Athletic Bilbao vs UC Sampdoria - who is the better team?

Currently Athletic Bilbao has a better 1vs1 performance index with 274. Athletic Bilbao has 22 goals and UC Sampdoria has a total of 20 goals. Our opinion is that currently Athletic Bilbao would win the match.

• At the moment Athletic Bilbao has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1038 interceptions and 41 blocks.
• In Athletic Bilbao the two top defensive players are Yeray Alvarez and Dani Garcia.
• In UC Sampdoria the two top defenders are Omar Colley and Nicola Murru.
• 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. Athletic Bilbao has a PPV value of 0.19 and UC Sampdoria has a value of 0.17. Within the team of Athletic Bilbao Ander Capa has a total value of 0.49 and in the team of UC Sampdoria the best player is Nicola Murru.

• 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 22 goals and 78 shots on goal. UC Sampdoria scored 20 and 88 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 UC Sampdoria are Fabio Quagliarella with 5 goals and Manolo Gabbiadini with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.49 and 0.23.
• Our opinion is that Athletic Bilbao has the better offensive players than UC Sampdoria.

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