Athletic Bilbao vs Udinese - who is the better team?

Currently Udinese has a better 1vs1 performance index with 277. Athletic Bilbao has 39 goals and Udinese has a total of 32 goals. Our opinion is that currently Udinese would win the match.

• At the moment Udinese has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1299 interceptions and 101 blocks.
• In Udinese the two top defensive players are Samir Caetano de Souza Santos and Rodrigo Becao Nascimiento Franca.
• In Athletic Bilbao the two top defenders are Inigo Martinez and Yeray Alvarez.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Udinese 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. Udinese has a PPV value of 0.18 and Athletic Bilbao has a value of 0.18. Within the team of Udinese Rodrigo de Paul has a total value of 0.71 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. Udinese scored 32 and 106 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 Udinese are Rodrigo de Paul with 6 goals and Roberto Pereyra with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.6 and 3.18.
• Our opinion is that Athletic Bilbao has the better offensive players than Udinese.

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