Athletic Bilbao vs UC Sampdoria - who is the better team?
Is Athletic Bilbao better than UC Sampdoria?
Currently UC Sampdoria has a better 1vs1 performance index with 272. Athletic Bilbao has 41 goals and UC Sampdoria has a total of 48 goals. Our opinion is that currently UC Sampdoria would win the match.
Athletic Bilbao vs UC Sampdoria - who has the better defense?
- At the moment UC Sampdoria has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1779 interceptions and 109 blocks.
- In UC Sampdoria the two top defensive players are Omar Colley and Bartosz Bereszynski.
- In Athletic Bilbao the two top defenders are Yeray Alvarez and Inigo Martinez.
- Based on this statistics we believe that UC Sampdoria has currently the best defense.
Athletic Bilbao vs UC Sampdoria - who has the better midfield?
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. UC Sampdoria has a PPV value of 0.18 and Athletic Bilbao has a value of 0.18. Within the team of UC Sampdoria Tommaso Augello has a total value of 0.72 and in the team of Athletic Bilbao the best player is Unai Vencedor Paris.
Athletic Bilbao vs UC Sampdoria - who has the better attackers?
- 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 41 goals and 137 shots on goal. UC Sampdoria scored 48 and 178 shots on goal.
- The two best players of Athletic Bilbao are Raul Garcia with 15 goals and Inaki Williams with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0 and 0.3.
- The two best players of UC Sampdoria are Fabio Quagliarella with 11 goals and Manolo Gabbiadini with 11 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.58 and 0.27.
- Our opinion is that UC Sampdoria has the better offensive players than Athletic Bilbao.
Summary
Based on all statistical information we believe that currently UC Sampdoria is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.
