored 25 and 96 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 Newcastle United are Jonjo Shelvey with 5 goals and Matthew Longstaff with 2 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.1 and 0.32.
• Our opinion is that Athletic Bilbao has the better offensive players than Newcastle United.

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