Athletic Bilbao vs West Ham United - who is the better team?

Currently West Ham United has a better 1vs1 performance index with 89. Athletic Bilbao has 36 goals and West Ham United has a total of 24 goals. Our opinion is that currently West Ham United would win the match.

• At the moment Athletic Bilbao has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1241 interceptions and 46 blocks.
• In Athletic Bilbao the two top defensive players are Yeray Alvarez and Daniel Vivian Moreno.
• In West Ham United the two top defenders are Declan Rice and Thilo Kehrer.
• 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 0.32 and West Ham United has a value of 0.24. Within the team of Athletic Bilbao Oscar de Marcos Arana has a total value of 0.74 and in the team of West Ham United the best player is Aaron Cresswell.

• 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 36 goals and 122 shots on goal. West Ham United scored 24 and 100 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Athletic Bilbao are Oihan Sancet Tirapu with 8 goals and Gorka Guruzeta Rodriguez with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.02 and 3.84.
• The two best players of West Ham United are Danny Ings with 8 goals and Said Benrahma with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.54 and 5.23.
• Our opinion is that Athletic Bilbao has the better offensive players than West Ham United.

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